I am working on an application where a user has the ability to leave feedback on another user. Currently, I already have an implemented user model.
Is this considered a self referential association?
This seems a bit wierd to me (how to set it up through Active Record Associations).
How would I go about setting this association up, what type of association is it? Anything I need to watch out for while going about this (tips, suggestions, errors that may come up)?
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :ratings
end
class Ratings < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
end
This may not be in Rails/Active Record terms but ORM generic.
I would probably implement this by having a Feedback or Review model and your User model would have one-to-many Feedback/Reviews and the Feedback/Review would have a one-to-one relationship with the User who created it.
EDIT: Response to question update...
You can have an User object on the Ratings model that is the author. My rails experience is minimal but I believe your Ratings model would look like this.
class Ratings < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
has_one :user
end