Rails - Apr 2007 - Struct search

Hi guys, another question:

I have a struct, which contains records returned from a query. I then
perform a loop which runs another query which adds more records to the
struct, but I would like to check whether the record already exists
before adding it, is there a way to search a struct, say by id, to check
the existance of said record before I add it?

Cheers

Mick

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Put the records into a Hash instead, using the id as the key. Then if 
you put in a record with the same id, it just overwrites it.

b

Mick wrote:
> Hi guys, another question:
> 
> I have a struct, which contains records returned from a query. I then
> perform a loop which runs another query which adds more records to the
> struct, but I would like to check whether the record already exists
> before adding it, is there a way to search a struct, say by id, to check
> the existance of said record before I add it?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Mick
> 
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What is the purpose of using a Struct? ActiveRecord objects already
have setter and getter methods.
you can just use a normal array and either uniq it or use Array#| (the
set union operator) like @collection | @new_records to save a bit.

Also note that a Hash is unordered.

Regards,

Rein


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