2009/6/8 Chris <chrisn...@gmail.com>:
>
> As part of my project, I need to store IP address for every object
> that was created.
>
>  User
>  Topic
>  Payment
>  and more...
>
> Now all these records have the following attribute in their table
> called "ip_address_on_create".
>
> One way to do this is to put this code everywhere in the controllers:
>
>   user.ip_address_on_create =  request.remote_ip   ,.... and so
> forth.
>
>
> Now to conform to DRY (don't repeat yourself), I see the mechanism:
> after_create   (model)  and after_filter ( controller).  I am not
> really sure how to tie this thing together. Would appreciate any tips
> or Ruby-Fu .
>

Might the DRYest way to do this be to use a polymorphic association
for the IP address?
Colin

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