Question

I am a beginner in Rails. In the following code,there is an id which is set as false. What’s the meaning of it?

class CreateCoursesStudents < ActiveRecord::Migration 
  def self.up
    create_table :courses_students, **:id => false** do |t| 
      t.integer :course_id,:null => false 
      t.integer :student_id, :null => false
    end
    # Add index to speed up looking up the connection, and ensure # we only  
    enrol a student into each course once 
    add_index :courses_students, [:course_id, :student_id], :unique => true
  end

  def self.down
    remove_index :courses_students, :column => [:course_id, :student_id]
    drop_table :courses_students 
  end
end

Thanks

Answer 1

:id => false defines a table with no primary key, which is useful e.g. when you create a join table for a many-to-many relationship.