# Rating

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rating/160850>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 20, 2009, 10:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rating/160850 "2009-02-20T10:22:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![chaitanya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@chaitanya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chaitanya)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 10:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rating/160850/1 "2009-02-20T10:22:37Z")

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I would like to use acts\_as\_rateable for rating a model instance.  
I need sample code for implement this feature.

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**Author:** ![chaitanya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@chaitanya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chaitanya)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 11:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rating/160850/2 "2009-02-20T11:02:11Z")

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Just check the link I posted earlier…

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**Author:** ![chaitanya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@chaitanya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chaitanya)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 11:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rating/160850/3 "2009-02-20T11:08:04Z")

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do we need has\_many relationship for this application in link

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**Author:** ![chaitanya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@chaitanya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chaitanya)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rating/160850/4 "2009-02-20T11:19:15Z")

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not explicitly. it is in fact a has\_many relationship, because your  
model has\_many :rates, but you dont need to write that. the only thing  
you have to write in your model is acts\_as\_rateable.

but that’s all in the example.