Are you trying to link Dbase to a user as defuser (default_user)? If so, this would work
class Dbase < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to(:defuser, :class_name => 'User', :foreign_key => 'defuser') end It would be better rails practice to call the column "default_user_id", and then make the association like this: class Dbase < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to(:default_user, :class_name => 'User') end Btw, the column name "type" is a reserved rails. It is used for single table inheritance. Unless you are using single table inheritance here, I suggest you rename it to dbase_type, otherwise you may encounter strange error messages. On Apr 28, 7:34 am, Arun Srini <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > I have two models . > Dbase > -------- > name > vendor > type > port > defuser - default user name > > Users > ------- > username > password > email > > I need to build an association between these two in that the dbase > model's defuser needs to be present in the users table. I am from a > relational database background so am trying hard to understand rails > associations. > What should I do to associate the dbase's defuser - > users.username? > I read the documents and everything was based on the column 'id'. > > Any help is appreciated. > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- 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.
