I have a Sponsors model and a Promo Codes model.
Thus a promo code should have an optional reference to a sponsor, that is, a sponsor_id
that may or may not have a value. I'm not sure how to set this up in Rails.
Here's what I have so far:
# app/models/sponsor.rb
class Sponsor < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :promo_codes # Zero or more.
end
# app/models/promo_code.rb
class PromoCode < ActiveRecord::Base
has_one :sponsor # Zero or one.
end
# db/migrate/xxxxx_add_sponsor_reference_to_promo_codes.rb
# rails g migration AddSponsorReferenceToPromoCodes sponsor:references
# Running migration adds a sponsor_id field to promo_codes table.
class AddSponsorReferenceToPromoCodes < ActiveRecord::Migration
def change
add_reference :promo_codes, :sponsor, index: true
end
end
Does this make sense? I'm under the impression that I have to use belongs_to
in my Promo Codes model, but I have no basis for this, just that I've haven't seen a has_many
with has_one
example yet.
This looks like a simple has_many and belongs_to relationship:
# app/models/sponsor.rb
class Sponsor < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :promo_codes # Zero or more.
end
# app/models/promo_code.rb
#table has sponsor_id field
class PromoCode < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :sponsor # Zero or one.
end
has_one isn't appropriate here, as it would replace has_many: ie, you either have "has_many" and "belongs_to" OR "has_one" and "belongs_to". has_one isn't generally used much: usually it is used when you already have a has_many relationship that you want to change to has_one, and don't want to restructure the existing tables.