marshaled_attributes

A simple plugin for saving marshaled objects using ActiveRecord.

Instalation

Install the plugin with script/plugin install git://github.com/fnando/marshaled_attributes.git

Usage

Considering the following schema:

create_table :pages do |t|
  t.string  :name
  t.text    :body
  t.binary  :meta
end

1) Add the method call marshaled_attributes to your model.

class Page < ActiveRecord::Base
  marshaled_attributes :meta
end

@page = Page.new # => do not mass-assign the marshaled attributes.
@page.meta = {:last_comment_id => 100}

IMPORTANT: Remember NOT to mass-assign the attributes you want to be marshaled.

Copyright (c) 2008 Nando Vieira, released under the MIT license