Rails - Mar 2006 - beginner question on active record relationships

say I have the following:

# user table
# - id
# - username
# - password
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :items
end

# item table
# - id
# - user_id
# - name
class Item < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :user
end


What is the correct way for creating a new item instance with 
relationships in place (assuming the current user is available in the 
current_user instance)?  Do you have to manually associate the models 
like the following?

def create_item
  @item = Item.new(params[:name])
  @item.user_id = current_user
  current_user.items << @item

  @item.save
end

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Ryan Mohr wrote:
> What is the correct way for creating a new item instance with 
> relationships in place (assuming the current user is available in the 
> current_user instance)?  Do you have to manually associate the models 
> like the following?
> 
> def create_item
>   @item = Item.new(params[:name])
>   @item.user_id = current_user
>   current_user.items << @item
> 
>   @item.save
> end
This will do everything your create_item method does:

user.items.create(:name => params[:name])

There is also a build() method that makes a new item but doesn''t save 
it.

Look at the docs for the has_many association for descriptions of these 
methods.
http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Associations/ClassMethods.html#M000471

--josh
http://blog.hasmanythrough.com

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