tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29194345.post4917783491657386450..comments2009-04-10T11:17:44.742-07:00Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204551800123292694noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29194345.post-91534106291357451582009-04-10T11:17:00.000-07:002009-04-10T11:17:00.000-07:00Thanks for letting me know about the StackOverflow mention. I've now added a comment to that thread. Good stuff.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07955457390952047455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29194345.post-88418746316241831512009-04-10T10:52:00.000-07:002009-04-10T10:52:00.000-07:00Thanks Chris...I'll give it a shot today. <BR/><BR/>Your forked version got mentioned on StackOverflow which is how I found it:<BR/>http://stackoverflow.com/questions/93063/versioned-rails-db-and-differ/736806<BR/><BR/>StackOverflow coincidentally has a pretty nice revisions feature which is similar to what I'm trying to do:<BR/>http://stackoverflow.com/revisions/14593/listStartBreakingFree.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584050342779359779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29194345.post-16493173752173104552009-04-09T23:21:00.000-07:002009-04-09T23:21:00.000-07:00The updated_attributes column simply tells you which attributes were updated in that version. We use this for example to construct a history view where we show each revision of a record, and for the fields that were updated in that version, we color them red to show they were changed.<BR/><BR/>So, in your case, you would simply iterate the list of updated attributes, and compare them to the previous version to see what was either added, removed, or changed, or whatever you might need, and then style things accordingly.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07955457390952047455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29194345.post-57001682987627674242009-04-09T22:42:00.000-07:002009-04-09T22:42:00.000-07:00This might be a silly question...but I'm not quite clear on how the updated_attributes column could be used in a the view.<BR/><BR/>I would preferably like to create something visually appealing with strikeouts and green background for new text, etc. Thanks for posting this!<BR/>BrianStartBreakingFree.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584050342779359779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29194345.post-89191596121331036412009-03-10T09:00:00.000-07:002009-03-10T09:00:00.000-07:00Unfortunately no, not yet. I still plan to, but the feature I need it for isn't at the top of the list yet :) If you find an implementation/someone else that has, let me know.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204551800123292694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29194345.post-23411314386590129112009-03-10T03:43:00.000-07:002009-03-10T03:43:00.000-07:00Did you ever get around to doing acts_as_versioned with associations?srboisverthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698414221865570024noreply@blogger.com