From: Fred <0bssel602@...>
Date: 2006-04-04T02:25:53+09:00
Subject: Re: self.some_attribute vs @some_attribute


> Rails is a bit different in this scenario than most other Ruby programs.
> The attributes in your model classes that are picked up at runtime
> from your database schema are not defined as regular methods.
> @blah = 'something' will not necessarily do what you expect to the
> value in the 'blah' column of your table.
Indeed, I just noticed this.

In that case, it appears the instance variable is used to do some 
manipulations I still need to understand before writing the crypted 
value to the database.

Thanks

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