GORM many2many help

<p>I can&#39;t work out the best way to add an association to a model. I have the following structs</p> <pre><code>type Beer struct { ID uint `json:&#34;id&#34;` Name string `json:&#34;name&#34; gorm:&#34;not null;&#34; sql:&#34;unique&#34;` Description string `json:&#34;description&#34; gorm:&#34;not null;&#34;` ImageURL string `json:&#34;image_url&#34;` AlcoholContent float64 `json:&#34;alcohol_content, default:0&#34;` Featured bool `json:&#34;featured&#34;` BrewStart time.Time `json:&#34;brew_start&#34;` BrewEnd time.Time `json:&#34;brew_end&#34;` Brewers []Brewer `gorm:&#34;many2many:beer_brewers&#34; json:&#34;brewers&#34;` } type Brewer struct { ID uint `json:&#34;id&#34;` FirstName string `json:&#34;first_name&#34;` LastName string `json:&#34;last_name&#34;` Title string `json:&#34;title&#34;` Featured bool `json:&#34;featured&#34;` Beers []Beer `gorm:&#34;many2many:beer_brewers&#34; json:&#34;beers&#34;` } </code></pre> <p>Below is an example of data i have seeded the DB with</p> <pre><code>Beer{ Name: &#34;some pale ale&#34;, Description: &#34;a description of some pale ale&#34;, ImageURL: &#34;http://via.placeholder.com/350x150&#34;, AlcoholContent: 4.5, Featured: false, BrewStart: utils.ParseTime(&#34;30-10-2017 13:00 (AEDT)&#34;), BrewEnd: utils.ParseTime(&#34;14-11-2017 13:00 (AEDT)&#34;), Brewers: []Brewer{ Brewer{FirstName: &#34;john&#34;, LastName: &#34;smith&#34;, Title: &#34;bottle shaker&#34;, Featured: false}, Brewer{FirstName: &#34;joe&#34;, LastName: &#34;bloggs&#34;, Title: &#34;bottle maker&#34;, Featured: true}, }, }, Beer{ Name: &#34;some lager&#34;, Description: &#34;a description of some pale ale&#34;, ImageURL: &#34;http://via.placeholder.com/350x150&#34;, AlcoholContent: 4.5, Featured: false, BrewStart: utils.ParseTime(&#34;30-10-2017 13:00 (AEDT)&#34;), BrewEnd: utils.ParseTime(&#34;14-11-2017 13:00 (AEDT)&#34;), Brewers: []Brewer{ Brewer{FirstName: &#34;john&#34;, LastName: &#34;smith&#34;, Title: &#34;bottle shaker&#34;, Featured: false}, Brewer{FirstName: &#34;joe&#34;, LastName: &#34;bloggs&#34;, Title: &#34;bottle maker&#34;, Featured: true}, }, }, </code></pre> <p>However the above creates duplicate Brewers in the Brewer table. My question is, what is the best way to reference a Brewer that already exists but not create another Brewer item in the Brewer table?..and also what is the best way to Append a new Brewer into a Beer collection?</p> <p>Thanks, Justin</p> <hr/>**评论：**<br/><br/>hobbified: <pre><p>If you don&#39;t want it to think that a record is new and needs to be inserted, you need to set the ID field in the struct to the ID of the existing row (usually you do this by loading the row from the DB in the first place, but not necessarily. <code>FirstOrCreate</code> can be helpful here.)</p></pre>