Is a global set of named_scope scopes a bad idea? If not, is it possible?

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I've noticed that several of my models contain the same set of named_scopes (ones for active, various access levels, etc.). I was thinking to avoid the duplication I'd try to pull that coat into a common file either included or extended from within my models.

I created a module, but that didn't seem to work w/ errors trying to use named_scope. I create a "base" model and made the other models child classes to it, but Rails looked for a bases table, which makes sense, but unfortunately the table doesn't exist.

Is this possible or am I stuck duplicating the named_scopes across all of my models?

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When you tried using a module, did you try it like this? ie. putting the calls to named_scope inside self.included ?

module MyScopes   def self.included(base)     base.send :named_scope, ... params ...

Another option might be to make a plugin with your named scopes in them.

SH

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No, I didn't try that but that worked perfectly. Thanks for the tip.