Commit f06fc6f5 authored by Steve Abrams's avatar Steve Abrams

Add has_one section to foreign keys database docs

parent 0431f9d9
......@@ -61,3 +61,29 @@ introduces non database logic to a model, and means we can no longer rely on
foreign keys to remove the data as this would result in the filesystem data
being left behind. In such a case you should use a service class instead that
takes care of removing non database data.
## Alternative primary keys with has_one associations
Sometimes a `has_one` association is used to create a one-to-one relationship:
```ruby
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_one :user_config
end
class UserConfig < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
end
```
In these cases, there may be an opportunity to remove the unnecessary `id`
column on the associated table, `user_config.id` in this example. Instead,
the originating table ID can be used as the primary key for the associated
table:
```ruby
create_table :user_configs, id: false do |t|
t.references :users, primary_key: true, default: nil, index: false, foreign_key: { on_delete: :cascade }
...
end
```
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