# ActiveResource and (polymorphic) associations **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [December 27, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource-and-polymorphic-associations/124351 "2007-12-27T21:49:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rails3000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@rails3000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rails3000)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource-and-polymorphic-associations/124351/1 "2007-12-27T21:49:36Z")
Hi, I’m just playing with ActiveResource and I did’nt find anything about the support of (polymorphic) associations. Is there a support at all? Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![rails3000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@rails3000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rails3000)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource-and-polymorphic-associations/124351/2 "2007-12-27T23:47:57Z")
Yes there is support. “did’nt find anything about the support of (polymorphic associations” I googled “ActiveRecord polymorphic associations” and got this link: [http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowToUsePolymorphicAssociations](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowToUsePolymorphicAssociations) Are you sure you searched? – Ryan B. > **[frozenplague.net](http://www.frozenplague.net)** > > This domain may be for sale! Feel free to add me to MSN and/or GTalk as this email. ---
**Author:** ![rails3000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@rails3000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rails3000)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource-and-polymorphic-associations/124351/3 "2007-12-28T00:16:07Z")
Ryan B., i think that you commit a mistake. The original thread speak about ActiveResource and not about ActiveRecord!!! I found a old thread speaking about this on: [http://www.nabble.com/-Rails--associations-support-in-ActiveResource--to7449910.html](http://www.nabble.com/-Rails--associations-support-in-ActiveResource--to7449910.html) On Dec 27, 2007 8:47 PM, Ryan B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > – > Ryan B. > [http://www.frozenplague.net](http://www.frozenplague.net) > Feel free to add me to MSN and/or GTalk as this email. > > > – Everton J. Carpes Mobile: +55 53 9129.4593 MSN: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid UIN: 343716195 Jabber: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid “If art interprets our dreams, the computer executes them in the guise of programs!” - Alan J. Perlis ---
**Author:** ![rails3000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@rails3000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rails3000)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource-and-polymorphic-associations/124351/4 "2007-12-28T00:26:05Z")
Whoops, you’re right. I just saw ActiveRe_o_r\* and thought it was ActiveRecord. Sorry. What are you trying to do with this rails3000? – Ryan B. > **[frozenplague.net](http://www.frozenplague.net)** > > This domain may be for sale! Feel free to add me to MSN and/or GTalk as this email. ---
**Author:** ![rails3000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@rails3000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rails3000)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource-and-polymorphic-associations/124351/5 "2007-12-28T14:42:57Z")
@Everton: Thanks for the link. I have similar models as described there and the error message is the same. Seems that there is no simple solution to this problem… ---
**Author:** ![rails3000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@rails3000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rails3000)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource-and-polymorphic-associations/124351/6 "2007-12-28T16:04:06Z")
I recently wrote a restful app with polymorphic associations. The ResourceController plugin was of great help to me: [http://jamesgolick.com/resource\_controller/rdoc/index.html](http://jamesgolick.com/resource_controller/rdoc/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![rails3000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@rails3000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rails3000)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource-and-polymorphic-associations/124351/7 "2007-12-28T16:59:28Z")
Ohh, very, very, very nice plugin!!! Until today, i wrote polymorphic code to overwrite helpers and set scope by hand (using before and around filters, etc). 😃 Thanks!!! On Dec 28, 2007 1:03 PM, Java [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > the support of (polymorphic) associations. > > Is there a support at all? > > > > Thanks in advance – Everton J. Carpes Mobile: +55 53 9129.4593 MSN: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid UIN: 343716195 Jabber: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid “If art interprets our dreams, the computer executes them in the guise of programs!” - Alan J. Perlis