From: "Zed A. Shaw" <zedshaw@...>
Date: 2005-12-13T10:41:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Hibernate on Ruby

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 07:55:02 +0900
Eero Saynatkari <ruby-forum-reg@mailinator.com> wrote:

> List Recv wrote:
> > Example for me:
> > Let's say I have a class hierarchy, in which a particular field is
> > stored direclty in the db for one class, and calculated using a
> > simple SQL formula for other other classes.  How can I use the DB
> > to query the tree for all objects where field == aVal.
> > 
> > Answer: In ActiveRecord - you can't (w/o major hacking).  You need
> > to instantiate each one from the db, and then use Ruby to check
> > each one.
> 
> Google up Og and Kansas and see if either suits you better.
> Both take a modeling approach perpendicular to AR. There
> are others also, I am sure.
> 
> Or, of course, you could restructure your data :)

No, that'd actually involve admitting he is wrong.  The day a
programmer actually admits he's wrong is the day Satan ice skates
around Times Square in July eating Tasti-Delight while wearing long
underwear.

For another great example of "fighting to always be right" refer to any
thread about plural table names (either side).

Zed A. Shaw
http://www.zedshaw.com/