activerecord - Rails tip - "Use model association" -
so, i've read in book tip "use model association", encourages developers use build methods instead of putting ids via setters. assume have multiple has_many relationships in model. what's best practise creating model ? for example, let's have models article, user , group. class article < activerecord::base belongs_to :user belongs_to :subdomain end class user < activerecord::base has_many :articles end class subdomain < activerecord::base has_many :articles end and articlescontroller: class articlescontroller < applicationcontroller def create # let's have methods current_user returns current user , current_subdomain gets current subdomain # so, need here way set subdomain_id current_subdomain.id , user_id current_user.id @article = current_user.articles.build(params[:article]) @article.subdomain_id = current_subdomain.id # or dogbert's suggestion @article.subdomain = current_subdomain @arti...
