#--- # Excerpted from "Agile Web Development with Rails", # published by The Pragmatic Bookshelf. # Copyrights apply to this code. It may not be used to create training material, # courses, books, articles, and the like. Contact us if you are in doubt. # We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose. # Visit http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails4 for more book information. #--- #--- # Excerpted from "Agile Web Development with Rails, 4rd Ed.", # published by The Pragmatic Bookshelf. # Copyrights apply to this code. It may not be used to create training material, # courses, books, articles, and the like. Contact us if you are in doubt. # We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose. # Visit http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails4 for more book information. #--- $: << File.dirname(__FILE__) require 'connect' require 'rubygems' require 'active_record' require 'pp' ActiveRecord::Schema.define do create_table :purchases, :force => true do |t| t.string :name t.text :last_five end end class Purchase < ActiveRecord::Base serialize :last_five # ... end purchase = Purchase.new purchase.name = "Dave Thomas" purchase.last_five = [ 'shoes', 'shirt', 'socks', 'ski mask', 'shorts' ] purchase.save purchase = Purchase.find_by_name("Dave Thomas") pp purchase.last_five pp purchase.last_five[3]