Rails - Oct 2006 - is there a bug with habtm and the "_ids" method?

Hi,

Is there some problem with the habtm "_ids" function.  See this
example:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_and_belongs_to_many :groups
end


class Group < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_and_belongs_to_many :users
end

   g=Group.find(1)
   print "size=", g.users.size, "\n"

   a=g.user_ids


Here is the output:

    Group Load (0.000789)   SELECT * FROM groups WHERE (groups.id = 1)
LIMIT 1
     Group Columns (0.001408)   SHOW FIELDS FROM groups
     Join Table Columns (0.000971)   SHOW FIELDS FROM groups_users
     User Load (0.002074)   SELECT * FROM users INNER JOIN groups_users
ON users.id = groups_users.user_id WHERE (groups_users.group_id = 1 )

   size=2


/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/active_record/base.rb:1792:in
`method_missing'': undefined method `user_ids'' for
#<Group:0xb7923e60>
(NoMethodError)


As you can see, there are records in the association, but the "_ids"
function is missing?

Any ideas?

Thanks,

David


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dtrusty-U6r7FCv0h4VBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org wrote:
> As you can see, there are records in the association, but the
"_ids"
> function is missing?
Rails only defines setter method for <singular_class>_ids, not a
getter method. You have to write you own getter.

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