belongs_to :through

rubyonrails-core
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Hi,

Long time user of rails, fist time poster.

It feels like there should be a belongs_to :through that behaves similarly to has_many :through, but for the belongs_to side of the relationship.

Any thoughts/reasons why this hasn’t been done?

I’d love to contribute something to rails, and this feature would be scratching an itch/need that I have at the moment so seems appropriate. Let me know if there is any value/interest in getting this done, and I can fork the repo and start putting together the patch. Of course any guidance in doing so would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Rob

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Hi Rob,

Why not use has_one :through? I think it’s what you need :wink:

Simon Courtois

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lovely. That was exactly what I need. I’m going to make the suitable update to apidoc as well.

cheers.

4

Rails really rocks!

There are many hidden features we don’t know yet. I wish that wycats or dhh may experience that too… THANKS FOR MAKING RAILS

Regards

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Just spend some time reading the api docs from time to time. Not enough devs do this. Or browse the CHANGELOGS.

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Awesome, had the same problem and have been looking for a solution for a long time