[Rails] difference between Self joins and self-referential association

self-joins are discussed here: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/association_basics.html#self-joins self-referential association is discussed here: http://railscasts.com/episodes/163-self-referential-association The main difference I see is that self-referential association creates a join model,

Re: [Rails] difference between Self joins and self-referential association

On 7 December 2013 19:23, John Merlino stoici...@aol.com wrote: self-joins are discussed here: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/association_basics.html#self-joins self-referential association is discussed here: http://railscasts.com/episodes/163-self-referential-association The main difference