Has_many, through association

Question

Warning:Total Rails Newb (TRN). This should be a pretty basic question so I\'m hoping someone can spare a couple mins to help shed some light.

Let\'s say I have the

Answer 1

Try this structure:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :members
  has_many :groups, :through => :members
end

class Groups < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :members
  has_many :users, :through => :members
end

class Member < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :group
  belongs_to :user
end

Also take a look at has_and_belongs_to_many, if you don't need to do with class Member then you should use has_and_belongs_to_many. In this case don't forget to create joining table in the database