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Asked: 2026-05-20T10:05:20+00:00

This is my current table setup: WINES id…etc. etc. AWARDS id, wine_id, competition_id, medal_id,

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This is my current table setup:

WINES
id…etc. etc.

AWARDS
id, wine_id, competition_id, medal_id, date, link

COMPETITIONS
id, name

MEDALS
id, type

Award > belongs_to :wine
Wine > has_many :awards, :autosave => true, :dependant => :destroy

That’s all well and fine, but I’d like to be able to reference the ‘name’ and ‘type’ columns for each award’s competition and medal. Currently I can only see ‘competition_id’ and ‘medal_id’…I’d like to be able to say ‘@wine.awards[0].medal’ which would result in “Gold”…or even ‘medal_type’ for that matter. How would I set up that association in my model?

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  1. Editorial Team

    If I understood well, using this relation:

    Award > belongs_to :medal

    so you can say @wind.awards[0].medal.type and have “Gold” as result. Every relation must be defined, so you have also to add

     Award > belongs_to :competition

    So you can to @wine.awards[0].competition.name

    And also the backwards relation are important.

    Competition > has_many :awards
Medals > has_many :awards
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