1) the uri /albums/79/tracks/219
doesn't reveal whether the underlying association between Album and Track is has-many, has-and-belongs-to-many, or has-and-belongs-to-many- through. I see this as an asset -- you can refactor your model associations as business requirements change without having to rework your uri structure. 2) even if you do have a join table -- say Book has_many :authors, :through => :authorships -- you still might want the uri to reference a Book and an Author, which are concrete objects. rather than an Authorship, which is an abstract concept. In the real- world DSL of the book trade, a customer might request more information about a book's author, or about a particular book written by an author, but not for more information about an "authorship." On Jul 8, 9:01 pm, "Evan Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Agree. some_model/1/other_model/2 is a lame way to refer to join_model/1. > > Evan > > On 7/7/07, Josh Peek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Jul 7, 11:12 am, Geoff B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think a case can be made for using an [EMAIL PROTECTED], @track] nested > > > route > > > -- say a user browsed to album 45, and then clicked track 219 -- if > > > your UI requires a "back to album 45" navigational link on the track > > > page, you couldn't infer the referring album id from the resource id > > > alone if there's a many-to-many relationship between albums and tracks > > > -- instead, you'd need to grab the album id from the URI > > > If your referring to a HABTM relationship, look into creating a real > > join model between them using has many though. That why you have a > > real resource you can point your url to. > > -- > Evan Weaver > Cloudburst, LLC --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
