An effort was made here https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/4392-add-touch-option-to-has_many-associations But i think that feature should be provided as it is needed. We can educate people about its drawbacks for has many though. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/aee02fe6-a106-4e78-b749-d83f54655d75%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.