From: Ike <rxv@...>
Date: 2006-11-01T05:20:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Syntax q on ActiveRecord


"Mike Harris" <GENIE@prodigy.net> wrote in message 
news:4547AC2E.9020102@prodigy.net...
> Ike wrote:

> Using the column names primary_associate_id and secondary_associate_id, 
> instead of associatekey1 and associatekey2
>
> class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
>  belongs_to :primary_associate, :class_name => 'Associate', :foreign_key 
> => 'primary_associate_id'
>  belongs_to :secondary_associate, :class_name => 'Associate', :foreign_key 
> => 'secondary_associate_id'
> end
>
> Rails automatically infers the class_name and foreign_key from the name of 
> your association.  You can always just name your association whatever you 
> want and specify those things explicitly, like I do here.

Thanks Mike,

I'm stuck with legacy DB column names here however -- I think maybe I need 
to look deeper into the ActiveRecord source. Thanks for your help. -Ike