Make a STI-compatible finder for a polymorphic column ?

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Hi,

I've got a model with a polymorphic column and STI models. I've added a finder to search for specific types. How can I search for a specific model that is STI because Rails stores the mother class name ?

class Activity < ActiveRecord::Base   belongs_to :item, :polymorphic => true

  named_scope :filter_items, lambda { |i| { :conditions => { :item_type => i } } } end

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base end

class Site < ActiveRecord::Base end

class Event < Site end

class Place < Site end

Activity.filter_items('Person') works but Activity.filter_items('Event') and Activity.filter_items('Place') don't work because Rails stores 'Site' in item_type column...

I would like to be able to search through STI and non-STI models...

Thanks for your answers, Nicolas.