# A general implementation question **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 25, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-general-implementation-question/146781 "2008-08-25T12:57:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-general-implementation-question/146781/1 "2008-08-25T12:57:12Z")
Hi I have the models ServiceDesk and Problem .A servicedesk can be related to other service desk and problems .Similarly a problem can be related to other problem and servicedesks .At the first stage when doing service desk module I solved the servicedesk related records with the table service\_desk\_related records with fields id service\_desk\_id | integer | related\_record\_id | integer | related\_record\_model | character varying(80) | default NULL::character varying related\_record\_association\_type\_id | integer | ``` For example ``` 1 12 Problem 4 2 15 ServiceDesk 3 So now I have problem module started…So my question is shud i create a table name problem\_related\_records as of fields above or is there any other easy solution for this Thanks in advance Sijo ---
**Author:** ![sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-general-implementation-question/146781/2 "2008-08-25T14:36:14Z")
On 25 Aug 2008, at 11:57, Sijo Kg wrote: > service\_desk\_id | integer | > above > or is there any other easy solution for this Seems like you’ve reinvented polymorphic associations 🙂 Fred