Relationship between Tables

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Hello,

how is it possible to specify a "has_one" attribut in an one-to-many relationship? This code doesn't work:

class Order < ActiveRecord::Base   has_and_belongs_to_many :invoices   has_one :most_recent_invoice, :order => 'date DESC' end

Thanks and best regards, Linus

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For this type of question you need to include the migrations for both tables for anyone to be able to help you, and the invoice class as well.

Do you have an order_id in the invoice table for the has one relation? Does the invoice have a belongs_to :order association defined?

Michael

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That is the problem. I have no order_id in the invoice table. I have only the relationship table invoices_orders with the foreign keys.

Class Inoice:

class Invoice < ActiveRecord::Base   has_and_belongs_to_many :orders end

Linus

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Hi,

I would extend the habtm association:

class Order < ActiveRecord::Base   has_and_belongs_to_many :invoices do     def most_recent       find :first, :order => "date DESC"     end   end end

Simon

Linus Mueller wrote:

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Hi Simon!

That's a great solution! Thank you:-)

Linus