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How to name a model something like FileURL

Answer 1

+1 A:

You don't need to do anything. Rails' .underscore method translates 'FileURL' to 'file_url', and will look for a file with the same base name in the load path.

If ActiveRecord does not guess the correct table name, use set_table_name:

class FileURL < ActiveRecord::Base
  set_table_name "file_urls"
  ..
end

Steven Soroka 2010-10-04 19:30:28

That works for setting table name but I am not sure if that will work for filename -> classname. I am trying to create a class called IMAPMbox but unless I name the file i_m_a_p_mbox.rb, rails throws a "Expected blah to define blah" exception.

prateekdayal 2010-10-05 05:26:38

That's a result of lazy loading. You could always just explicitly require the file first so the constant is already defined. Seems odd that it would expect i_m_a_p_mbox.rb, I've never seen it do that before.

Steven Soroka 2010-10-09 17:19:20

I think you are right. There was something funny going on between factory_girl, rails and rspec. I have it all sorted out with a sane filename like imap_mbox.rb but something like Factory.define :i_m_a_p_mbox !!

prateekdayal 2010-10-12 04:19:52

Answer 2

+2 A:

Ask yourself whether this is really a requirement in the first place. In general, you're best off going with the Ruby (and Rails) conventions rather than fighting them. Why not just name the model class FileUrl?

Mirko Froehlich 2010-10-09 05:03:05

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