Hi all, ROR newbie coming from a PHP background here.
I have a model that inherits from ActiveRecord::Base. I would like to extend that into two further models, to separate functionality from each other. Basically: class Person < ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessible :gender end class Male < Person end class Female < Person end How can I write a method within Person that will detect what gender has been defined and return the proper object based on it? I'm thinking something like... def self.new gender_class = self.gender == 'Female' ? 'Female' : 'Male' eval(gender_class).new end In that version, though, "self.gender" isn't recognized. I'm sure I'm missing something really basic, but can someone point out what it is? Thanks! -- 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.
