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authorYves Senn <yves.senn@gmail.com>2013-04-03 13:36:30 +0200
committerYves Senn <yves.senn@gmail.com>2013-04-03 13:36:30 +0200
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add `(association)`_type to schema convetions in AR basics guide.
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@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ to Active Record instances:
a model.
* `type` - Specifies that the model uses [Single Table
Inheritance](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Base.html)
+* `(association_name)_type` - Stores the type for
+ [polymorphic associations](association_basics.html#polymorphic-associations).
* `(table_name)_count` - Used to cache the number of belonging objects on
associations. For example, a `comments_count` column in a `Post` class that
has many instances of `Comment` will cache the number of existent comments