On 17 August 2010 22:00, Madison Kelly <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm using an array to store a list of catagories that a product will belong > to. Since the number of catagories a product can belong to isn't set (could > be 1 or could be 10), I was going to use an array. Does that sound like an > appropriate use?
No, I don't believe so. Provide a Categories model and have product has_and_belongs_to_many categories (and vice versa). Or provide a categories_products join table and use has_many through the join table. See the Rails Guide on ActiveRecord Associations for more details. 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.
