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[matches]

I am trying to show data from a topics table that has a one to many relationship with a posts table. The following code only shows the the foreign key (expectedly.) How do I get this to show the topic in the topics table based on this foreign key?

Thanks!

<%= post.topic_id %>

[lo0ol]

You'll likely have to set up the associations in your models, so in post.rb:

belongs_to :topic

and in topic.rb:

has_many :posts

After that point you should be able to get your data as intended: post.topic.title or post.topic.description or what have you.

[matches]

I actually have belongs_to :topic in post.rb and has_many osts in topics.rb and have tried

post.topic.topic

My table is called topics and the only besides the id field is topic. And just for good measure I think I have tried every combination of that post.topics.title, post.topics_id.title

Not sure what I am doing wrong. Thanks for your help

[pjleonhardt]

can you please provide us with the start of your post.rb, topic.rb, a description of your tables and where you're trying to make these calls?

Code makes it much easier to help you
Thanks