Marnen! Thank you so much. I'll take a look at the nested_has_many_through plugin. I needed your guidance: googling for something like that without using the technical term "nested" was fruitless.
Vincent. On Feb 3, 7:52 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]> wrote: > Learn by Doing wrote: > > Hi, > > > I have the following 3 models. User , Relationship_type, and Link. > > > User > > has_many :relationship_types > > > Relationship_type > > Should be RelationshipType. > > > belongs_to :users > Should be :user. > > has_many :links > > > Link > > belongs_to :relationship_type > > > The Link model has a column :partner. I'd like to find all partners > > of a user so I'd like to say in User model > > > has_many :partners > > :through => :relationship_type, :link > > > but that creates errors. How can I do this to be able to say > > something like userA.partners > > You may want to look at the nested_has_many_through plugin. > > > > > Similarly, how can I do the reverse, getting all users that link to a > > partner , e.g. partnerA.users? > > > In addition, how can I get to User from Link, to say something like > > linkA.user ? > > link.relationship_type.user > or you can use :through. > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org > [email protected] > > > > > Thanks. > > -- > Posted viahttp://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.
