Rails - Mar 2007 - Prototype/Virgin objects => usable objects, aka default db rows => custom db rows

Hellos,

I''m kinda stumped, so hopefully someone can help me out.

I have a custom_modules table, in which I''ve defined default modules
for a skinnable website I''m designing. Those modules have default
values, such as css class, position (left/right) and so on.

When a user registers with the site, he gets a fresh new Template
object, which has_many :custom_modules. However, these are the
"prototype", or virgin objects from my rows in that table. What I want
to do is make a copy of those for my newly instantiated template, so
the user can safely modify his *own* custom_modules.

Any ideas on how to achieve this?

thanks a bunch!


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Ok, after some more researching on the topic, I think I need to use
has_many :through.
Maybe stuff all the user specified changes in the join model, and keep
an link to the original module, and values, using the join itself. I
just can''t get my head around implementing it. Can anyone spare a
minute? :)

On Mar 19, 11:30 pm, "nemo"
<zuperinfin...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hellos,
>
> I''m kinda stumped, so hopefully someone can help me out.
>
> I have a custom_modules table, in which I''ve defined default
modules
> for a skinnable website I''m designing. Those modules have default
> values, such as css class, position (left/right) and so on.
>
> When a user registers with the site, he gets a fresh new Template
> object, which has_many :custom_modules. However, these are the
> "prototype", or virgin objects from my rows in that table. What I
want
> to do is make a copy of those for my newly instantiated template, so
> the user can safely modify his *own* custom_modules.
>
> Any ideas on how to achieve this?
>
> thanks a bunch!

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