pipplo wrote: > I'm working on an app with a friend type system. I currently have > setup like this with 2 tables. > > users table keeps track of users > > user_relationships table keeps track of friendships. Now, there > should be two rows for each relationship. This is to keep track of > the directional nature of the relationship between users. Each time a > relationship is made, both rows should be inserted into the table. > > user_1 user_2 data > user_2 user_1 data [...]
That's not necessarily a great idea. Please see http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/213468 . Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- Posted via http://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.
