Question

I want to be able to save a params[:object] hash in a text field of a drafts table, to keep this hash saved and pull it out later. I want to know if it’s possible to do so that I get a hash out later, with functionality.

Right now, when I am saving a post in here, so I have the following line:

 @draft = user.drafts.build(:content => params[:post])

This saves the params[:post] hash as:

 "--- !map:ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess \ntitle: asdfasdfasdf\ncontent: \"\"\ndiscussion_id: \"87\"\ndraft: \"false\"\n"

If I find the draft (ie d = Draft.find(1)) and then I try to pull this hash out, I just get the string value here.

Is there some way I can reform this into a hash? Or is there a better way to go about saving the params hash in the first place?

Thanks

Answer 1

Check out the class method serialize in ActiveRecord::Base:

class Draft < ActiveRecord::Base
  serialize :content, Hash
end

It should save a fair amount of time over doing this yourself!