Hi, I have these Models in my app User Request Requesttargetuser Now User has the associations has_many :requests And the Request has the association belongs_to :user ie.A user can post a request. But the request should be answered by certain users ie.I have to add certain other users to reply for the request. For that only I have this model called Requesttargetuser I know i can use in User model has_many :requesttargetuser has_many :requests :through=> :requesttargetuser But my question is that can i have both has_many :requests and has_many :requests :through => :requesttargetuser in the User table.Or else wat will be the correct way to address this situation. Thanks in advance -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
I don''t know if I got your question right but what if you just: User model: has_and_belongs_to_many :requests Request model: has_and_belongs_to_many :users and create a habtm table like: create_table :users_requests, :id => false do |t| t.integer :user_id t.integer :request_id end Now you can assign as many users for as many requests as you want and vice versa. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Thanks Heinz for the reply I fixed the problem by using User Model: has_many :requests has_many :requesttargetusers has_many :targetrequests,:through=> :requesttargetusers,:source=>:request Request Model belongs_to :user has_many :requesttargetusers has_many :targetusers, :through=> :requesttargetusers, :source=>:user Requesttargetuser model: belongs_to :users belongs_to :requests And this worked for me... Heinz Strunk wrote:> I don''t know if I got your question right but what if you just: > > User model: > has_and_belongs_to_many :requests > > Request model: > has_and_belongs_to_many :users > > and create a habtm table like: > create_table :users_requests, :id => false do |t| > t.integer :user_id > t.integer :request_id > end > > Now you can assign as many users for as many requests as you want and > vice versa.-- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.