[Rails] Re: Single table inheritance - HowTo?
Iván Vega Rivera
ivanvega at gmail.com
Sat Jan 7 17:41:47 GMT 2006
Matthew, although a bit crankyly ;-), had the answer. I wasn't using the
correct type name for each class.
Although you do make a point. I should've used your method to test how
STI worked in the first place.
Thanks!
Ivan V.
Alain Ravet wrote:
> Iván
>
>
> The 'type' column is used by Rails in the background and, most of the
> time, there is no need for you to manipulate it explicitly.
>
>
> So, if you have
> class Foo < ActiveRecord
> and
> class SuperFoo < Foo
>
> , you can query them directly:
>
> allRecords = Foo.find(:all)
> onlyTheSuperFoos = SuperFoo.find(:all)
>
> Did that answer your question?
>
> Alain
>
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails at lists.rubyonrails.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>
More information about the Rails
mailing list