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2006 Feb 16
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HABTM -VS- belongs_to/has_many, for self-referential joins
...h itself. (e.g., if I have a table Things, then I would like one "Thing" to "helpout" another Thing) ---------------------- Table 1: "Thing" Column: Name ---------------------- Table2: "Helps" Column: thing_id (e.g. "this thing.") Column: helps_id (. "helps that thing") ---------------------- It seems like I might want to use a HABTM, but I can''t figure out the settings. OR (and I think this is what I actually need / want to do), I need a separate model to represent Helps which has some belongs_to / has_many relation...