Rails - Mar 2006 - Split to array then save to DB

Basically I want to take a collection of words like "apple orange 
banana" textfield in a form and store them into the DB as individual 
rows.
1. apple
2. orange
3. banana

I know I need to use the .split method to divide the words into an 
array, but i''m not sure how to then save them and where this should 
happen (in the controller or the model).

I''m a newb at this, so be gentle.



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Am Donnerstag, den 23.03.2006, 17:33 +0100 schrieb Paul
Livingstone:
> Basically I want to take a collection of words like "apple orange 
> banana" textfield in a form and store them into the DB as individual 
> rows.
> 1. apple
> 2. orange
> 3. banana
class Fruit < ActiveRecord::Base
  class < self
    def create_multiple_from_string(string)
      names = string.split(/\s/)
      names.each { |name| create(:name => name) }
    end
  end
end
> I know I need to use the .split method to divide the words into an 
> array, but i''m not sure how to then save them and where this
should
> happen (in the controller or the model).
If it is a common task, you want to invoke from several controllers, you
should define a model class method. If not, you could implement it in
the controller.

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Thanks Norman, most helpful.

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