module SportDb module Model class Person < ActiveRecord::Base self.table_name = 'persons' # avoids possible "smart" plural inflection to people has_many :goals belongs_to :country, :class_name => 'WorldDb::Model::Country', :foreign_key => 'country_id' def title() name end # alias for name def title=(value) self.name = value end # alias for name def self.create_or_update_from_values( new_attributes, values ) ## fix: add/configure logger for ActiveRecord!!! logger = LogKernel::Logger.root ## check optional values values.each_with_index do |value, index| if value =~ /^[a-z]{2}$/ ## assume two-letter country key e.g. at,de,mx,etc. value_country = Country.find_by_key!( value ) new_attributes[ :country_id ] = value_country.id elsif value =~ /^[A-Z]{3}$/ ## assume three-letter code e.g. AUS, MAL, etc. new_attributes[ :code ] = value elsif value =~ /^([0-9]{1,2})\s(Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)\s([0-9]{4})$/ ## assume birthday value_date_str = '%02d/%s/%d' % [$1, $2, $3] ## move to matcher!! value_date = Date.strptime( value_date_str, '%d/%b/%Y' ) ## %b - abbreviated month name (e.g. Jan,Feb, etc.) logger.debug " birthday #{value_date_str} - #{value_date}" new_attributes[ :born_at ] = value_date ## todo: convert to date else ## todo: assume title2 ?? ## assume title2 if title2 is empty (not already in use) ## and if it title2 contains at least two letter e.g. [a-zA-Z].*[a-zA-Z] # issue warning: unknown type for value logger.warn "unknown type for value >#{value}< - key #{new_attributes[:key]}" end end ## quick hack: set nationality_id if not present to country_id if new_attributes[ :nationality_id ].blank? new_attributes[ :nationality_id ] = new_attributes[ :country_id ] end rec = Person.find_by_key( new_attributes[ :key ] ) if rec.present? logger.debug "update Person #{rec.id}-#{rec.key}:" else logger.debug "create Person:" rec = Person.new end logger.debug new_attributes.to_json rec.update_attributes!( new_attributes ) end # create_or_update_from_values end # class Person end # module Model end # module SportDb