[Rails] why would an int column in a join table be a String class in model?

[Wilson Bilkovich]

On 12/14/05, Chris Hall <christopher.k.hall at gmail.com> wrote:
> i've got an issue with integer columns in the database becoming strings in
> the model and I'm not sure why this is happening.  perhaps someone can
> explain.
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Is this possibly the same issue as this ticket?
http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/240

--Wilson.