associations

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Hello everybody,

I've got the following setup:

table request { id, site_id, department_id }

table site { id, site_name }

table users { site_id, user_id, user_department_id }

So, my models are as follows:

Model "request"

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I like it! So there’s no way to get to the request object out of either the site or users model?

Thanks, Steve.

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Steve, thanks once again. But I meant this: after I’ve created a new request and have a new request object, is there a way to access THAT particular object out of an instance of site or an instance of user since they are all connected with the model relationships? As I understand it, when I create a request object, the site and user objects are sort of also created and so there should be a way to go from user to site, to request, shouldn’t there? But I don’t mean through class methods, I mean through object methods. Does it make sense?

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Steve,

Thanks for a comprehensive reply. I agree with what you’re saying. Basically, since there’s no relationship between objects except for the foreign_key/id kind, it would be impractical to find a request from either “site” or “users”. That makes sense and I’m glad you suggested the excellent workaround in your first reply. Thanks a bunch.

Sergei