Question

I have a self join through an intersect table in an app I’m working on like below.

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :clients, :through => :client_relationships, :conditions => "approved='1'", :source=>:user
end

It’s working in the sense that I can say @current_user.clients and get all of the clients. However, I’d like to set up a URL /clients where I can list all of the current users clients. Does anyone know how I can do this?

I’ve tried setting up a :clients resource in my routes and a clients controller, but since there’s no Clients model it throws and error.

Answer 1

There should be no error.

# routes.rb
map.resources :clients

# clients_controller.rb
class ClientsController < ApplicationController
  def index
    @clients = @current_user.clients
  end

  # other actions...
end  

# clients index.html.erb
<% @clients.each do |c| %>
  <p><%= c.name %></p>
<% end %>