Fourway.rb

# Goal is => Client.first.items... Can do with finder_sql, but want an activerecord way!
 
class Client < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :contacts
  has_many :tasks, :through => :contacts
  # has_many :items, :through => :tasks # THIS DOESNT WORK
  
  def items
    @items ||= self.tasks.collect { |task| task.items }.flatten
  end
end
 
class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :client
  has_many :tasks
end
 
class Task < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :contact
  has_many :items
end
 
class Item < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :task
end