Agile Web Development

Implements class table inheritance in ActiveRecord. A quick example:

  create_table "books", :force => true do |t|
    t.column "product_id", :integer
    t.column "pages", :integer
    t.column "author", :string
  end

  create_table "products", :force => true do |t|
    t.column "name", :string
    t.column "price", :integer
    t.column "type", :string
  end

  create_table "videos", :force => true do |t|
    t.column "product_id", :integer
    t.column "minutes", :integer
    t.column "starring", :string
  end

  class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
  end

  class Book < ActiveRecord::Base
    inherits_from :product
  end

  class Video < ActiveRecord::Base
    inherits_from :product
  end

  Book.create(:name => "Agile Development with Rails", :pages => 350)
  Video.create(:name => "Twilight Zone Season 1", :minutes => 490)
  Book.find(1).name => "Agile Development with Rails"

Owner: Ray Lucke

Home: http://blog.raylucke.com/articles/2006/07/03/simple-class-table-inheritance-in-activerecord

Repository: http://guest@blog.raylucke.com/svn/inherits_from

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Category: Model