I have two classes: a Widget and a User. The User has an id that is
referenced in two places on the Widget: owner_id and operator_id.
How should I structure that reference for has_many?
Thanks folks - I appreciate any help on this.
–David
widget.rb
has_many :owners, :class_name => “user”, :foreign_key => “owner_id”
has_many :operators, :class_name => “user”, :foreign_key =>
“operator_id”
then in the widget database you have those two fields 'owner_id" and
“operator_id”
Just what I needed - thanks sw0rdfish. The books I have were not real
clear on this.
–David
On 13 Jun 2008, at 16:50, David wrote:
Hmmm - now that I look at it, should it be belongs to?
widget.rb
belongs_to: owners, :class_name => “user”, :foreign_key => “owner_id”
belongs_to: operators, :class_name => “user”, :foreign_key =>
“operator_id”
it’s belongs_to (and then the corresponding has_many on user). You
need to use singulars though and the class name should be the actual
class name, ie
belongs_to :owner, :class_name => “User” (the foreign key is inferred
from the association name)
I wrote this up in detail:
Fred
Yeah Fred got ya… I just based it on your title, and assumed ( shame
on me 
)
If a user has_many widgets then yeah m use belongs_to and owner, not
owners.
Writeup looks good too… have a look at it.
On Jun 13, 12:04 pm, Frederick C. [email protected]
Fred, great write up - thanks for taking the time to put that up!
–David
Hmmm - now that I look at it, should it be belongs to?
widget.rb
belongs_to: owners, :class_name => “user”, :foreign_key => “owner_id”
belongs_to: operators, :class_name => “user”, :foreign_key =>
“operator_id”
?
Each widget has a single owner and operator. A user can be the owner
and/or operator of many widgets.
–David