Modeling help needed

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Hi,

I have a modeling problem I can't figure out yet.

Say I have an club of members and every member can have favorite other members.

class Member < ActiveRecord::Base   has_many :favorites end

class Favorite < ActiveRecord::Base   belongs_to :member, :foreign_key => :member_id   belongs_to :member, :foreign_key => :favorite_id end

@tim = Member.create(:name => "Tim") @foo = Member.create(:name => "Foo")

@joe = Member.new(:name => "Joe") @joe.favorites << Favorite.create(@tim) @joe.favorites << Favorite.create(@foo) @joe.save

I guess that's not right. I am obviously missing something. Any help appreciated

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class Member...   has_many :favorites   has_many :favorite_members, :class_name => "Member", :through => :favorites end

class Favorite ...   belongs_to :member   belongs_to :favorite_member, :class_name => "Member", :foreign_key => :favorite_id end

... ... @joe.favorite_members << @foo @joe.save

That's how I do it. Though I use friends and friendship, but it's basically the same thing.

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... ... @joe.favorite_members << @foo @joe.save

That's how I do it. Though I use friends and friendship, but it's basically the same thing.

Thanks that was fast! I'll give it a shot.