method

foreign_key

rails latest stable - Class: ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::String::Inflections

Method deprecated or moved

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foreign_key(separate_class_name_and_id_with_underscore = true)
public

Creates a foreign key name from a class name. separate_class_name_and_id_with_underscore sets whether the method should put ‘_’ between the name and ‘id’.

Examples

  "Message".foreign_key        # => "message_id"
  "Message".foreign_key(false) # => "messageid"
  "Admin::Post".foreign_key    # => "post_id"