Re: Hatred towards Nested Polymorphic Paths

Brian Hogan
2007-08-03T22:39:05Z

Indeed. I''d love to see examples of this proxy for authentication for
teams
of which he speaks. :)

On 8/3/07, Michael Glaesemann <grzm@seespotcode.net>
wrote:
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> On Aug 3, 2007, at 17:23 , Brian Hogan wrote:
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> > Sure. Very much so... and that''s exactly how I''ve
been doing it.
> > So what I understand is that it''s perfectly fine to query the
> > database that many times, because it''s good for security and
data
> > integrity. I can live with that. Just wanted to make sure that was
> > the best way to explain it to my students. Some people will surely
> > look at the sql logs and see four separate (albeit small) queries
> > and wonder why that''s necessary, so I want to have a good
answer
> > for them.
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> If performance were an issue, I''d benchmark it as is, then test it
> using a find_by_sql. So far, performance hasn''t been an issue for
me.
> I''d also have to figure out how to go about initializing models
with
> the values pulled from that find_by_sql. Premature optimization, and
> all that.
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> MIchael Koziarski brings up an interesting point, however, and I''m
> interested in hearing discussion on that as well.
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> Michael Glaesemann
> grzm seespotcode net
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