Yes - A - B is a has many/has many relationship
but D is a single attribute describing the relationship between A and
B

On Jul 7, 6:52 pm, kevinpfromnm <[email protected]> wrote:
> So, A should only be able to have one join to B/D in effect?
>
> On Jul 7, 4:48 pm, Ronbo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Kevin - that works, but I think I misspoke. The attribute is
> > actually a selection on a separate table. So I can do the following
> > and it works.
>
> > class A
> > has_many AB
> > has_many B, :through AB
> > has_many D, :through => AB, :accessible => true
>
> > class AB
> > belongs_to A
> > belongs_to B
> > belongs_to D
>
> > class B
> > has_many AB
> > has_many A, :through AB
>
> > class D # this is the pick list. I want to store the selection on the
> > join
> >   has_many AB
> >   has_many A, :through => AB
>
> > problem is that this results in an additive list, where users can keep
> > making selections. What I need is a regular drop down, where they can
> > only make one selection. My reading about accessible => true, is that
> > it does not work on a has_one. Is this something I could force in the
> > view?
>
> > On Jul 7, 2:02 pm, kevinpfromnm <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > sounds like you have something like this:
> > > class A
> > > has_many AB
> > > has_many B, :through AB
>
> > > class AB
> > > some fields here
> > > belongs_to A
> > > belongs_to B
>
> > > class B
> > > has_many AB
> > > has_many A, :through AB
>
> > > you want the :accessible => true on the join association, like
> > > has_many AB, :accessible => true.  see if that gets what you need or
> > > at least close.
> > > On Jul 6, 4:53 am, Ronbo <[email protected]> wrote:> Hi all,
>
> > > > I've looked around for a recipe to do this and come up empty so far.
>
> > > > I have a scenario where I need to allow users to set an attribute of a
> > > > many to many relationship. This is not an attribute of model A or
> > > > model B, but specific to each association. So I'm assuming it belongs
> > > > on the join table. The issue I have is how to expose that field to the
> > > > view of the page where users will make/update associations.
>
> > > > Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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