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2012 Apr 03
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one master table to hold symbols: good or bad idea?
...I''m thinking of creating a single AR class to hold constant symbol values and use it for :has_many_through relations whenever I need a constant symbol. Is this a good idea or a bad idea? Details: I notice that I have a lot of models that contain just a name string: create_table "natural_resources", :force => true do |t| t.string "name" end create_table "roles", :force => true do |t| t.string "name" end ... etc ... These moels are always joined through a has_many_through relation to some other object (e.g. User :has_many :roles,...