Hi,
The standard setup:
class Task:
has_many :studies, :class_name => “Study”
has_many :datasets, :through => “studies”
class Dataset:
has_many :studies
has_many :tasks, :through => ‘studies’
class Study:
belongs_to :task
belongs_to :dataset
Now, if I have an edit view for my Task, is it possible to set up the
form so that in the create (or update) action “@task = params[:task]”
will set up @task so that, for instance @task.studies would return all
associated studies, @task.studies.each {|s| p s.dataset} would print
all the datasets, etc: in other words, all the code that has_many
:through buys you would just work.
OR, do I have to pull out the params[:task][:studies], call Study.new
for each of them, and then put the @task variable back together again?
I hope this makes sense. I’ve found some similar queries on the list
but no real satisfactory answers.
Thanks.
jh
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James H.
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