On 13 September 2010 09:46, Michael Pavling <[email protected]> wrote: > Alternatively, create two foreign keys in Tasks and link them both to > the Person model: > > class Task < ActiveRecord::Base > belongs_to :worker, :foreign_key => "worker_id", :class_name => "Person" > belongs_to :manager, :foreign_key => "manager_id", :class_name => "Person" > end
oh... and if you do have some criteria that determine who can be assigned to be a manager or worker, then then you can add a :conditions element too. So if you have a "people_permitted_to_manage" table, you can join to that to filter the person_id values that can go into manager_id in Task. HTH -- 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.
