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All, I have a quick question - is the purpose of implementing after_initialize to allow custom attribute initialization for AR descendants? I have been overriding initialize whenever I require custom setup of my model classes, like so: def initialize(attributes = nil) super self.Status = ''G'' end So I have a couple of questions: 1) Could I achieve the same

I was thinking today, it would be nice if a view could tell a model how to format it''s data for that particular view. Kind of like, the view is bestowing instant, and temporary knowledge on the model for the duration of the views run. It seemed to me that this would be more objecty than say a helper that formats a string format_my_string( my_string ) Instead, in my view. Lets assume I

UJS has started to get a lot of attention recently and we''ve found we''ve been getting tickets filed on trac that are more like support requests/help rather than real bugs. For that reason, we''ve set up a UJS4Rails Google Group. Feel free to ask questions, suggest features and discuss how you are using the plugin. http://groups.google.com/group/ujs4rails