On Monday, 21 May 2012 01:02:43 UTC-5, Ruby-Forum.com User wrote: > > Hello, > > I am writing a RoR application that connects to a couchDB database using > couchrest_model. > > The definition of my model is the following one: > > class BdsDataAuthor < CouchRest::Model::Base > property :id, Integer > property :first_name, String > property :last_name, String > end > > > I would like to be able to get the list of the model columns, e.g., the > result of > BdsDataAuthor.columns would be [id, first_name, last_name] > > Is it possible? I saw that active_record provides this kind of method > (column_names), but since I am not using active_record... > > A solution that I tried is to create a method in the model class (it > works but its not the "best" solution...): > > def getColumns > columns = Array.new > columns << "id" > columns << "first_name" > columns << "last_name" > end > > Any idea/suggestion to solve this problem? > > I haven't used CouchRest, but a quick skim of this:
https://github.com/couchrest/couchrest_model/blob/master/lib/couchrest/model/properties.rb seems to indicate that what you're looking for could be accomplished with: BdsDataAuthor.properties_by_name.keys --Matt Jones -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/J1WRdba-sY8J. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
