[Rails] Re: has_many and bi-directional relationships

pipplo wrote:
> I'm working on an app with a friend type system. I currently have
> setup like this with 2 tables.
>
> users table keeps track of users
>
> user_relationships table keeps track of friendships. Now, there
> should be two rows for each relationship. This is to keep track of
> the directional nature of the relationship between users. Each time a
> relationship is made, both rows should be inserted into the table.
>
> user_1 user_2 data
> user_2 user_1 data
[...]

That's not necessarily a great idea. Please see
http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/213468 .

Best,
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marnen@marnen.org
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