edcock
Hi,
I am quite a newbie on Elixir, I come from rails. And keep trying how to figure out what is the best way for handling a one-to-many through a join table.
A user have many rooms. But not all users only user with the admin role. So there is
- User table,
- Room table
- Admin the join table .
schema “admin” do
belongs_to :user, User
belongs_to :room, Room
end
What is the more idiomatic way to udpate the Admin for a given Room ?
I hope it is clear enought !
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dimitarvp
Are the official docs not good enough?
kokolegorille
Hello and welcome,
It is not common to do one_to_many with a join table… usually it is done through a simple key on the belongs side.
I cannot recall where, but I think it is advised to do a many_to_many, even if it is a one to many relationship.
tfwright
More idiomatic than what? How are you updating it now?
Why do you need a join table here? Why not just a admin_id on the room itself?