Question

Is there a simpler way of returning the relationship row from a table to access the data stored there?

I have two models related using has_many :through and the third model set up as the in-between. My models consist of a User, Recipe, and RecipeInfo.

Right now, in order to access the data stored for a particular user’s recipe info, I’m using a Rails query similar to this

info = @user.recipeInfos.where("recipe_id=#{@recipe.id}")

I’m wondering if there is a simpler way of accessing this single row of a User’s Recipe info rather than using the .where() method.

Edit:

recipe = Recipe.find(params[:id])

user = current_user

current_user is defined by sessions[:user_id] = current_user when the user logs in.

Answer 1

You can shorten those four lines of code to just

info = current_user.recipeInfos.find_by_id(params[:id])

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