Madison Kelly wrote: > I'm using an array to store a list of catagories that a product will > belong > to. Since the number of catagories a product can belong to isn't set > (could > be 1 or could be 10), I was going to use an array. Does that sound like > an > appropriate use?
Absolutely not. For this, you should be using has_many and belongs_to properly. You might find it helpful to read up on relational database normalization (Wikipedia has some great articles). This is what I meant about arrays being smelly in the DB. Usually (as here) you want associated records in another table. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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.
