[Rails] Re: Inserting multiple records from one table (model) to ano

Ar Chron wrote:
> Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:
>>
>> You could -- it's just poor design in most cases.
>>
>
> Most cases yes, but in some cases a parallel import table is not a bad
> thing.
>
> If you put all your data into one table, then all the records going into
> that table have to pass all the model constraints immediately.

That's true, of course. But in that case, the tables don't have the
same structure, so the smell doesn't apply.

>
> From John's initial post, I read "after doing some preliminary editing"
> to imply that the records, as imported from CSV, may not satisfy all the
> constraints of the application.
>
> It may be in his interest to keep these "dirty" records separate from
> the "clean" records so he does not have to relax any constraints on the
> mainstream application data,

You may be right. I hadn't thought of that from the initial
description.

> or complicate his existing model
> constraints by mixing a flag check into the middle of things.

default_scope is not complicated!

>
> Ultimately, it'll be whatever works best for John.

Best,
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