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Hi Walter,

First, thank you for your reply and for your explanation of what UID
means. In my app I have the following table for private messages:

create_table "private_messages", force: true do |t|
t.integer "sender_uid"
t.integer "receiver_uid"
t.text "subject"
t.text "body"
t.datetime "created_at"
t.datetime "updated_at"
end

However, when I enter, PrivateMessages, in rails console, I get a syntax
error: syntax error, unexpected tSTRING_BEG, expecting =>
belongs_to :sender, foreign_key: 'sender_uid', :class_name 'User'

The same error appears for receiver_uid...

Per your explanation, does this mean that I have to add a columns,
sender and receiver, to my users table? Or, should I make a
sent_messages table and a received_messages table, giving them a foreign
key, user_id?

Or in my User model, should I create the following associations:
has_many :sent_messages, class_name: 'PrivateMessages',
foreign_key: 'sender_uid'
has_many :received_messages, class_name: 'PrivateMessages',
foreign_key: 'receiver_uid'

I really appreciate your feedback, Walter.

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Allow me to add a little context here, seeing as that I did not in my
original post -- I have built a basic application, and I have built
other applications (A pinterest app, a Reddit app, A black jack app) via
available tutorials etc..., although I have not built the Hartl's
tutorial. Moreover, I have some experience with Ruby and OOP -- granted,
not enough. I'm still fairly junior and would not try to sell myself
otherwise. Rails is just Ruby, and I am aware of that so I prefer
focusing on my Ruby competency, seeing as that makes rails development
more intelligent.

My application is a bootstrapping platform for nonprofits. One of its
main functionalities will allow nonprofits to work with volunteers on
particular projects. However, before I go further in detail, the glue to
all of these functionalities requires a, notification system that
contains messages, project updates, forum updates etc...

I want to help charities. Your advice and anyone else's is greatly
appreciated -- this is not a for profit venture...just trying to add a
little more good into the world :-)

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