method

inheritance_column

v1.2.6 - Show latest stable - Class: ActiveRecord::Base

inheritance_column()

public

Defines the column name for use with single table inheritance — can be set in subclasses like so: self.inheritance_column = "type_id"

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb, line 656
      def inheritance_column
        @inheritance_column ||= "type".freeze
      end

ronald · Jan 26, 20095 thanks

Don't use the column name 'type'
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

gabeodess · Jan 11, 20115 thanks

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