The associations you create in a model have to be backed up by the appropriate fields in the DB.
For example: class Person has_many :addresses class Address belongs_to :person should be a model representation of the relationship inherent in the database (the two really go hand-in-hand). if: Table people id:integer first_name:string last_name:string Table address id:integer person_id:integer line1:string line2:string city:string state:string postal_code:string has_many :addresses tells Rails that for a given person, it can use that person id field to retrieve address records (those whose person_id matches the current person id value). Similarly, from an address, Rails can get back to the person record by following the person_id on the address. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
