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jonepatr
jonepatr

Reputation: 7809

Rails, naming convention

What is the convention for naming a has_many through table/model if I have a model called events and one called users?

Is it events_users for the table? If so I get a problem with naming the Model, because rails doesn't seem to like EventUser, nor does it seem to like EventsUser...

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1002

Answers (2)

Jonathan Julian
Jonathan Julian

Reputation: 12272

There are many ways to do this. Try naming your table events_users. By default, the two involved tables in a has_many through or a has_and_belongs_to_many are pluralized and ordered alphabetically.

You only need a model for the association if you plan on using it. If so, name it logically, and tell ActiveRecord the table name is events_users.

Upvotes: 1

sethvargo
sethvargo

Reputation: 26997

With has_many :through, you name it whatever you want - Rails doesn't have a problem at all... TABLE names are always fully plural (userS, eventS, usersS_eventS), and models are always singular (user, event, user_event)

Just use the generator:

 rails g model something:data_type another_thing:data_type

Upvotes: 0

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