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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---