Rails - Apr 2006 - acts_as_taggable with only 1 taggings table

I was reading rails recipes and it shows how to use acts_as_taggable 
with only 2 tables, a tags and a taggings table.
But I think that its related to an older acts_as_taggable version 
because now it seems that it works with one tags table and one taggings 
table for each tagable model, like this:

tags
photos
tags_photos

Which means I need one new table for each model I want to tag.

Isn''t there a way to use only 1 table with the taggings, to have a 
centralized table for all kinds of items I want to tag?

I read the documentation and I think its possible using the 
join_class_name option, but I didn''t manage to work it out. Can anyone 
please explain how its done, and please don''t forget how the table 
structure works.

Thanks

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There are two acts_as_taggle plugins, the original gem
and the newer plugin.

The gem uses a tags table and a HABTM table between a
tags table and the table that you want to be taggable.

The newer plugin uses a two table design and is based
upon some post 1.0 features.

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On Apr 10, 2006, at 5:04 AM, Andreas wrote:
> I was reading rails recipes and it shows how to use acts_as_taggable
> with only 2 tables, a tags and a taggings table.
> But I think that its related to an older acts_as_taggable version
> because now it seems that it works with one tags table and one  
> taggings
> table for each tagable model, like this:
>
> tags
> photos
> tags_photos
>
> Which means I need one new table for each model I want to tag.
>
> Isn''t there a way to use only 1 table with the taggings, to have a
> centralized table for all kinds of items I want to tag?
>
> I read the documentation and I think its possible using the
> join_class_name option, but I didn''t manage to work it out. Can
anyone
> please explain how its done, and please don''t forget how the table
> structure works.
>
> Thanks
>
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Tom Mornini wrote:
> There are two acts_as_taggle plugins, the original gem
> and the newer plugin.
> 
> The gem uses a tags table and a HABTM table between a
> tags table and the table that you want to be taggable.
> 
> The newer plugin uses a two table design and is based
> upon some post 1.0 features.
> 
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> -- Tom Mornini
Thanks a lot, thats correct, here''s a link in case anyone else is stuck
on that: http://www.notio.com/2006/02/rails_acts_as_t.html

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