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Asked: 2026-05-28T20:18:05+00:00

So lets say I have a join table that joins users and items. The

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So lets say I have a join table that joins users and items. The table is called “follows”

So lets say you’re on a show view of a item. Is there a better way to check and see if a join record exists than:

@following = Follow.find_by_user_id_and_item_id(current_user.id,@item.id)

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  1. Editorial Team

    You could rewrite it as

    @following = Follow.where(user_id: current_user.id, item_id: @item.id).first

    Functionality is the same, looks better.

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