Dave Myron wrote:> Guys I must not be getting enough sleep, cause I''m really feeling
lost
> about this one. I''ve read lots about STI and polymorphism
gleefully
> playing in the meadow together. But apparently my models are the giant
> sinkhole the wonderful kids fell into. (Do I sound tired?) Anyway:
>
> To me, this seems pretty standard...
>
> ---
> class Content < AR::Base
> acts_as_taggable # plugin
> end
>
> class Photo < Content; end
>
> class Album < Content; end
> ---
>
> Normal STI table for contents. I have taggings and tags for
> acts_as_taggable.
>
> My issue is after doing this:
> ---
> Photo.find(:first).tag_with ''test''
> Album.find(:first).tag_with ''test''
> ---
> There are now two records in taggings with the IDs of the taggable and
> taggable_type = ''Content'' (wish this could be
''Album'' and ''Photo'' but I
> understand that this must be the base_class). Now, I want to get all the
> photos that are tagged with ''test''. I''m using
the provided methods with
> acts_as_taggable:
>
> ---
> Photo.find_tagged_with ''test''
> ---
>
> The problem is that this returns both records because find_tagged_with
> searches for taggable_type = ''Content''! Am I doing
something wrong here?
>
> Thanks for taking the time to read this,
> Dave
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Nope, that''s a limitation of STI (I forget why). I worked around it by
adding another column and monkeypatching the acts_as_taggable to
populate that column with the actual class name.
_Kevin
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