this might be worth a look :
http://codaset.com/codaset/codaset/blog/create-schema-less-dynamic-model-attributes
On Jan 7, 10:46 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:
> frankjmat...@gmail.com wrote:
> > i guess what i meant to say was that if i created a user-defined
> > column then i (through some mag
frankjmat...@gmail.com wrote:
> 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 ge
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_nume
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
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
frankjmat...@gmail.com wrote:
> the question that could summarize this in a nutshell is this:
>
> does the orm structure of rails make it a poor framework to implement
> a small erp/crm solution?
No. It should be fine.
>
> if you got that then please read ahead - i need some suggestions...
>
i didnt understand "friendly", but a CustomField-Models is similar to
what i said is sugar-crm doingand u can do the same in rails.
only the views needs to be adapated / can b cumbersome, unless someone
has a solution for that. to me, i do more flex and have all custom
fields in a simple datagr
Frank--
Take a look at http://friendlyorm.com/. That sounds like what you
need... You can then evolve your data models on the fly.
Or you could do something like create a CustomField model and make
your User model so that it 'has_many' custom fields. You could even
make it bi-directional and your
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