Hi, all
I’m looking for a trick how to get something like that:
obj1 = SmthClass.new
obj2 = SmthClass.new
obj1.connections << obj2
obj1.connections
=> obj2
obj2.connections
=> obj1
??
PS: The first solve is to make the third join model, and put them all
necessary has_many + has_many relationship, then give the join model
optional method using transaction etc, so it’s inevitable to have two
identical strings in the join models’ database table (to obj1 and
obj2)…? Or i can write some handler to seek obj1 and obj2 using
‘their own’ foreign keys one by one through each other (two has_many
methods with two different foreign keys)?
On 01.09.2008, at 23:29, Craig D. wrote:
This earlier thread might be helpful.
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/20ad808815a17080/b27fdea7e816df82
Thanks, I saw it! But unfortunately this method makes only “one-way”
association and not vice versa (if i’m not mistaken).
Exactly I need - vice versa associations. I thought the only way to do
it is to have two strings in the database (obj1 to obj2 and obj2 to
obj1). Where is the trick?
Ah. I haven’t done that yet. A Google search for
“many-to-many” “self-referential” rails
turns up some hits that could be useful.
Regards,
Craig
This is similar: http://hideto.javaeye.com/blog/75887
What are you think? I guess, there is no transaction improvements to
be a super nice 
Actually, according to a reply in another thread, you could build on
what I
shared earlier. First, declare the habtm as described before, then
declare
another habtm named as you want and with the foreign_key and
association_foreign_key swapped around.
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_and_belongs_to_many :friends,
:class_name => “User”,
:join_table => “users_friends”,
:foreign_key => “user_id”,
:association_foreign_key => “friend_id”
has_and_belongs_to_many :reverse_friends,
:class_name => “User”,
:join_table => “users_friends”,
:foreign_key => “friend_id”,
:association_foreign_key => “user_id”
end
Does that work?
Not exactly: association methods differ from each other (.friends
and .reverse_friends):
friend1.friends
=> friend2
friend2.reverse_friends
=> friend1
that is not what i want
Ok, thanks, maybe i’ll get something intresting or write it myself )
So you like the result but not the name of the association?
I doubt that you can have two habtm associations with the same name, but
I’ve never tried it. I suggest you try it. If it works, you have what
you
want. If it doesn’t work, I suggest finding unique names that you like
for
each association. Either way, please share your findings.
Regards,
Craig