[Dbix-class] many-to-many with attributes (again)

[Pedro Melo]

Hi,

On Oct 12, 2007, at 12:39 PM, Tobias Kremer wrote:
> Quoting Tobias Kremer <list at funkreich.de>:
>
>> Is the approach described in the (now offline) DBIC wiki still the  
>> way to go
>> if you want to access attributes stored in the table linking two  
>> other tables
>> in a many-to-many relationship?
>> I'm just asking to make sure that I'm not missing a recently  
>> introduced
>> feature or discovered technique which might make this stuff  
>> easier. I find
>> myself using additional attributes in the link table quite often  
>> which is not
>> unusual IMHO.
>
> Still no answers - does that mean there's no other way of doing  
> this? I find the
> described technique in the DBIC wiki quite cumbersome considering  
> how often
> it is necessary to have additional attributes in the link table of a
> many-to-many
> relationship. Matt? Help! :-)

Personally, when I have attributes in a link table, I don't see that  
table as a link table anymore... Its a normal 1-to-many-to-1 relation  
and I treat it as such.

Best regards,
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