title: Rails -- use type column without STI?
body: <p>I want to use a column called <code>type</code> without invoking Single Table Inheritance (STI) - I just want <code>type</code> to be a normal column that holds a <code>String</code>.</p>
  
  <p>How can I do this without having Rails expecting me to have single table inheritance and throwing an exception of <code>The single-table inheritance mechanism failed to locate the subclass...This error is raised because the column 'type' is reserved for storing the class in case of inheritance.</code>?</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas on how to do this?</p>