Rails - May 2006 - Is there a way to version the contents of a table as a set?

I am looking at using acts_as_versioned to manage revisions of data in
several tables in my application.  However, the default behavior of
acts_as_versioned appears to apply to individual rows within a table.  The
tables I want to version are complicated lookup tables and what I really
want is to version the entire contents of each table as a single set.
Adding a row, deleting a row, or updating one or more rows should update the
version of all rows.  Is there a way to use acts_as_versioned to accomplish
this?  Is there a different approach that anyone can recommend?
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"Eden Brandeis" <ebrandeis@gmail.com> writes:
> I am looking at using acts_as_versioned to manage revisions of data in
> several tables in my application.  However, the default behavior of
> acts_as_versioned appears to apply to individual rows within a table.  The
> tables I want to version are complicated lookup tables and what I really
> want is to version the entire contents of each table as a single set.
Store the `diff'' after each insertion/deletion/update transaction. 
> Adding a row, deleting a row, or updating one or more rows should update
the
> version of all rows.  Is there a way to use acts_as_versioned to accomplish
> this?  Is there a different approach that anyone can recommend?
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I think I understand your suggestion.  It sounds like you are saying that
there is no existing plugin to handle this and I should build my own
solution?

Thanks,

Eden

On 5/4/06, Surendra Singhi <efuzzyone@netscape.net>
wrote:
>
> "Eden Brandeis" <ebrandeis@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I am looking at using acts_as_versioned to manage revisions of data in
> > several tables in my application.  However, the default behavior of
> > acts_as_versioned appears to apply to individual rows within a
> table.  The
> > tables I want to version are complicated lookup tables and what I
really
> > want is to version the entire contents of each table as a single set.
>
> Store the `diff'' after each insertion/deletion/update transaction.
>
> > Adding a row, deleting a row, or updating one or more rows should
update
> the
> > version of all rows.  Is there a way to use acts_as_versioned to
> accomplish
> > this?  Is there a different approach that anyone can recommend?
>
> --
> Surendra Singhi
> http://ssinghi.kreeti.com, http://www.kreeti.com
> Read my blog at: http://cuttingtheredtape.blogspot.com/
> ,----
> | "O thou my friend! The prosperity of Crime is like unto the
lightning,
> | whose traitorous brilliancies embellish the atmosphere but for an
> | instant, in order to hurl into death''s very depths the luckless
one
> | they have dazzled." -- Marquis de Sade
> `----
>
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