Ar Chron wrote: > Umm... no. > > Table 'users' already has an implicit 'id' field (you don't have to > mention them in your migrations), just like your 'links' table does. If > you are sticking to the rails standard, you needn't declare them, they > are the rails default primary key for their respective tables. > > In your 'links' table, a 'user_id' field tells rails that: > > a) this field, 'user_id', contains an id to a record in another table - > i.e., this record "belongs to" that record in that table over there, > > and that > > b) the related table is 'users' (field name - '_id', pluralized).
Thanks for letting me know. In links/new, how would I go about including the current user_id? The only way I know of would be a hidden form element, and I would like to keep it all server side. -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
