I want to add a revision record on every update to the book record.

Like how a wiki works. Every time the wiki is update it tracks a
revision: 
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Mediawiki-database-schema.png

On Sep 11, 10:34 am, radhames brito <[email protected]> wrote:
> you and to record every update or you overwrite when there is an update?
>
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 1:13 PM, nobosh <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello, newbie here...
>
> > I have the following models:
>
> > class Instance < ActiveRecord::Base
> >  has_many :users
> >  has_many :books
> > end
>
> > class User < ActiveRecord::Base
> >  belongs_to :instance
> > end
>
> > class Book < ActiveRecord::Base
> >  belongs_to :instance
> > end
>
> > I now want to add a BookRevision table, that has the following columns
> > (id, user_id, version # (auto increment), diff (old book copy),
> > timestamps)
>
> > Logic:
> > 1. When a book is Created, a record is added to the BookRevision
> > table, so we know who created the book in the first place
> > 2. When a book is Updated, a record is added with the user_id (could
> > be a different user), and a new version #, and the old book text, to
> > serve as an archive.
>
> > Given that I have the Instance, User, Book table implement in my rails
> > add, are these the correct steps to make the above come to life?
> > 1. Add a migration for the BookRevision table....
> >    rails generate migration AddTableBookRevision user_id:integer
> > version:integer diff:text
> > 2. Then update the models as follows:
>
> > class Instance < ActiveRecord::Base
> >  has_many :users
> >  has_many :books
> > end
>
> > class User < ActiveRecord::Base
> >  belongs_to :instance
> > end
>
> > class Book < ActiveRecord::Base
> >  belongs_to :instance
> >  has_many :BookRevisions
> > end
>
> > class BookRevision  < ActiveRecord::Base
> >  belongs_to :Book
> > end
>
> > Then in my controller, when adding a new book? Right now I have:
> > @book = Book.create(params[:book].merge(:instance_id =>
> > current_user.instance_id))
> > How do I update that to account for the BookRevision association?
>
> > Thanks for helping me out!
>
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