Rails - Dec 2006 - model relationship sanity check please

I tried to post this earlier but it didn''t show?  Happened a couple
times now.

I hate having to ask this but my eyeballs are spinning and I seem to be
getting some odd behavior.

a bit of the schema:

create_table "orders", :force => true do |t|
  t.column "billing_address_id", :integer
  ...
end

# single table inheritance here... AddressBilling & AddressShipping
create_table "addresses", :force => true do |t
  t.column "type", :string, :limit => 20
  ....
end

which of these pairs is correct?

class Order < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_one  :billing_address,
                 :class_name => "AddressBilling"
end

class AddressBilling < Address
  belongs_to :order
end

------- OR ----------------

class Order < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to  :billing_address,
                    :class_name => "AddressBilling"
end

class AddressBilling < Address
  has_one :order
end


I thought the first was the correct but I''m a noob and neither seem to
be working as I''d expect.

When I do this in the controller:
@orders = Order.find(:all)

then in the view:
<% @orders.each do |order| %>
<tr><td><%= order.billing_address_id %></td></tr>
<% end %>

that works fine but then if I do this:
<% @orders.each do |order| %>
<tr><td><%= order.billing_address.id %></td></tr>
<% end %>

I get an error about billing address being a nil object?  Yes the
billing address is there with the correct id.

seems odd to me... any help greatly appreciated and thanks in advance!
Tim


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