`type` attribute is of which model ?? I guess it is of property model and `values` method wrote inside property model, right ?
ProductPropertyString, ProductPropertyBoolean, ProductPropertyInteger are these models ?? if yes, why do you need association ? "has_many: values,: class_name => 'ProductProperty'" On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Vasin Alexander <[email protected]>wrote: > Sorry for my english if something goes wrong. > I have a model of Property > > class Property <ActiveRecord:: Base > has_many: values,: class_name => "ProductProperty" > End > > And correspondingly ProductProperty model in which values are stored. > > class ProductProperty <ActiveRecord:: Base > belongs_to: product > belongs_to: property > end > > Now the stored values are of type String. Do I have a need to store > different types of Integer, Boolean and String. I came up just one idea > how to implement it. Add to the model Property column type. And rewrite > the method values: > > def values > case self.type > when 'ProductPropertyString' > ProductPropertyString.where(:property_id => self.id) > when 'ProductPropertyBoolean' > ProductPropertyBoolean.where(:property_id => self.id) > when 'ProductPropertyInteger' > ProductPropertyInteger.where(:property_id => self.id) > end > > Maybe somebody has already faced with this challenge and how to solve it > correctly? > > -- > 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. > > -- sαη∂ιρ Rαηѕιηg --- www.funonrails.com twitter, github @sandipransing skype sandip.ransing -- 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.
