Rails - Oct 2006 - has_one/belongs_to relationship issue

I''m trying to set up a has_one/belongs_to relationship. I have no 
problem setting up a has_many/belongs_to relationship, but when I try to 
make it a has_one relationship I get an undefined method error if I try 
to call the belongs_to relationship through the has_one relationship.

user = User.find_by_display_name("shoxz")
user.story.create(:title => "hello") or
user.stories.create(:title => "hello") or
user.story.new(:title => "hello") or
user.stories.new(:title => "hello") or
user.story << Story.new(:title => "hello")


NoMethodError: undefined method `story'' for #<User:0x221a478>
        from 
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/base.rb:1792:in
`method_missing''

If I change the code to has many and do the following it works fine:

user = User.find_by_display_name("shoxz")
user.stories.create(:title => "hello")

I only want a user to have one story and need it to work the other way. 
I''ve checked reserved and magic words and that''s not the
issue. I''ve
tried everything and have read everything.

I''d appreciate any help or any ideas at all.

Thanks,

S.

Code follows:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_one :story
end
class Story < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :user
end
ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 4) do
  create_table "stories", :force => true do |t|
    t.column "title", :string
    t.column "user_id", :integer
  end
  create_table "users", :force => true do |t|
    t.column "display_name", :string
  end
end

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Cacye came up with the solution:

When it is a has_one relationship you inject it with an ''=''
rather than
directly or with ''<<''. That''s a good point, and
I wish it was published
somewhere because I''ve been looking for a couple days goign crazy 
throught all of the wikis and google.

My mistake - I was thinking "has_many", didn''t connect that
it was
"has_one".

How about:

    user.profile = Profile.new(:hello => "yeah")

c.


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