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| author | Yorick Peterse <yorickpeterse@gmail.com> | 2017-08-11 14:06:43 +0200 |
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| committer | Yorick Peterse <yorickpeterse@gmail.com> | 2017-08-16 16:39:37 +0200 |
| commit | 39c5be7a1307e26a31f86f726df3c2f9ccd0c7d8 (patch) | |
| tree | fd5f534a26437f393941ab2d6ceb9f0a032734a8 | |
| parent | 862da3cfed8db462589d0271e144f21f408cf73b (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-39c5be7a1307e26a31f86f726df3c2f9ccd0c7d8.tar.gz | |
State that comma separated data is serialised data
Comma separated values really are a form of serialised data so we should
clarify that we shouldn't store such data in the DB.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/development/serializing_data.md | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/development/serializing_data.md b/doc/development/serializing_data.md index 2b56f48bc44..37332c20147 100644 --- a/doc/development/serializing_data.md +++ b/doc/development/serializing_data.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ # Serializing Data **Summary:** don't store serialized data in the database, use separate columns -and/or tables instead. +and/or tables instead. This includes storing of comma separated values as a +string. Rails makes it possible to store serialized data in JSON, YAML or other formats. Such a field can be defined as follows: |