Which relationship to use?

Rails
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Hi all.

I’ve the following scenario:

users
id

cars
id
name

One user has many cars, but I need to always edit cars table (add more
models, edit actual models, etc.). So, I’m think about use another
table:

cars_users
id_user
id_car

This means an HABTM relationship, right? Is this the rigth approach to
my
problem? One user doesn’t belongs to a car (in my point of view).

What should I do?

Best regards and sorry my poor English,

Davi V.

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hey Davi.

You might want to look into “has_many :through =>” and use a join
table for the relationship.

best.
mike

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cars_users
id_user
id_car

    This means an HABTM relationship, right? Is this the rigth approach to my

problem? One user doesn’t belongs to a car (in my point of view).

Yes, your secong version would be a habtm. But what for?
If one user can have several cars, but a car only belongs to a single
user there is no need for that.
(This has nothing to do with editing)

The simple question:
Can a car have several users?
If yes, you’ll need habtm, otherwise it’s not necessary.