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| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/model.rb | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/model.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/model.rb index 57553c29eb..44cde49bd5 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/model.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/model.rb @@ -101,9 +101,19 @@ module ActiveRecord def abstract_class? false end - + # Defines the name of the table column which will store the class name on single-table # inheritance situations. + # + # The default inheritance column name is +type+, which means it's a + # reserved word inside Active Record. To be able to use single-table + # inheritance with another column name, or to use the column +type+ in + # your own model for something else, you can override this method to + # return a different name: + # + # def self.inheritance_column + # 'zoink' + # end def inheritance_column 'type' end |