# Always Include Associations

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/always-include-associations/70722>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 2, 2006, 12:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/always-include-associations/70722 "2006-10-02T12:30:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Murdoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Murdoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Murdoc)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 12:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/always-include-associations/70722/1 "2006-10-02T12:30:35Z")

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Hi All,

This is probably really simple, but I couldn’t find a solution anywhere.

Is there a mechanism in Ruby/Rails whereby I can tell a class to always  
pre-load the associations for it (rather than specifying :include …  
for every occurance)?