I have a Change model that utilizes single table inheritance that has the following attributes:
id
type #this is a single table inheritance type field.
description
dynamic_id
I also have two sub classes, Race which is a subclasses of Change and Workout which is a sub class of Race.
class Race < Change
end
class Workout < Race
end
I have a fourth class called Track and I'd like to create the following four associations by just using the dynamic_id field in the Change object. (i.e. I have not explicitly added race_id and workout_id to the Change table. Instead I want to use the dynamic_id as the race_id for the Race class and the dynamic_id as the workout_id for the Workout class) By doing this, I will avoid having a lot of nil fields in my database.)
Here are the four associations I'm trying to create.
- Race Model - belongs_to :track
- Workout Model - belongs_to :track
- Track Model - has_many :races
- Track Model - has_many :workouts
I've been trying to accomplish this with associations using :class_name and :foreign_key, but I can't seem to get it working. Is this actually possible. I realize its probably not a best practice, but I'd still like to see if it doable. Thanks for your input.
