# Finding the rhyme for has\_many :through **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 3, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-the-rhyme-for-has-many-through/59470 "2006-05-03T19:07:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_I)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-the-rhyme-for-has-many-through/59470/1 "2006-05-03T19:07:45Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_I)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-the-rhyme-for-has-many-through/59470/2 "2006-05-03T19:08:03Z")
On 5/3/06, John I. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) 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 ---
**Author:** ![John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_I)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-the-rhyme-for-has-many-through/59470/3 "2006-05-03T19:08:05Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_I)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-the-rhyme-for-has-many-through/59470/4 "2006-05-03T19:08:06Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_I)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-the-rhyme-for-has-many-through/59470/5 "2006-05-03T19:08:11Z")
On 5/3/06, John I. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) 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” ? ---
**Author:** ![John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_I)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-the-rhyme-for-has-many-through/59470/6 "2006-05-03T19:14:21Z")
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