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acts_as_comparable 1.2 released
on June 30, 2007 @ 08:55 PM

acts_as_comparable 1.2 has been released with a minor update. This includes a fix to handling additional options passed into the declarative acts_as_comparable call.

For example with acts_as_comparable 1.1:

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# this works
class Model < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_comparable
end

# the options passed in are ignored.
class Model < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_comparable :except => [:id, :name]
end

Now in 1.2 this is fixed so you can pass the following options make calls like:

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  acts_as_comparable
  acts_as_comparable :only=>[:first_name, :last_name]
  acts_as_comparable :except => [:id, :name]

Installing as a RubyGem



gem install -r acts_as_comparable

Installing as a Plugin

Installing from a version

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script/plugin install \
  http://rails.lotswholetime.com/svn/acts_as_comparable/tags/acts_as_comparable-1.2
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Introducing acts_as_comparable
on April 21, 2007 @ 01:52 AM

Mark VanHolstyn and Zach Dennis kick out another ActiveRecord plugin. The previous plugin ActiveRecord::Extensions now has a smaller, helpful cousin. This plugin has been in use for over a year but not released until tonight!

“acts_as_comparable” is plugin for ActiveRecord which allows you to easily compare and determine the differences between two ActiveRecord models.

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class Person 
  acts_as_comparable :only=>[:first_name, :last_name]
end

joe = Person.new :first_name=>"Joe", :last_name=>"Smith"
joseph = Person.new :first_name => "Joseph", :last_name=>"Smith"

joe.same?( joseph ) # => false
joe.different?( joseph ) # => true

joe.differences( joseph ) # => {:first_name=>["Joe", "Joseph"]}

The usage in the above example shows the only option, but this also works with no options, the except option and also the attrs_map option. See it’s ruby doc for more information.

Installing as a RubyGem



gem install -r acts_as_comparable

Installing as a Plugin

Installing from a version



 script/plugin install http://rails.lotswholetime.com/svn/acts_as_comparable/tags/acts_as_comparable-1.1
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