Model

Rails
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Hi,

Should every model have an associated table in database? I have a model
as a subclass of another model class. I am getting ‘MySQL gone away’
error while creating a new object of this subclass.

Any clues?

Amita.

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On May 1, 7:09 am, Amita B. [email protected]
wrote:

Hi,

Should every model have an associated table in database? I have a model
as a subclass of another model class.

not necessarily. For example when using single table inheritance then
a model and its subclasses will share a table, and you can of course
have non-activerecord model classes that don;t use the database at
all.

Fred

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I am getting ‘MySQL gone away’
error while creating a new object of this subclass.

Refactor the common code between your tabled and table-less *models into
a
module, and let both models include that module.

*yes, it’s still a model, even if it has no DB persistence.

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Phlip
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