I have an association user.lessons. Sometimes i just want the lessons, other times i want the lessons to eager-load one of their own associations, 'assets'. Theres a couple of ways i can see to deal with this and i'm not super happy with any of them.
approach 1) Make two associations: has_many :lessons has_many :lessons_with_assets, :class_name => "Lesson", :include => [:assets] #then, if i want the assets, call @user.lessons_with_assets This is actually my favorite but it still feels a bit clumsy approach 2) Don't use the association if i want to eager load #just do a regular find Lesson.find_all_by_user_id(@user.id, :include => [:assets]) Is there another way? This example is simple but i have other associations that go through join tables and are polymorphic (eg using the has_favorite plugin) that are a bit more arsey to use. thanks max -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
