I wonder if creating a view would solve your problem. Try a simple view: create view my_table_name as select * from legacy_table_name
Luke Melia wrote: > I've (thankfully) never encountered such a DB column name, but you > could try "employee#".to_sym > > On Feb 7, 2009, at 8:48 PM, Pete wrote: > > >> Anyone ever had to deal with a legacy database with embedded '#' in >> the column names? Like 'employee#'? When I use the syntax: >> >> columns[:employee#].label = "Employee Number" >> >> In a controller I get an error because it doesn't like the trailing # >> >> Any idea on a workaround? >> >> Pete >> >> > > -- > Luke Melia > [email protected] > http://www.lukemelia.com/ > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ActiveScaffold : Ruby on Rails plugin" 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/activescaffold?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
