Not fully understanding your problem, have you tried named_scope?

On Jan 26, 9:50 am, Rodrigo Pavano <rodrigopav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Im using ruby 1.9.2 and Rails 3.0.3.
>
> I have the following models
>
> class Property < ActiveRecord::Base
> class Feature < ActiveRecord::Base
> class DefaultFeature < Feature
> class CustomFeature < Feature
> class PropertyFeature < ActiveRecord::Base
>
> One Property can have many Features, and one Feature is associated with many
> Properties (joined through PropertyFeature model). There are two kinds of
> Features: DefaultFeatures and CustomFeatures, for what Im using single table
> inheritance. Both kinds of Features have exactly the same fields, but i need
> to differentiate them in my application.
> What i want to achieve, if possible, is being able to access Features from a
> Property instance like this:
> a_property.features
> a_property.custom_features
> a_property.default_features
>
> And also add features to a property:
> a_property.custom_features << CustomFeature.new
> a_property.features << CustomFeature.new
>
> The closest solution i could think of is this one:http://pastie.org/1499280
>
> The problem I'm having is that when i call a_property.custom_features it
> brings all features from the property: custom AND default ones.
> I've already  tried making polymorphic the belongs_to :feature association
> in the PropertyFeature model, but it raised an
> ActiveRecord::HasManyThroughAssociationPolymorphicError exception, so i
> assume rails is not supposed to work like that.
>
> I'd appreciate any help on how to do this (i've tried everything i could
> think of). Maybe my approach is wrong to begin with, in which case i'd love
> to hear a better way to to this.
>
> thanks!
>
> --
> rodrei

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