I have a model that needs a type column, but it's not for single table inheritance. Is there a recommended way or workaround for this?
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Yes. Just change the inheritance_column:
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 set inheritance_column:
self.inheritance_column = 'zoink'
If you're not using STI you can set it to whatever you want. The end result is exactly the same as as with models that don't have a type column.
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