On 25 January 2011 06:39, Niklas Nson <[email protected]> wrote: > I would need some help on pointing me to the correct direction. In > application i would like users to be abel to select genres for work > they like to do. A user can be willing to do a lot of genres or just > one. If i still was writing code in .NET i would do a string of id's > and then save them to the database. > > How would one do this in Ruby On Rails, are something like => > > Class User > has_one :profile > end > > Class Profile > belongs_to :user > has_many :genres > end > > Class Genre > has_many :profiles > end > > And then genre would have profile_id and genre_id (so i can get a > translated text for that id).
If a profile can have many genres and a genre can have many profiles then you need a has_and_belongs_to_many association. Have a look at the Rails Guide on ActiveRecord Relationships for more information. Colin > > What would you do ? > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
