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Added an example for primary_key option

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Neeraj Singh 2013-05-22 10:37:37 -04:00
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By convention, Rails assumes that the column used to hold the primary key of the association is `id`. You can override this and explicitly specify the primary key with the `:primary_key` option.
Let's say that `users` table has `id` as the primary_key but it also has
`guid` column. And the requirement is that `todos` table should hold
`guid` column value and not `id` value. This can be achieved like this
```ruby
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :todos, primary_key: :guid
end
```
Now if we execute `@user.todos.create` then `@todo` record will have
`user_id` value as the `guid` value of `@user`.
##### `:source`
The `:source` option specifies the source association name for a `has_many :through` association. You only need to use this option if the name of the source association cannot be automatically inferred from the association name.