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author | Guillermo Iguaran <guilleiguaran@gmail.com> | 2018-02-24 18:03:47 -0500 |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2018-02-24 18:03:47 -0500 |
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diff --git a/guides/source/association_basics.md b/guides/source/association_basics.md index 02d012d702..f895cadea5 100644 --- a/guides/source/association_basics.md +++ b/guides/source/association_basics.md @@ -572,40 +572,32 @@ class Book < ApplicationRecord end ``` -This declaration needs to be backed up by the proper foreign key declaration on the books table: +This declaration needs to be backed up by a corresponding foreign key column in the books table. For a brand new table, the migration might look something like this: ```ruby class CreateBooks < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0] def change create_table :books do |t| - t.datetime :published_at - t.string :book_number - t.integer :author_id + t.datetime :published_at + t.string :book_number + t.references :author end end end ``` -If you create an association some time after you build the underlying model, you need to remember to create an `add_column` migration to provide the necessary foreign key. - -It's a good practice to add an index on the foreign key to improve queries -performance and a foreign key constraint to ensure referential data integrity: +Whereas for an existing table, it might look like this: ```ruby -class CreateBooks < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0] +class AddAuthorToBooks < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0] def change - create_table :books do |t| - t.datetime :published_at - t.string :book_number - t.integer :author_id - end - - add_index :books, :author_id - add_foreign_key :books, :authors + add_reference :books, :author end end ``` +NOTE: If you wish to [enforce referential integrity at the database level](/active_record_migrations.html#foreign-keys), add the `foreign_key: true` option to the ‘reference’ column declarations above. + #### Creating Join Tables for `has_and_belongs_to_many` Associations If you create a `has_and_belongs_to_many` association, you need to explicitly create the joining table. Unless the name of the join table is explicitly specified by using the `:join_table` option, Active Record creates the name by using the lexical book of the class names. So a join between author and book models will give the default join table name of "authors_books" because "a" outranks "b" in lexical ordering. @@ -795,7 +787,7 @@ The `belongs_to` association creates a one-to-one match with another model. In d #### Methods Added by `belongs_to` -When you declare a `belongs_to` association, the declaring class automatically gains five methods related to the association: +When you declare a `belongs_to` association, the declaring class automatically gains 6 methods related to the association: * `association` * `association=(associate)` @@ -1146,7 +1138,7 @@ The `has_one` association creates a one-to-one match with another model. In data #### Methods Added by `has_one` -When you declare a `has_one` association, the declaring class automatically gains five methods related to the association: +When you declare a `has_one` association, the declaring class automatically gains 6 methods related to the association: * `association` * `association=(associate)` @@ -1419,7 +1411,7 @@ The `has_many` association creates a one-to-many relationship with another model #### Methods Added by `has_many` -When you declare a `has_many` association, the declaring class automatically gains 16 methods related to the association: +When you declare a `has_many` association, the declaring class automatically gains 17 methods related to the association: * `collection` * `collection<<(object, ...)` @@ -1952,7 +1944,7 @@ The `has_and_belongs_to_many` association creates a many-to-many relationship wi #### Methods Added by `has_and_belongs_to_many` -When you declare a `has_and_belongs_to_many` association, the declaring class automatically gains 16 methods related to the association: +When you declare a `has_and_belongs_to_many` association, the declaring class automatically gains 17 methods related to the association: * `collection` * `collection<<(object, ...)` |