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diff --git a/railties/guides/source/association_basics.textile b/railties/guides/source/association_basics.textile index f98a7fec63..630274a2b8 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/association_basics.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/association_basics.textile @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ end h4. Choosing Between belongs_to and has_one -If you want to set up a 1-1 relationship between two models, you'll need to add +belongs_to+ to one, and +has_one+ to the other. How do you know which is which? +If you want to set up a 1–1 relationship between two models, you'll need to add +belongs_to+ to one, and +has_one+ to the other. How do you know which is which? The distinction is in where you place the foreign key (it goes on the table for the class declaring the +belongs_to+ association), but you should give some thought to the actual meaning of the data as well. The +has_one+ relationship says that one of something is yours - that is, that something points back to you. For example, it makes more sense to say that a supplier owns an account than that an account owns a supplier. This suggests that the correct relationships are like this: |