Tom Tom wrote: > hi, i have a category and a category_type model, where category is > selfreferential with parent_id. now, im not 100% sure whats the best > way for later purposes in terms of search etc., but my initial > intention was the store the category_types_id only in the root (where > parent_id == 0), but like i said, how would i search through all > children with a specific type of category_type? i mean i could read > them into an array, but thats just wrong. > should i store the category_type_id in each category? > > i hope that was not to unclear... ;-) > > thx tom
You _could_ store it in another table, using has_and_belongs_to_many or has_many :through ... -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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