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Asked: May 20, 20262026-05-20T17:20:56+00:00 2026-05-20T17:20:56+00:00

I have a legacy DB with join tables that have IDs as primary keys…

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I have a legacy DB with join tables that have IDs as primary keys… Is there anything I can do?

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    2026-05-20T17:20:57+00:00Added an answer on May 20, 2026 at 5:20 pm

    Instead of has_and_belongs_to_many, use

    has_many :whatevers, :through => :habtm_table
    
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