Associations / Relation Rails

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What is Associations?

types of Associations

6 types

  • belongs_to
  • has_one
  • has_many
  • has_many :through
  • has_one :through
  • has_and_belongs_to_many

belongs_to

# book (author_id) <- author model
class Book < ApplicationRecord
  belongs_to :author
end

# author(book_id) <- book
class Author < ApplicationRecord
  belongs_to :book
end

has_one

# book (author_id) <- author
class Author < ApplicationRecord
  has_one :book
end

has_many

  • ` one-to-many` reletionship
# book (author_id) <- author ( a  lot of authors)
class Author < ApplicationRecord
  has_many :book
end

has_many :through

  • many to many reletionship
class Physician < ApplicationRecord
  has_many :appointments
  has_many :patients, through: :appointments
end

class Appointment < ApplicationRecord
  belongs_to :physician
  belongs_to :patient
end

class Patient < ApplicationRecord
  has_many :appointments
  has_many :physicians, through: :appointments
end
  • https://github.com/bodrovis/Sitepoint-source/blob/master/AR_Relations/app/models/user.rb
  • http://guides.rubyonrails.org/association_basics.html
  • https://youtu.be/zjyP_TThxNc?list=PLxxm_pv0QrIx9QtWDjuMWUQFJ3NCvxB1R
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