I''ve currently got 3 models: User, Lesson and Course The associations are: * Lesson belongs_to Course * Course has_many Lessons * Course belongs_to User * User has_many Courses Now I''m adding a new model for LessonCompletion, which will be used to track which lessons the user has completed and when. LessonCompletion belongs_to Lesson LessonCompletion belongs_to User User has_many LessonCompletions Lesson has_many LessonCompletions Now the way that this model (LessonCompletion) will be used is primarily on the Course show page in displaying which lessons are done. My question is, should I add another association of LessonCompletion belongs_to Course, Course has_many LessonCompletions or should I just go with Course has_many LessonCompletions, :through => :lessons ? The reason I ask is because I''m wondering if the :through will be very taxing on the system as it will get used a lot. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---