Overview of Active Record Associations

Active Record Associations allow you to define relationships between models in Ruby on Rails.

Associations make it easier to work with related data and provide a more intuitive way of interacting with your database.

Types of Associations

Ruby on Rails supports several types of associations, including:

Each type of association has its own use cases and is used to model different types of relationships between models.

Creating Associations

To create an association, you need to define it in your model using the appropriate association method.

class User < ApplicationRecord has_one :profile has_many :orders end