ruby on rails - Difference between embeds_many and has_many in mongoid

Question

Can anyone explain to me the difference between embeds_many and has_many in mongoid?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10860116/difference-between-embeds-many-and-has-many-in-mongoid

Answer 1

embeds_many is used to store relative documents inside of parent document.

has_many is used to store a relation between documents in separate collections. Relative records of has_many have field that stores id of the parent document.