Hi all, As usual, you've all been very helpful in the past and I thank you for continuing to help myself and others.
Today I have the following code/database architecture question which I would like you guys to help me out with. Children Table (user has_many children) -------------- ... is_lost boolean, default => false is_found boolean, default => false ... Basically, a child is "safe" if he is not flagged as lost or found (so a child has 3 possible states: safe, lost, found). I created a custom validation to avoid a child from being both lost AND found with this: [code] def validate if is_lost? and is_found? errors.add_to_base("A child can't be lost <i>AND</i> found at the same time!") end end [/code] This all works great and validates correctly. HOWEVER, the only way I've been able to select if a child is lost or found is through check boxes (not the best way to do this). I think a drop down box would be the better solution to select if a child is either lost or found (or safe) My question is this: Is this the best way to achieve what I am trying to do? Is it better to just have a column in my table named "status" where the values would be either Safe, Lost, Found and remove the is_lost and is_found boolean columns instead? If the current way I designed it is good, how can I create a drop down box that could handle both the is_lost and is_found data? I know this is a disaster (in my eyes) but I would like the opinions and suggestions of you experienced folks. Thank you!!! -Tony P.S. Let me know if you need more info or code to help you understand this. -- 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 rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---