On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 2:01 PM, nb <saltyban...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So I have this question: > > Suppose I have these 3 models: > > class Company < ActiveRecord::Base > has_many :departments > has_many :employees > end > > class Department < ActiveRecord::Base > has_many :employees > belongs_to :company > end > > class Employee < ActiveRecord::Base > belongs_to :company > belongs_to :department > end > > Furthermore, suppose the domain I am modeling requires that I support > the existence of employees that do not belong to any department > (otherwise I would declare that Company has_many :employees, :through > => :departments instead).
Well one way to finesse this might be to have a fictional/notional catch-all department for each company, like "company staff" which acts as a placeholder for employes not actually belonging to a 'real' department. -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
