[Rails] Re: Build associated model confusion

Thanks you guys!

Got things working, but having some problems with GeoKit and Rails3.
I'll have to do some more investigation on that front!

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Melih O.
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On Dec 15, 7:19 am, Marnen Laibow-Koser <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Simon Baumgartner wrote in post #968527:
>
> > A comment about your Location model:
>
> > You rarely need 'initialize' when creating new model instances (and in
> > this case you don't).
>
> Good catch!  But make that "never", not "rarely".  ActiveRecord
> constructors generally shouldn't be overridden.  Instead, use before_ or
> after_create callbacks to set values (as in your example).
>
> > The beauty of ActiveRecord is that it automagically gives you instance
> > variables for all table columns.
> > If you need any variables that are not a table column use
> > attr_accessor :foo_bar
>
> > Also, for all geocoding needs I would usehttp://geokit.rubyforge.org/
>
> Indeed.  Also investigate Spatial Adapter, and consider PostGIS if
> you're using PostgreSQL.  (If you're not using PostgreSQL, you probably
> should be. :) )
>
> Best,
> --
> Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org
> mar...@marnen.org
>
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