Michael Pavling wrote: > On 3 June 2010 15:15, Andy Jeffries <a...@andyjeffries.co.uk> wrote: >> class UserAccount < ActiveRecord::Base >> serialize :meta_data, Hash >> end > > That would get it working to demo, but I *know*
Really? Or do you guess? > that they're going to > want to search/filter on the attributes once they have their hands on > them, so I'd prefer to start with a DB record per attribute that gets > assigned. EAV is generally a bad idea. If serialize won't work for you, then your best bet is probably a schemaless non-SQL database such as MongoDB or TokyoCabinet. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org mar...@marnen.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
