Can't delete tons of messages at once due to PL/SQL trigger. Utility method to disallow anon postings.

Author: Tom Copeland

app/models/forum.rb

@@ -24,9 +24,14 @@ class Forum < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :posted_by, :class_name => 'User', :foreign_key => 'posted_by'
 
   def delete_all_messages
-    sql = "delete from forum where group_forum_id = #{self.group_forum_id}"
-    puts "Running '#{sql}'..."
-    Forum.connection.execute(sql)
+    #sql = "delete from forum where group_forum_id = #{self.group_forum_id}"
+    #puts "Running '#{sql}'..."
+    #Forum.connection.execute(sql)
+    Forum.find_each(:batch_size => 100, :conditions => ["group_forum_id = ?", group_forum_id]) do |f|
+      puts "Deleting #{f.subject}"
+      f.destroy
+    end
+    nil
   end
 end
 

app/models/forum_group.rb

@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@ class ForumGroup < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   set_table_name "forum_group_list"
   set_primary_key "group_forum_id"
-  
+
   belongs_to :group
   has_many :forums, :foreign_key => "group_forum_id"
 
+  def disallow_anonymous_postings!
+    self.update_attribute :allow_anonymous, false
+  end
+
 end