app/models/role.rb
class Role < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :proposal_roles
has_many :proposals, through: :proposal_roles
has_many :user_roles
has_many :users, through: :user_roles
# Safely ensure that the system roles in `config/initializers/01_c2.rb`
# exist in the database. Rails will run this code when it loads the
# `Role` class at bootup.
def self.ensure_system_roles_exist
SYSTEM_ROLES.each { |r| Role.find_or_create_by!(name: r) }
end
ensure_system_roles_exist if connected? && connection.table_exists?("roles")
end