[Rails] Re: Models vs constant arrays (Rails way)

heimdull wrote:
> If you need let's say the countries for a select statement I would
> just create this in a migrations/country model that loads the data
> into an array on startup.

This is extremely unreliable, not to mention conceptually wrong.
Migrations do not necessarily get run for new installations, and anyway
constant data like this has nothing to do with DB migration. Use
seed_fu or similar.

Best,
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