Rails - Jun 2007 - Strings symbols and databases

What is the preferred method of saving a hash with symbols as keys to
the db? I tried to find this addressed in the archives, already, but
came up empty.
Since <%= text_field %> creates hashes with symbols by default,
what''s
the best way to save them?

It appears ruby sticks yaml in a string field in the db like
"--- :vocabulary" if you save a hash key to db.

Is is good style to do something like this to save a hash or is there
a more preferred way?

    score_hash.each do | key, value |
      score = Score.new
      score.result = @result
      score.name = key.to_s
      score.value = value
      score.save!
    end

Also, when reconstructing the hash later, is it wise to convert back
to symbols (using intern) or just treat as strings?


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