> > This should be so easy to implement that I am not sure why it has not > > already been done. > > Interesting question. I've never needed this except as part of complex > queries where I'm already writing SQL anyway, but YMMV.
It occurred to me while working on my very first RoR gig. I 'inherited' a DB with a column for the status of the record where NULL and the empty value 'meant' the same thing and an asterisk (*) meant that the record was 'soft-deleted'. I ended up writing a lot of functionality just to get the correct records. It didn't help that I didn't know that much RoR at the time. Not that I know much more now... However I could see that the problem I was facing should be pretty common and was hoping to find an ActiveRecord solution, but I never did find it. -- 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.
