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

To me work

1. adding unique index on the join table

2. override << method in the relation

   has_and_belongs_to_many :groups do
     def << (group)
       group -= self if group.respond_to?(:to_a)
       super group unless include?(group)
     end
   end