How do I represent this DB structure?

Rails
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HI all, newbie question, I have the following DB Structure

actors

  • id
  • name
  • age

movie

  • id
  • name
  • year

role

  • id
  • name
  • requiresSwimming
  • requiresHorseskills

movie_actor

  • actor_id
  • movie_id
  • role_id

How should I map this in my model in rails? An actor can only have
one role in each movie

Thanks J

2

It makes a little more sense to me to have the db look like this:

actor

  • id
  • name
  • birth_date

movie

  • id
  • name
  • year

role

  • actor_id
  • movie_id
  • requires_swimming
  • requires_horsemanship

Then your models would look like this

class Actor < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :roles
has_many :movies, :through => :roles
end

class Movie < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :roles
has_many :actors, :through => :roles
end

class Role < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :actor
belongs_to :movie
end

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3

Lol? Why did you post that qeustion again? i answered your first
thread 1 hour ago?