Rails - May 2007 - has_one association and saving the associated model

Hi,

what''s the best way of assigning a has_one association to a model and
then
save both, the model and the association, in one step? I 
thought "build_association" just assigns the association and not
updates it
in the database. 

In my current situation this leads to a double saving of my association. First 
it get''s updated an then a new association gets created. 

I''ve two models: "client" and "birthday". Birthday
is a has_one association of
client:

class Client < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_one :birthday, :dependent => :destroy
end

In the "update" action of the client controller I''ve
something like this:

def update
    @client = Client.find(params[:id])
    @client.attributes = params[:client]
    @client.build_birthday(params[:birthday])

    respond_to do |format|
        if @client.save
            format.html { redirect_to client_url(@client) }
            format.xml  { head :ok }
        else
            format.html { render :action => "edit" }
            format.xml  { render :xml => @client.errors.to_xml }
        end
    end
end

First, when executing the line @client.build_birthday(params[:birthday]), the 
current associated birthday object in the database gets updated. Next, when 
@client.save gets executed, a new birthday-object gets created in the 
database (and the foreign key of the old entry gets deleted). This leads to 
many, not assigned entrys in my database.

If I just use @client.birthday.attributes = params[:birthday] instead of 
build_birthday, no birthday at all gets saved. So, what''s the best was
of
assigning a has_one association without saving it?

Regards,
Timo

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