i guess what i meant to say was that if i created a user-defined column then i (through some magical UI controls which i'd eventually throw together) would like to be able to say is "this column is an integer.." and when i use that new user defined column it gets the full benefits of validates_numericality_of ... user_column_1.. what i was driving at was if i create a serialized column and create pseudo- fields inside of that then theres no way to get baked in validations and i'd end up creating my own validation functions.
im sure this sort of thing is possible but im thinking its going to be a lot of trouble... hopefully nt more than its worth. however, if i can invent a better wheel i'd love to share it with the world... so that kinda urges me to push forward. On Jan 7, 1:07 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > frankjmat...@gmail.com wrote: > > well i'd like to thank everyone who's given me some responses. i've > > looked at all the precooked solutions that were suggested but what it > > really boils down to is i enjoy the programming challenge and i'm > > still not convinced i need/want to switch all the data in my app to > > someone elses app. it just isnt worth it for my needs. > > Well, there is something to be said for not reinventing the wheel. On > the other hand, if you can build a better wheel, do it! > > > > > im going to look deeper into using serialize but what i really wanted > > was the full abilities of rails for validations, callbacks, etc... > > You can have that in any Rails app. Serialization is not relevant to > that. > > Now, it's true that serialization can be abused. You want to make sure > that you separate fields as much as possible if you know that they're > going to be separate. But it's great for dynamic user-defined > attributes. > > > > > in any event.. thanks for the input guys, it was much appreciated. > > > - FJM > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org > mar...@marnen.org > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org > mar...@marnen.org > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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