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I agree. Based on conversations that I've had with rails gurus (I'm in a co-work space with pivotal labs) the essay-like queries are definitely a code smell. I

by mkrecny 16y ago

I agree. Based on conversations that I've had with rails gurus (I'm in a co-work space with pivotal labs) the essay-like queries are definitely a code smell. I think the guy who has laid the relational foundation for the app I'm working on (and taught me all the rails I know to date) has done so in a non-Railsy way.

pestaa 16y ago
Yes, and it's not Rails only; every framework that uses Active Record (and that covers the vast majority) requires this sort of approach. "Skinny controller, fat model" is not as easy as it sounds.
frankus 16y ago
Not to sound flippant, but there's your first problem. Rails really doesn't want to be layered over an legacy database schema. Doing so would definitely lead to essay-like queries.