has_and_belongs_to_many, avoiding dupes in the join table

Question

I have a pretty simple HABTM set of models

class Tag < ActiveRecord::Base 
   has_and_belongs_to_many :posts
end 

class Post < ActiveRecord::Base 
           


        

Answer 1

Set the uniq option:

class Tag < ActiveRecord::Base 
   has_and_belongs_to_many :posts , :uniq => true
end 

class Post < ActiveRecord::Base 
   has_and_belongs_to_many :tags , :uniq => true