Rails - Mar 2006 - Where to put array to be shared across models.

Quick question: I have an array of reserved words that I want to share
across most of my models so I can do something like this in the models:

validates_exclusion_of :username, :in => RESERVED_WORDS, :message =>
"This
username is a reserved word.  Please choose another."

Here is a sampling of the the array:
RESERVED_WORDS = %w( blog blogs forum forums search login logout signup
signout register help store )

Should I just subclass AR and then extend my models from this base class or
is there a way to stick it in one of the config files like environment.rb?

Thanks,
Zack
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Yes, you can put constants in environment.rb and they''ll be available  
everywhere.

-- 
-- Tom Mornini

On Mar 24, 2006, at 8:45 AM, Zack Chandler wrote:
> Quick question: I have an array of reserved words that I want to  
> share across most of my models so I can do something like this in  
> the models:
>
> validates_exclusion_of :username, :in => RESERVED_WORDS, :message  
> => "This username is a reserved word.  Please choose another."
>
> Here is a sampling of the the array:
> RESERVED_WORDS = %w( blog blogs forum forums search login logout  
> signup signout register help store )
>
> Should I just subclass AR and then extend my models from this base  
> class or is there a way to stick it in one of the config files like  
> environment.rb?
>
> Thanks,
> Zack
>
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Thanks Tom.  I thought that would be the easiest.  I just didn''t know
if it
is the "best practices" way to do it.

Thanks again,
Zack

On 3/24/06, Tom Mornini <tmornini@infomania.com>
wrote:
>
> Yes, you can put constants in environment.rb and they''ll be
available
> everywhere.
>
> --
> -- Tom Mornini
>
> On Mar 24, 2006, at 8:45 AM, Zack Chandler wrote:
>
> > Quick question: I have an array of reserved words that I want to
> > share across most of my models so I can do something like this in
> > the models:
> >
> > validates_exclusion_of :username, :in => RESERVED_WORDS, :message
> > => "This username is a reserved word.  Please choose
another."
> >
> > Here is a sampling of the the array:
> > RESERVED_WORDS = %w( blog blogs forum forums search login logout
> > signup signout register help store )
> >
> > Should I just subclass AR and then extend my models from this base
> > class or is there a way to stick it in one of the config files like
> > environment.rb?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Zack
> >
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> > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
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