2009/12/17 jeb <[email protected]>: > I am not sure if I shall use single table inheritance, or something > else. > > I have a model called horses, in that I have the columns mother_id and > father_id where I of course intend to store the id of that horses > mother and father. By that information alone I want to create a > relation in the horses model for any horse to its mother and father. I > wish to write something like @horse.mother.name > > I can't understand what to do with the type column in this case. This > should really be quite simple I guess.
Have a look at the guide on ActiveRecord Associations at http://guides.rubyonrails.org/ and the magic of Rails will become clear. Also, if you have not already done so work through the Getting Started guide. Colin -- 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.
