Rails - Oct 2010 - trouble testing callbacks on update to model with nested attributes

Hi,

I have a parent model like this:

class Parent < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :grand_parent
  has_many :blond_children, :dependent => :destroy
  has_many :brunette_children, :dependent => :destroy
  has_many :dogs, :dependent => :destroy

 
accepts_nested_attributes_for :blond_children, :brunette_children, :dogs,
                                :allow_destroy => true
...
end

I can''t seem to get the attributes of the children to change with
attempts like the following

parent_instance.blond_children_attributes =
{"1"=>{:_destroy=>true},
"2"=>{:_destroy=>true}}
parent_instance.save
parent_instance.reload.blond_children.should == <some new number
reflecting deletion>

I''ve also tried this with hashes and using #update_attributes on the
parent_instance.

I keep experimenting, but I can''t get expected results. I''m
wondering
if maybe the problems are:

1) on an update, all children and their attributes need to be
explicitly mentioned, even if the value is ""
2) where should the parent and child ids appear in any attempts to
update child attributes?

I might guess some readers have banged their head on something like
this in the past, any pointers?

Thanks,

Lille

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I solved my problem by departing from the guidance at
http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/NestedAttributes/ClassMethods.html

Instead of...

parent_instance.reload.blond_children # this resulted in
blond_children == nil

...I used...

refreshed_parent_instance = Parent.find(:last)
refreshed_parent_instance.blond_children.blah_blah_blah...

It seems, then that the problem I encountered concerns some departure
my association structure takes from the standard model presumed in the
api, where a reload should be equivalent to a find.

Lille

On Oct 27, 8:13 pm, Lille
<lille.pengu...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a parent model like this:
>
> class Parent < ActiveRecord::Base
>   belongs_to :grand_parent
>   has_many :blond_children, :dependent => :destroy
>   has_many :brunette_children, :dependent => :destroy
>   has_many :dogs, :dependent => :destroy
>
> accepts_nested_attributes_for :blond_children, :brunette_children, :dogs,
>                                 :allow_destroy => true
> ...
> end
>
> I can''t seem to get the attributes of the children to change with
> attempts like the following
>
> parent_instance.blond_children_attributes =
{"1"=>{:_destroy=>true},
> "2"=>{:_destroy=>true}}
> parent_instance.save
> parent_instance.reload.blond_children.should == <some new number
> reflecting deletion>
>
> I''ve also tried this with hashes and using #update_attributes on
the
> parent_instance.
>
> I keep experimenting, but I can''t get expected results.
I''m wondering
> if maybe the problems are:
>
> 1) on an update, all children and their attributes need to be
> explicitly mentioned, even if the value is ""
> 2) where should the parent and child ids appear in any attempts to
> update child attributes?
>
> I might guess some readers have banged their head on something like
> this in the past, any pointers?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lille
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