Should I be using observers for an enquiry?

rubyonrails-talk
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hi there, I recently used observers in other parts of my application and really like how neat it is (ie. controllers don't have to be carrying extra notification logic).

Now, I have another functionality for which users of the site can fill in a form for enquiries. Yes, I do have an "enquiries" database table set up.

My question is, should I be using observers for an enquiry? I know that observer methods only take 1 object but how do I access the contents of the form (ie. params)?

thanks

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Checking out the observer pattern might help you out on deciding if this is an observer or not.

You might use an observer to send off an email for the enquiry or the like, but most of the logic would be in the enquiry model.

Mikel