# makes @site available to all controllers and views def initialize_site @site = Site.find_by_domain(request.domain) end end
You can use Thread.current to pass data to your models. Something like this:
def initialize_site @site = Site.find_by_domain(request.domain) Thread.current[:site] = @site end
Aaron
Thank you, that's exactly what I needed.
Your welcome
class Widget < ActiveRecord::Base class << self # keep a pointer to the old find alias :find_without_site :find
# extend find to always return widgets for the current site def find(*args) self.with_scope(:find => {:conditions => {:site_id => Site.current.id}}) do self.find_without_site(*args) end end end end
And it's amazing. All unnecessary references to the site are gone from my controllers, and even the other models. Thanks again!
Scoped finds are great, and overriding the default find will automatically scope your associations too. But be aware that the find_by convenience methods (find_by_name, find_by_id, etc...) are NOT scoped.
Aaron