Hi, Joerg,
haven''t tried it myself, but you might want to try:
order2.line_items.build(o.attributes())
Best regards
Jan
Joerg Diekmann wrote:> Hi, I want to make a copy of an object with its associations, and I am
> looking for an elegant solution. This is what I intuitively think should
> work, but it doesn''t:
>
> order2 = order1.clone
> order1.line_items.each do |o|
> order2.line_items.build(o)
> end
>
> This doesn''t work because a model class does not stringify its
keys ...
> so I can''t pass an object into a method that wants a hash, because
an
> object doesn''t convert itself to a hash when needed.
>
> Is there a simple way to solve this problem, or is this something where
> I will need to do my own plumbing of sorts?
>
> Thanks
> Joerg
>