Validate uniqueness of in association

Question

Given the following classes:

class Candidate
  has_many :applications
  has_many :companies, :through => :job_offers
end

class JobOffer
  belongs_to :company         


        

Answer 1

For anyone finding this today. The answer is to check when there are pre-existing (prevents multiple) & skip when the application itself is switching.

def validate_uniqueness_of_candidate_within_company
  pre_existing = Application.includes(:candidate).includes(job_offer: :company).
    where(companies: { id: self.company.id }).
    where(candidates: { id: self.candidate.id })

  if pre_existing.present? && (!pre_existing.map(&:id).include? self.id)
    errors.add(:job_offer_id, "...")
  end
end