Re: [Rails] Multiple User Types - Michael Hartl's Tutorial

Hi Colin,

Thanks for your reply.
Actually I don't want each user to have multiple types. Only 1 type per user is ok for me.

I can satisfy that by using polymorphic relations. I have 1 db table for common user attributes(email,name,password) and 2 more tables for the 2 user types(admin,manager)

But I'm confused while implementing the SessionController.

Each user type will have different login and register forms.

Do you think using a single SessionController for the login/logout operations for both user types is fine (with different session keys)?

Thanks,

Erdem

On Saturday, November 17, 2012 7:59:25 AM UTC, Colin Law wrote:

On 17 November 2012 00:15, Erdem Gezer <erdem...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Can I have your opinions about the implementation of multiple user types
> that can login and play in different roles?
>
> What do you think about the answer on stack overflow?
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10876059/michael-hartls-rails-tutorial-reusing-sessions-resource-for-multiple-user-type

I would first question the basic premise of multiple user types.  Is
that really necessary?  Can a user every be of both types?  Perhaps
the requirement is not for different types of users but for users with
different roles, meaning that a user can perform the role of a
publisher or a subscriber (in the example given) or perhaps even both.
 In which case the requirement is just for a single user table with
something like cancan to provide roles.

Colin

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