Hi all,
I am NOT a person with English as my mother language and I haven’t been
programming long enough to be natural in these kind of things. And if
that isn’t bad enough, I am a newbie on Rails too… So please
enligthen.
I am trying to build a simple tool for my shop. I have many products
that I sell in my shop and of course I have many suppliers for the
products. Thus to express the relationship between products and
suppliers, I think I have to create a join model. Beside the product_id
and supplier_id the join model will also note the purchase_date, the
quantity, and the price. Am I right till this point? The question is,
what shall I name the join model? Please remember that I don’t use
English daily.
I am looking for a word that rhyme. Rails Recipes book gives a very nice
example. Magazines has many readers through subscriptions. Readers has
many magazines through subscriptions. It clicks! It rhymes! Now… what
shall I name my join model?
Thank you,
John
On 5/3/06, John I. [email protected] wrote:
what shall I name the join model? Please remember that I don’t use
English daily.
I am looking for a word that rhyme. Rails Recipes book gives a very nice
example. Magazines has many readers through subscriptions. Readers has
many magazines through subscriptions. It clicks! It rhymes! Now… what
shall I name my join model?
“Rhyme” probably isn’t what you mean. The “It clicks!” part makes sense
though.
Personally, given your description, I’d go with “Purchase”. It’s a
noun and a verb in English. “I purchase food at the store.” “I went
home from the store with my purchase.”
“Order” is also commonly used in these situations.
– James
On May 3, 2006, at 11:49 AM, James L. wrote:
“Rhyme” probably isn’t what you mean. The “It clicks!” part makes
sense though.
Personally, given your description, I’d go with “Purchase”. It’s a
noun and a verb in English. “I purchase food at the store.” “I went
home from the store with my purchase.”
“Order” is also commonly used in these situations.
I think I’d probably go with Purchase, although I was also thinking
about “Restocking”, since it could be a bit more descriptive of the
kind of transaction you are having with your supplier, where a
Purchase is also something your customers make, from the products you
have in stock…
-Brian
James L. wrote:
“Rhyme” probably isn’t what you mean. The “It clicks!” part makes sense
though.
Ah… thank you…
Personally, given your description, I’d go with “Purchase”. It’s a
noun and a verb in English. “I purchase food at the store.” “I went
home from the store with my purchase.”
A product has many suppliers through purchase. A supplier has many
products through purchase.
Doesn’t it still sound awkward?
“Order” is also commonly used in these situations.
Order is probably a better fit. However… I am planning to use order
for product-order-customer. Maybe I can use purchase_orders and
sales_orders.
– James
Thanks a bunch James! Really appreciate it.
John.
On 5/3/06, John I. [email protected] wrote:
A product has many suppliers through purchase. A supplier has many
products through purchase.
Doesn’t it still sound awkward?
“Order” is also commonly used in these situations.
Order is probably a better fit. However… I am planning to use order
for product-order-customer. Maybe I can use purchase_orders and
sales_orders.
What about:
“A product has many suppliers through fulfillments”
“A supplier has many products through fulfillments”
?
Wilson B. wrote:
What about:
“A product has many suppliers through fulfillments”
“A supplier has many products through fulfillments”
?
Thanks! You guys really help a lot.
John