Find items with belongs_to associations in Rails?
- by dannymcc
Hi Everyone,
I have a model called Kase each "Case" is assigned to a contact person via the following code:
class Kase < ActiveRecord::Base
validates_presence_of :jobno
has_many :notes, :order => "created_at DESC"
belongs_to :company # foreign key: company_id
belongs_to :person # foreign key in join table
belongs_to :surveyor,
:class_name => "Company",
:foreign_key => "appointedsurveyor_id"
belongs_to :surveyorperson,
:class_name => "Person",
:foreign_key => "surveyorperson_id"
I was wondering if it is possible to list on the contacts page all of the kases that that person is associated with.
I assume I need to use the find command within the Person model? Maybe something like the following?
def index
@kases = Person.Kase.find(:person_id)
or am I completely misunderstanding everything again?
Thanks,
Danny
EDIT:
If I use:
@kases= @person.kases
I can successfully do the following:
<% if @person.kases.empty? %>
No Cases Found
<% end %>
<% if @person.kases %>
This person has a case assigned to them
<% end %>
but how do I output the "jobref" field from the kase table for each record found?
