Hello, I wanted to know how to make an aray in the database. I''m making a "backpack" for my game. So i''m gana use it in a array. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Mohammad wrote:> Hello, I wanted to know how to make an aray in the database. I''m making > a "backpack" for my game. So i''m gana use it in a array.Is it possable to use self.scan? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
You put it in a seperate table. That''s what relational database design is all about. Any form of storing an array in a single field of your database will be a massive drain on performance once your application reaches moderate useage levels. -Nathan On 16/05/06, Mohammad <fake@geeks.org> wrote:> Mohammad wrote: > > Hello, I wanted to know how to make an aray in the database. I''m making > > a "backpack" for my game. So i''m gana use it in a array. > > Is it possable to use self.scan? > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
unknown wrote:> You put it in a seperate table. That''s what relational database design > is all about. Any form of storing an array in a single field of your > database will be a massive drain on performance once your application > reaches moderate useage levels. > -NathanBut it would only be max 5 so would it realy be harder to read the field then to go through all of the items read the to_id form and see if it matches @user.id? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
On 5/16/06, Mohammad <fake@geeks.org> wrote:> unknown wrote: > > You put it in a seperate table. That''s what relational database design > > is all about. Any form of storing an array in a single field of your > > database will be a massive drain on performance once your application > > reaches moderate useage levels. > > -Nathan > > But it would only be max 5 so would it realy be harder to read the field > then to go through all of the items read the to_id form and see if it > matches @user.id?You''re missing a fundamental point about what makes relational databases useful tools. Go look up "inner join" in a SQL tutorial and I think you''ll be pleased. Then look up the Rails documentation about how to accomplish this without having to write a line of SQL. -- James
Mohammad wrote:> Hello, I wanted to know how to make an aray in the database. I''m making > a "backpack" for my game. So i''m gana use it in a array.I left of topic the reason that I wanted to do this is beacuse it would be easier then having to put in twenty fields for twenty item camcity. The "inner join" alaways me to select from two tabels I don''t understand how that would help me. Sorry for being so dumb. Newb to progamming only three months in rails with two months in ruby. Not really good at it though. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
On 5/16/06, Mohammad <ajax_created@ha_im_not.org> wrote:> Mohammad wrote: > > Hello, I wanted to know how to make an aray in the database. I''m making > > a "backpack" for my game. So i''m gana use it in a array. > > I left of topic the reason that I wanted to do this is beacuse it would > be easier then having to put in twenty fields for twenty item camcity. > The "inner join" alaways me to select from two tabels I don''t understand > how that would help me. Sorry for being so dumb. Newb to progamming only > three months in rails with two months in ruby. Not really good at it > though.It sounds like you want to link backpack items directly to users, which is fine. If "backpacks" is it''s own table, this will still work. Assume two tables: "users" and "backpackitems" each with their own "id" columns. "backpackitems" also has a "user_id" column, plus whatever else it needs to house your data. The point of using an inner join is that you make the database do the work for you of sorting out which items belong to a given user. You don''t have to iterate over all of the backpackitems yourself, because the database is already very good at doing this. For example, suppose you want to fetch the user with ID=2 and everything in his backpack. The SQL would look like this: SELECT * FROM user u INNER JOIN backpackitems b ON b.user_id = u.id WHERE u.id = 2; ("u" and "b" are arbitrary names. Think of them like an alias that make the SQL easier to read.) The bonus, however, is that you''re using Rails. You don''t actually have to know how to use that query at all. If you define the association between user and backpackitems, then you can let ActiveRecord do the work for you. In user.rb: has_many :backpack_items In backpack_item.rb: belongs_to :user Then in a controller somewhere: user = User.find(2) backpack_items = user.backpack_items Obviously, your names are probably completely different than mine. -- James
Cool now how do I call it in the RHTML file? I tried <% @backpack.each.do |item| -%> <%= item %><br> <% end -%> That just wrote # Also, I added "items" database so I hooked that up to backpacks so backpacks is table is like this id user_id item_id so that will work or not? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Mohammad wrote:> Cool now how do I call it in the RHTML file? I tried <% > @backpack.each.do |item| -%> > <%= item %><br> > <% end -%> > That just wrote # > Also, I added "items" database so I hooked that up to backpacks so > backpacks is table is like this id user_id item_id so that will work or > not?What field do you want to display? Assuming your backpack database has a field "name": <%= item.name %> -Adam -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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