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inheritance_column()
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Defines the column name for use with single table inheritance — can be overridden in subclasses.
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gabeodess -
January 11, 2011
ronald -
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Disable STI
I had to add “self.inheritance_column” as opposed to simply “inheritance_column” to get this to work.
Code example
class MyModel < ActiveRecord::Base # disable STI self.inheritance_column = :_type_disabled end
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two ways to disable single table inheritance
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Don’t use the column name ‘type’
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Or if the first is no option for you: Tell Rails to look for a not existing column like:
class MyModel < ActiveRecord::Base
# disable STI inheritance_column = :_type_disabled end