I have a table in my database called providers
with a type column called provider_type
. provider_type
can be either of the following:
I want to create a class that inherits from Sequel::Model
called Center
and one called Sponsor
, the resulting methods for which will scope all queries for the respective class by provider_type = 'center'
or provider_type = 'sponsor'
.
It's not 100% essential that I be able to do this but if it is possible, it would be ideal.
You want the single_table_inheritance plugin:
class Provider < Sequel::Model
plugin :single_table_inheritance, :provider_type
end
class Center < Provider
end
class Sponsor < Provider
end
This will work, but only if the provider_type column matches exactly "Center" or "Sponsor". If not, you might need to add a :model_map option to the plugin call. The documentation on this plugin is located at http://sequel.jeremyevans.net/rdoc-plugins/classes/Sequel/Plugins/SingleTableInheritance.html