Rails - May 2006 - Finding the rhyme for has_many :through

Hi all,

I am NOT a person with English as my mother language and I haven''t been
programming long enough to be natural in these kind of things. And if 
that isn''t bad enough, I am a newbie on Rails too... So please
enligthen.

I am trying to build a simple tool for my shop. I have many products 
that I sell in my shop and of course I have many suppliers for the 
products. Thus to express the relationship between products and 
suppliers, I think I have to create a join model. Beside the product_id 
and supplier_id the join model will also note the purchase_date, the 
quantity, and the price. Am I right till this point? The question is, 
what shall I name the join model? Please remember that I don''t use 
English daily.

I am looking for a word that rhyme. Rails Recipes book gives a very nice 
example. Magazines has many readers through subscriptions. Readers has 
many magazines through subscriptions. It clicks! It rhymes! Now... what 
shall I name my join model?

Thank you,
John

On 5/3/06, John Indra <ji.milist@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am NOT a person with English as my mother language and I haven''t
been
> programming long enough to be natural in these kind of things. And if
> that isn''t bad enough, I am a newbie on Rails too... So please
enligthen.
>
> I am trying to build a simple tool for my shop. I have many products
> that I sell in my shop and of course I have many suppliers for the
> products. Thus to express the relationship between products and
> suppliers, I think I have to create a join model. Beside the product_id
> and supplier_id the join model will also note the purchase_date, the
> quantity, and the price. Am I right till this point? The question is,
> what shall I name the join model? Please remember that I don''t use
> English daily.
>
> I am looking for a word that rhyme. Rails Recipes book gives a very nice
> example. Magazines has many readers through subscriptions. Readers has
> many magazines through subscriptions. It clicks! It rhymes! Now... what
> shall I name my join model?
"Rhyme" probably isn''t what you mean.  The "It
clicks!" part makes sense though.

Personally, given your description, I''d go with "Purchase". 
It''s a
noun and a verb in English.  "I purchase food at the store."  "I
went
home from the store with my purchase."

"Order" is also commonly used in these situations.

-- James

On May 3, 2006, at 11:49 AM, James Ludlow wrote:
> On 5/3/06, John Indra <ji.milist@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am trying to build a simple tool for my shop. I have many products
>> that I sell in my shop and of course I have many suppliers for the
>> products. Thus to express the relationship between products and
>> suppliers, I think I have to create a join model. Beside the  
>> product_id
>> and supplier_id the join model will also note the purchase_date, the
>> quantity, and the price. Am I right till this point? The question is,
>> what shall I name the join model? Please remember that I don''t
use
>> English daily.
>
> "Rhyme" probably isn''t what you mean.  The "It
clicks!" part makes
> sense though.
>
> Personally, given your description, I''d go with
"Purchase".  It''s a
> noun and a verb in English.  "I purchase food at the store." 
"I went
> home from the store with my purchase."
>
> "Order" is also commonly used in these situations.
I think I''d probably go with Purchase, although I was also thinking  
about "Restocking", since it could be a bit more descriptive of the  
kind of transaction you are having with your supplier, where a  
Purchase is also something your customers make, from the products you  
have in stock...

-Brian

James Ludlow wrote:
> "Rhyme" probably isn''t what you mean.  The "It
clicks!" part makes sense
> though.
Ah... thank you...
> Personally, given your description, I''d go with
"Purchase".  It''s a
> noun and a verb in English.  "I purchase food at the store." 
"I went
> home from the store with my purchase."
A product has many suppliers through purchase. A supplier has many 
products through purchase.

Doesn''t it still sound awkward?
> "Order" is also commonly used in these situations.
Order is probably a better fit. However... I am planning to use order 
for product-order-customer. Maybe I can use purchase_orders and 
sales_orders.
> -- James
Thanks a bunch James! Really appreciate it.
John.

On 5/3/06, John Indra <ji.milist@gmail.com> wrote:
> James Ludlow wrote:
> > "Rhyme" probably isn''t what you mean.  The "It
clicks!" part makes sense
> > though.
>
> Ah... thank you...
>
> > Personally, given your description, I''d go with
"Purchase".  It''s a
> > noun and a verb in English.  "I purchase food at the store."
"I went
> > home from the store with my purchase."
>
> A product has many suppliers through purchase. A supplier has many
> products through purchase.
>
> Doesn''t it still sound awkward?
>
> > "Order" is also commonly used in these situations.
>
> Order is probably a better fit. However... I am planning to use order
> for product-order-customer. Maybe I can use purchase_orders and
> sales_orders.
>
What about:
"A product has many suppliers through fulfillments"
"A supplier has many products through fulfillments"
?

Wilson Bilkovich wrote:
> What about:
> "A product has many suppliers through fulfillments"
> "A supplier has many products through fulfillments"
> ?
Thanks! You guys really help a lot.

John