Rails - Mar 2006 - How do I substitute variables into class names?

In a partial that renders another partial, I would like to change the 
items I am rendering based on the content of a variable. So instead of 
having 5 partials which all have variations on this;

<% for @skill in @cv.skills %>
<%= render :partial => "skills" %>
<% end %>

If item = "skill" would like to do something to this effect;

<% eval("for @#{item} in @cv.#{item}s") %>
<%= render :partial => "#{item}s", :local => {:item =>
"skill"}  %>
<% end %>

But this does not work... anybody got any ideas?

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I am running Rails 1.1.2.

I am working with a Microsoft SQL Server database for a purchased 
application and it has a field named "Type", which is a reserved word
in
Ruby on Rails.  Is there any way to customize my model so that I can use 
ActiveRecord.find on the table instead of having to use the "execute" 
method and manually write SQL code for everything?  Changing the field 
name is unfortunately not possible.

Thanks,

Charles Leeds

Charles, i have the same problem, did you solve this?

Thanks,

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On 4/27/06, Charles Leeds <charlesleeds@rowdyrhino.com>
wrote:
> I am running Rails 1.1.2.
>
> I am working with a Microsoft SQL Server database for a purchased
> application and it has a field named "Type", which is a reserved
word in
> Ruby on Rails.  Is there any way to customize my model so that I can use
> ActiveRecord.find on the table instead of having to use the
"execute"
> method and manually write SQL code for everything?  Changing the field
> name is unfortunately not possible.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charles Leeds
>
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
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Charles Leeds wrote:
> I am working with a Microsoft SQL Server database for a purchased
> application and it has a field named "Type", which is a reserved
word in
> Ruby on Rails.  Is there any way to customize my model so that I can use
> ActiveRecord.find on the table instead of having to use the
"execute"
> method and manually write SQL code for everything?  Changing the field
> name is unfortunately not possible.
The field "type" is used for STI (Single Table Inheritance), but you
can
override it in your model class.

http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Base.html#M000879

To change it to "flavor", put the following in your model class:

def inheritance_column
  "flavor"
end

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alternatively you can use a declarative approach and put

set_inheritance_column "whatever"

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