How do I override rails naming conventions?
Ruby on-RailsNaming ConventionsPluralizeRuby on-Rails Problem Overview
I have a model named "clothing" which I want to be the singlular (one piece of clothing). By default, rails says the plural is clothings. Right or wrong, I think it will be more readable if the plural is "clothes".
How do I override the plural naming convention? Can I do it right in the model so I don't have to do it over and over? How will this change how routes are handled (I am using restful architecture)?
Ruby on-Rails Solutions
Solution 1 - Ruby on-Rails
I'm no RoR expert, but did find a possible approach. From the referenced site you can add inflection rule inside the config/initializers/inflections.rb
file:
# Add new inflection rules using the following format
ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections do |inflect|
inflect.irregular 'clothing', 'clothes'
end
Solution 2 - Ruby on-Rails
For rails 2.3.2 and maybe 2+, you need to do it a little different:
ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections do |inflect|
inflect.plural /^(ox)$/i, '\1\2en'
inflect.singular /^(ox)en/i, '\1'
inflect.irregular 'octopus', 'octopi'
inflect.uncountable "equipment"
end
Solution 3 - Ruby on-Rails
Add this in your environment.rb
file if you are trying to stop database pluralization
ActiveRecord::Base.pluralize_table_names = false
Solution 4 - Ruby on-Rails
With Ruby 2.2.2 windows or linux for me best solve was :
ActiveRecord::Base.pluralize_table_names = false
class Persona < ActiveRecord::Base
end
personas = Persona.all
personas.each do | personita |
print "#{personita.idpersona} #{personita.nombre}\n"
end
p Persona.count