I think you could use STI (single table inheritance) and create a class for each role.
Best regards, Everaldo On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Tom Meinlschmidt <[email protected]>wrote: > if string (text), use serialize and serialize your array of symbols to this > column > > eg > > USER_ROLES = { > :admin => "administrator", > :user => "Common user", > :guest => "guest user" > } > > serialize :user_role > > and use :user_role as array of roles > > or > > another table has advantage of some changing, holding other properties (as > human name, description, etc)... > > On Jul 25, 2011, at 20:16 , Leonel *.* wrote: > > > I'm in a dilemma. I have a users table. Each user has a role: admin, > > manager, agent, customer. > > > > What do you recommend about the users table? Options: > > 1) in the users table, add a role column, type string, and enter the > > role as a string. > > 2) in the users table, add a role_id column (integer, foreign key) that > > connects to a roles table. > > > > I know both ways would work, but I would like to know if one approach is > > better than the other and why. What has been your experience? > > > > --basic question from a newbie > > > > -- > > 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. > > -- > > =============================================================================== > Tomas Meinlschmidt, MS {MCT, MCP+I, MCSE, AER}, NetApp Filer/NetCache > > www.meinlschmidt.com www.maxwellrender.cz www.lightgems.cz > > =============================================================================== > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
