I guess you are looking for this or probably i misunderstood your question def show @question = Question.find(params[:id]) @user = @question.user end
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Nate FT <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > I have a User and a Question model, User has_many questions and Question > belongs_to user. > > On my question show page, I show a question, along with the name of the > user who's asking the question. > > Everything seems to be working fine, but my controller looks like this: > > questions_controller.rb > . > . > . > def show > @question = Question.find(params[:id]) > @user = User.find(@question.user_id) > end > > > I know rails must have a less messy way to figure out which user the > question belongs to. I've read that using something like question.user > would give me what I need, but I can't figure out how to implement it in > my controller. > > Sorry for the simple question, any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks! > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Thanks, Aash -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.