Rating Model - belongs_to :ratable, :polymorphic => true User Model & Comment Model & Picture Model - has_one :rating, :as => :ratable
Okay, so now my "Ratings" table should have these columns: ups = 5 downs = 2 ratable_id = 3 ratable_type = "user"
And that will automatically make user # 3 have user.rating.ups = 5 right? And the ratable_type will always use the singlular form, right?
Anyone know if this is the best way to do this?
And that will automatically make user # 3 have user.rating.ups = 5
Yes
right? And the ratable_type will always use the singlular form, right?
Yes
For some reason this isn't working.
I have done all that I stated above, then I made an object Rating with a ratable_id = 6, ratable_type = "web_page"
But WebPages.find(6).rating returns a Nil. Ideas?
Does there need to be a middle table or something with Polymorphic? I didn't see any mention of it.
-Ryan
Not sure if this is the problem, but the descrimiator column (ratable_type in this case) should have a value that matches the camel cased class name. In your original post it looks like you have a lowercase 'u' (user) instead of uppercase ("User").
Looking at a later post this appears to be the case. You should have "WebPage" as the ratable_type, not "web_page".
HTH, AndyV
PS: Any job posting dissections you want to share 