Rails - associations help

rubyonrails-talk
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Hi I have two models . Dbase

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Are you trying to link Dbase to a user as defuser (default_user)? If so, this would work

class Dbase < ActiveRecord::Base   belongs_to(:defuser, :class_name => 'User', :foreign_key => 'defuser') end

It would be better rails practice to call the column "default_user_id", and then make the association like this:

class Dbase < ActiveRecord::Base   belongs_to(:default_user, :class_name => 'User') end

Btw, the column name "type" is a reserved rails. It is used for single table inheritance. Unless you are using single table inheritance here, I suggest you rename it to dbase_type, otherwise you may encounter strange error messages.

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Thanks for the code and also for the note. I've changed the var to db_type. Also, what is the difference between having the :foreign_key => 'defuser' and not, in your case of the first code and the 2nd?

Also, is there an IRC channel for rails?