On Sep 19, 11:13 am, MC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just started learning about Rails and I'm trying to figure modeling > out in my head and I was hoping for some direction. Maybe I am > thinking too much and have confused myself but I figure if I don't get > it right now it may get worse in the future. This is my first attempt > to create a site: > > So I am trying to model users. There are multiple users with different > access rights. So what is not right in my head is this: > > -Do I create one User model and then within the table distingush the > different users in a field? > > or > > -Do I create a model for each of the users? (Like: Admin model, Agent > model, Tutor model, Parent model, Student Model ...) > > In my model I have agents, tutors, parents, students, and admin. > Tutors provide services that can be purchased through the site by > students or parents. The Tutors are signed up to an account by agents. > > Which would be right from the following? > Agents have many tutors > or should I say > Agents have many accounts (and then tie the tutor to the account? > which I guess would then be accounts have one tutor?) > > I'm wondering if I just answered my first question about what should > be a model or not. If an object has associations then is it > automatically a model? > > One of the things that is making me think that there should only be > the one User model is that if I have a login system and each user > group sees something different then how does the login controller > check against multiple different user groups in different models? > > Thanks for any help in advance. > > MC
How about having a User and Role model and having them associated with each other via a HABTM or a has_many :through? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
