On 23/03/2005, at 10:42 PM, Caleb Tennis wrote:
>
> You can work around this by doing something like this in your model:
>
> def type
>   read_attribute("type")
> end
>
> def type=(a)
>   write_attribute("type", a)
> end
>
Thanks. This is exactly what I was after. I just check and it seems to 
work. I thought it would be possible to override the method but didn't 
know what with nor did I wish to ask a leading question. thanks also to 
john for confirming that self.inheritance_column() was correct as I'd 
done this by reading between the lines.

J.