i need to delete a record from the database and delete all of it''s children as well. is there a method for this? right now, i am finding all the children with the parent_id and destroying them first and then destroying the parent. seems like there would be a better way to do this but i can''t seem to figure it out. thanks, josh -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> i need to delete a record from the database and delete all of it''s > children as well. is there a method for this? right now, i am finding > all the children with the parent_id and destroying them first and then > destroying the parent. seems like there would be a better way to do this > but i can''t seem to figure it out. >ok, i think i figured it out. in the model i put something like has_many :whatevers, :dependent => :destroy now when i delete the parent model, it destroy''s all the children as well. if there is a better way, please let me know. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Josh Kieschnick wrote:>> i need to delete a record from the database and delete all of it''s >> children as well. is there a method for this? right now, i am finding >> all the children with the parent_id and destroying them first and then >> destroying the parent. seems like there would be a better way to do this >> but i can''t seem to figure it out. >> > > ok, i think i figured it out. in the model i put something like > > has_many :whatevers, :dependent => :destroy > > now when i delete the parent model, it destroy''s all the children as > well. if there is a better way, please let me know.That is the preferred method. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.