Models vs. Modules

Re:Models vs. Modules by namcos on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @12:50PM (#466114)

Simple question, why not have a db backed Avatar model instead?

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Re:Models vs. Modules by jamis on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @12:56PM (#466129)

It is db-backed. It's just that the fields exist on the people table, instead of in their own table.

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Re:Models vs. Modules by namcos on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @01:03PM (#466152)

Thanks, I never noticed model aggregation before. Looks really useful.

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Re:Models vs. Modules by ambition on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @11:17PM (#467086)

Also if you did it db backed in a separate table, you'd have to do database joins to retrieve avatars, which might have a performance impact.

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