On 17 August 2010 03:35, madisonkel <[email protected]> wrote: > I know that I can use serialize to declare hashes or arrays in a class > that need to be used in the db. From > http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Base.html: > > class User < ActiveRecord::Base > serialize :preferences > end > > user = User.create(:preferences => { "background" => "black", > "display" => large }) > > My question is what type do you give the variable :preferences for the > migration? In: > > ruby script/generate migration _add_hash_column preferences:??? > > What is ??? -- text, string, something else?
>From the ActiveRecord docs: "Active Record can serialize any object in text columns using YAML" so the column type is just :text. Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
