Multiple polymorphism ?

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Hello all,

Let me explain a fairly complex problem, I am blocked and if someone could give me a boost I can thank him enough!

The concept:

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Maybe I'm missing something, but it doesn't sound like you need acts_as_taggable or single table inheritance. I think you will get the desired result by setting up the ObjectRelations model as follows:

class ObjectRelations < ActiveRecord::Base   belongs_to :linkfrom, :polymorphic => true   belongs_to :linkto, :polymorphic => true end

class User < ActiveRecord::Base   has_many :objectrelations, :as => :linkto   has_many :objectrelations, :as => :linkfrom end

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Andrew Bloom wrote:

Maybe I'm missing something, but it doesn't sound like you need acts_as_taggable or single table inheritance. I think you will get the desired result by setting up the ObjectRelations model as follows:

class ObjectRelations < ActiveRecord::Base   belongs_to :linkfrom, :polymorphic => true   belongs_to :linkto, :polymorphic => true end

class User < ActiveRecord::Base   has_many :objectrelations, :as => :linkto   has_many :objectrelations, :as => :linkfrom end

On Dec 8, 5:39�am, Vincenzo Ruggiero <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-

Agreed...

http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/ManytoManyPolymorphicAssociations