Since there’s no ‘exists?’ method for a has_many collection, is there an
easier way to avoid adding duplicates to a collection? (I assume
obj.items << item would add duplicates if repeatedly called.) Right now
I do:
category = Category.find_or_create_by_name(category_name)
directory.categories << [ category ] if
directory.categories.find(:first, :conditions=>[‘category_id=?’,
category.id]).nil?
YUCK. Sure would be nice if there was a ‘collection#exists?(id)’ or
‘collection#exists?(obj)’.
Joe