Limiting the number of related records (has_many, but max number?)

Rails
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Can you limit the number of related records a given parent record has?

Example. Class/Student relatoinship. A Class has_many students but I
want
to limit the size of a class to a max 30 (of course minimum or exact
numbers would hopefully work the same way?)

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Colin

Thanks for your answer. The student/class thing was just an example -
the
actual stuff I’d be building has nothing to do with students and classes
it
was just the easiest thing that came to me.

You can do a validation on a total number of related records? I did not
know that.

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On 1 July 2015 at 16:51, John L. [email protected] wrote:

Can you limit the number of related records a given parent record has?

Example. Class/Student relatoinship. A Class has_many students but I want
to limit the size of a class to a max 30 (of course minimum or exact numbers
would hopefully work the same way?)

There may be a better way but I would just use a validation that
prevents further students being added to the class when the limit is
released.

By the way, can a student be in more than one class? If so then you
need has and belongs to many or (which I prefer) has many through.

Colin

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I did not know you could write custom validations. Still learning

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On 1 July 2015 at 17:16, John L. [email protected] wrote:

Colin

Thanks for your answer. The student/class thing was just an example - the
actual stuff I’d be building has nothing to do with students and classes it
was just the easiest thing that came to me.

You can do a validation on a total number of related records? I did not
know that.

You can write a custom validation to do anything you like. The world
is your mollusc.

Colin

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On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 10:40 AM, John L. [email protected] wrote:

I did not know you could write custom validations.

… which probably means you are ignoring an extremely valuable
learning resource: the Rails Guides.

e.g. Active Record Validations — Ruby on Rails Guides

HTH,

Hassan S. ------------------------ [email protected]

twitter: @hassan
Consulting Availability : Silicon Valley or remote

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Admittedly I haven’t gotten through all of them as I’m still working
through the basics…