On Tuesday 07 September 2010, Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: > Michael Schuerig wrote:
> I am still considering a better solution for your problem, though > I'll admit that the spirit in which my attempts have so far been > received is not exactly encouraging me to spend much more time on > the issue. > > > I have to admit I was piqued by your reaction to my > > original question: it was bold -- and ignorant. > > Sometimes the best way to tease out the right solution is to propose > a solution and see where it fails. Consider it to be mailing list > TDD. :) Then don't complain if the reaction indicates a failure. Thank you for your effort. I think we could have reached that point much more easily. > > Anyway, I'm still looking for a way to express the existing, > > working SQL solutions (sub-select for the latest version > > corresponding to an article) in elegant ActiveRecord code. > > I may have something else for you. I believe I am close, at any > rate. But patronizing those who are trying to help you is not the > way to get them to continue helping. I wasn't patronizing you, look it up in the nearest dictionary. I completely agree that I was telling you in no uncertain terms that I didn't think much of the way you were telling me that my code is smelly and my design is wrong (compare "patronize"). I hope you agree by now that your initial assessment was rash and wrong. Michael -- Michael Schuerig mailto:mich...@schuerig.de http://www.schuerig.de/michael/ -- 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-t...@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.
