# ActiveRecord - Joined subclasses possible?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-joined-subclasses-possible/170613>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 19, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-joined-subclasses-possible/170613 "2009-06-19T18:21:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheDeeno](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ce7236/32.png) [@TheDeeno](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/TheDeeno)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-joined-subclasses-possible/170613/1 "2009-06-19T18:21:21Z")

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Hi all, I’m thinking about making the switch to RoR for one of my  
projects. I’m trying to figure out if ActiveRecord can handle one of  
my inheritance hierarchies before I do.

I have a more detailed question up on stackoverflow:

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Is this possible? Thoughts?