Rails - Feb 2006 - Extending Rails classes

Whereabouts would I want to put a Ruby file that extends a Rails class?  
Say, adding a method to ActiveRecord::Base or something along those 
lines.  I''ve read that those classes go in /lib, but my application 
doesn''t seem to see the changes I''ve made.   Obviously
I''m missing
something...

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

  -Brasten

Be sure to require the file in environment.rb

On 2/8/06, Brasten Sager <brasten@nagilum.com>
wrote:
> Whereabouts would I want to put a Ruby file that extends a Rails class?
> Say, adding a method to ActiveRecord::Base or something along those
> lines.  I''ve read that those classes go in /lib, but my
application
> doesn''t seem to see the changes I''ve made.   Obviously
I''m missing
> something...
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated!
>
>   -Brasten
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> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
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You might want to consider creating a plugin, depending on how you plan
to use it. When I have needed to change how things work, I have done
that.

If you put things in your lib folder, you''ll need to require them in
environment.rb

Plugins are included automatically. That''s why I use them.


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Subject: [Rails] Extending Rails classes


Whereabouts would I want to put a Ruby file that extends a Rails class?

Say, adding a method to ActiveRecord::Base or something along those 
lines.  I''ve read that those classes go in /lib, but my application 
doesn''t seem to see the changes I''ve made.   Obviously
I''m missing
something...

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

  -Brasten
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