Rails - Aug 2007 - Nested Resources vs. Normal Resources

Hi,

I''m a bit unsure as to when one uses a nested resource and when one
uses a normal resource. If you have a belongs_to, has_one/many
relationship between models is that automatically an indication of a
nested resource or can these resources still be represented in the
normal resource way?

I have a resource (talker) that belongs_to a number of other models
(network, data_date, talker_type etc) in a many to one relationship
and I''d like to be able to have something like:

/networks/1/talkers/10
/data_dates/1/talkers/10
/talker_types/1/talkers/10

but also

/talkers/10

Is it possible to do this? or do I need to rename each of the nested
parts of the url to something like network_talkers etc. so that it
would be:

/networks/1/network_talkers/10

?

Thanks,
Toby


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Don''t use nested resource unless you have a valid reason.

http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core/browse_thread/thread/f4ca7b1d420f6d7d/63a18f62d6cc7364?q=Nested+Resource&lnk=ol&
is a nice read.

On 8/3/07, tobyclemson-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
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wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I''m a bit unsure as to when one uses a nested resource and when
one
> uses a normal resource. If you have a belongs_to, has_one/many
> relationship between models is that automatically an indication of a
> nested resource or can these resources still be represented in the
> normal resource way?
>
> I have a resource (talker) that belongs_to a number of other models
> (network, data_date, talker_type etc) in a many to one relationship
> and I''d like to be able to have something like:
>
> /networks/1/talkers/10
> /data_dates/1/talkers/10
> /talker_types/1/talkers/10
>
> but also
>
> /talkers/10
>
> Is it possible to do this? or do I need to rename each of the nested
> parts of the url to something like network_talkers etc. so that it
> would be:
>
> /networks/1/network_talkers/10
>
> ?
>
> Thanks,
> Toby
>
>
> >
>

-- 
Cheers!
- Pratik
http://m.onkey.org

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