Comments on: ActiveRecord Associative Array Directly Into The Database http://www.techper.net/2008/02/13/activerecord-associative-array-directly-into-the-database/ About Technology in My Life Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:35:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: chad http://www.techper.net/2008/02/13/activerecord-associative-array-directly-into-the-database/#comment-1188 chad Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:47:40 +0000 http://www.techper.net/2008/02/13/activerecord-associative-array-directly-into-the-database/#comment-1188 I wrote a slightly different <a href="http://www.rubyrescue.com/2008/06/30/acts_as_setting/" rel="nofollow">version</a> that uses activerecord and the database (no need for xml here), but that creates members on the class to make the calls much faster and save the database hits. I wrote a slightly different version that uses activerecord and the database (no need for xml here), but that creates members on the class to make the calls much faster and save the database hits.

]]> By: robert shell http://www.techper.net/2008/02/13/activerecord-associative-array-directly-into-the-database/#comment-56 robert shell Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:44:14 +0000 http://www.techper.net/2008/02/13/activerecord-associative-array-directly-into-the-database/#comment-56 If for like this, you may like the plugin I wrote for my setting. (see http://biorails.org/svn/biorails/plugins/alces_act_as_setting/ ) Its also add the ability to use the setting name as a class level method as well as a array eg. SystemSetting['xxx'] SystemSetting.xxx SystemSetting.xxx = 'ss' To use is a simple acts_as_setting directive with a link to a xml file to define names and load initial values from xml. class SystemSetting "#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/system_settings.yml" end If for like this, you may like the plugin I wrote for my setting. (see http://biorails.org/svn/biorails/plugins/alces_act_as_setting/ ) Its also add the ability to use the setting name as a class level method as well as a array eg.

SystemSetting['xxx']
SystemSetting.xxx
SystemSetting.xxx = ’ss’

To use is a simple acts_as_setting directive with a link to a xml file to define names and load initial values from xml.

class SystemSetting “#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/system_settings.yml”
end

]]> By: Mr eel http://www.techper.net/2008/02/13/activerecord-associative-array-directly-into-the-database/#comment-52 Mr eel Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:13:58 +0000 http://www.techper.net/2008/02/13/activerecord-associative-array-directly-into-the-database/#comment-52 That is indeed, very simple and elegant. Perhaps the only improvement I could suggest is caching the records as they are returned. If you happen to access a particular setting repeatedly, you'll end up with multiple database hits. That is indeed, very simple and elegant.

Perhaps the only improvement I could suggest is caching the records as they are returned. If you happen to access a particular setting repeatedly, you’ll end up with multiple database hits.

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