I'm trying to implement a structure like: GrandFather <- Father <- Son Using rails and the gem citier. This example should create 2 tables to represent the 3 classes: one for the Root class (GrandFather) and it's attributes and other to represent the Father and Son classes (since Son don't have additional attributes) and Father's attributes.
class GrandFather < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_citier
attr_accessible :grand_father_attr, :type
end
class Father < GrandFather
acts_as_citier
attr_accessible :father_attr
end
class Son < Father
end
class CreateGrandFathers < ActiveRecord::Migration
def change
create_table :grand_fathers do |t|
t.string :type
t.string :grand_father_attr
t.timestamps
end
end
end
class CreateFathers < ActiveRecord::Migration
def up
create_table :fathers do |t|
t.string :father_attr
end
create_citier_view(Father)
end
def down
drop_citier_view(Father)
drop_table :fathers
end
end
But if I open rails console and type 'Son.new' the attribute from GrandFather is there, but the one from Father class is missing:
1.9.3-p362 :001 > Son.new
citier -> Root Class
citier -> table_name -> grand_fathers
citier -> Non Root Class
citier -> table_name -> fathers
citier -> tablename (view) -> view_fathers
(1.1ms) SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM pg_tables
WHERE tablename = 'grand_fathers'
(0.5ms) SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM pg_views
WHERE viewname = 'grand_fathers'
=> #<Son id: nil, type: "Son", grand_father_attr: nil, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>
I ended up with a very simple workaround, in my example the only modification would be:
class Son < Father
acts_as_citier :table_name => 'fathers'
end