Rails: best practice to scope queries based on subdomain?

Question

I\'m working on a Rails (currently 2.3.4) app that makes use of subdomains to isolate independent account sites. To be clear, what I mean is foo.mysite.com should show the f

Answer 1

Be careful going with default scope here, as it will lead you into a false sense of security, particularly when creating records.

I've always used your first example to keep this clear:

@page = @go.pages.find(params[:id])

The biggest reason is because you also want to ensure this association is applied to new records, so your new/create actions will look like the following, ensuring that they are properly scoped to the parent association:

# New
@page = @go.pages.new

# Create
@page = @go.pages.create(params[:page])