From: Stefan Rusterholz <apeiros@...>
Date: 2007-08-26T07:27:54+09:00
Subject: Re: How can I make this if/else more succinct?

eggie5 wrote:
> How can I make this if/else more succinct?
> 
> Video.find(:all).each do |video|
>         if video._3gp
>           ext=".3gp"
>         elsif video._3g2
>           ext=".3g2"
>         elsif video.mp4
>           ext=".mp4"
>         end

If I see that correctly you have a database with a table with the 3 
fields "_3gp", "_3g2" and "mp4".
If that's incorrect, don't bother to read on.
If it is correct: why? It seems much saner to have a field 'type' with 
an enum '3gp','3g2','mp4' NOT NULL.
That way you can create your extension simply by prefixing a dot.

Regards
Stefan
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