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Posted by Derek Lin
Derek Lin
1,563 Points

Shoulda gem used in Rails

I have this below code. 

class CreatePosts < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0]
  def change
    create_table :posts do |t|
      t.string :title
      t.text :body

      t.timestamps
    end
  end
end

DOES SHOULDA SOMEHOW TELL THE POSTS TABLE TO READ THE ID OF A TOPIC IT IS PART OF ? WHERE IS THE REFERENCE? LIEK THE ONE WE USED IN COMMETNS? t.references :post, foreign_key: true

Matthew Austin
Matthew Austin
16,452 Points

I looked up the documentation for shoulda and I'm a little confused about your question. Shoulda probably just uses the default id's set up but I am not sure. You would have to go through the actual gem to see.

It mainly has methods that help with validation and testing. In Rails a primary key is made on default when you migrate your table. Then additionally if you set up a relationship between tables in your model you don't have to worry about generating foreign keys either as Rails takes care of that when you migrate again.