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...which extends ActiveRecord::Base I have the plugin working in my models in other aspects. I would like to pass in some data to the plugin, but I can''t get the data I would like. so if I have: class Stuff < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :thing my_plugin :id => self.thing.other_id end it chokes on figuring out what to do with self.thing.other_id. I checked, and self isn''t recognized at the point that I am calling my_plugin so if i do : class Stuff < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :thing my_plugin :id => self.class.to_s end when I print out :id...

Is there a proper way of doing inner selects in rails. Basically, I run in issues where I need the count of a query and end up using find_by_sql. I was wondering if there was any elegant way of doing such queries. Roland -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I have two tables: table_1: tab1_id, other_id table_2: id, tab2_id, something_else I would like to specify a has_one mapping from table_1 to table_2 but specifying that the join is based on (table_2.tab2_id = table_1.other_id). I am half way there with: class Table1 < ActiveRecord::Base set_table_name "table_1" set_primary...