similar to: parent.children not updated (has_many)

disclaimer: am in the midst of my first ruby/rails project I have a situation where I want several child records to be created when a new parent record is created. The following represents my first stab at coding it, am I on the right track? Here is the model: parents ---------- id name children ---------- id parent_id name class Parent < ActiveRecord::Base has_many: children end

If I have... class Parent has_many :children end class Child belongs_to :parent end ...then... * Assigning a _new_ child during parent''s creation saves the child record with the parent''s id. child = Child.new Parent.create(:children => [child]) # Results in child being associated with parent * Assigning an existing child after a parent''s creation

I''m having trouble with a validation that depends on an attribute of a belongs_to parent. If the child is added to an unsaved parent (parent.children << new child), the has_many collection parent.children includes the unsaved child. However the belongs_to attribute child.parent appears to be nil until the parent has been saved. Without access to the parent attributes, the validation

Hi all, When submitting a master/detail form I first want to handle the children before saving the parent. There are has_many and belongs_to relations between the parent and the children, so I can edit the children using (psuedo-)code like: child.destroy for deleting, child.update_attributes for updating and @parent.children.push(child) for adding child-records. I update the parent by using:

My database is set up as Categories > Things associated by category_id and has_many and belongs_to. How would I go about listing all the categories and under each Category is it''s children? Is there an easy rails way to do this - preferably without using acts as tree? Any help is appreciated - thanks! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I am trying to create a record with association. Within the create method, I would also like to pre-populate dependent (has_many) records from a template in the database. The child records are <u>mysteriously rolled back </u> if I insert them in a loop. If I try to insert a single child record, it works.I have read the books and tried to google my way out of this but am at a dead

Hi i am trying to figure out what is the best way to do this very basic thing: lets say i have two tables: one with parents and one with children. there is a one to many relation between them. I scaffolded the parents tabel and i can open each parent. Now i want to add a link to the ''show'' view which will create a new child record. In the model i defined the has_many and

i need to delete a record from the database and delete all of it''s children as well. is there a method for this? right now, i am finding all the children with the parent_id and destroying them first and then destroying the parent. seems like there would be a better way to do this but i can''t seem to figure it out. thanks, josh -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I am working on an Rails application that uses a pretty complex category structure through out the site. I have defined a table to house all the info and a FK to reference parents within the table CREATE TABLE categories ( id int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, name varchar(50) NOT NULL, parent_id int(11) default NULL, constraint fk_category_id foreign key (category_id) references

Two models: class Project << ActiveRecord::Base has_many :files end class File << ActiveRecord::Base has_one :project acts_as_tree end Inside of the project model, when creating a new product, I want to store the hierarchy of files within it. If I do, my_top_level_file = my_project_object.files.create(:file_name => ''foo'');

Let''s say I have simple schema with two tables. The models are defined like the folllowing: class Parent < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :children end class Child < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :parent end Simple has_many relationship. Is there any way to order the results of a Parent.find_all by the number of children the parent has? I can sort with sorted_parents =

hi, I''ve got the following tables in mysql notation: CREATE TABLE `nodes` ( `id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, `parent_id` int(11) default ''0'', `group_id` int(11) default ''0'', PRIMARY KEY (`id`), ); CREATE TABLE `groups` ( `parent_id` int(11) NOT NULL default ''0'', `id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,

Hi, I have a real simple association setup here that''s just trying to: - Create a new PayjunctionOrder - Create some LineItem objects and assign them to the PayjunctionOrder - Save everything I''m using Rails Edge. ---- class PayjunctionOrder < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :line_items end ------------------ ---- class LineItem < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :order,

Hello, I have a has_and_belongs_to_many relationship that I''ve realized I need to add additional attributes to. So I''m converting it to a has_many :through (HMT) relationship. This is the first time I''ve used an HMT, and it seems like I''m using too much code. I couldn''t figure out how to get the join model objects to update automatically as a result of

i am making a category tree and i iterate over the category using my counter_cache however it would show a different number than what was actually being represetned in the tree. Here is an example cat.children = [cat2, cat3] puts cat.children.size 2 puts cat.children_count 2 cat4.parent_id = cat.id cat4.save puts cat.children.size

hi i have two models: GeoRegion & GeoRegionSub which have a has_many relation to each other. how can include the has_many relation in the collection_select helper? i want to have that dropdown where the parent is in black and the children indented. <%= collection_select :dl,:parent_id, GeoRegion.all.????, :id, :title %> thx -- You received this message because you are subscribed

I want to have a parent model that I can add child objects (via a has_many association) using the rails 2.3 nested form syntax. However, it seems like rails throws an error during validation of the parent model if I have a validates_presence_of :parent_id defined in the child model. Is the only solution to this to remove the validates_presence_of :parent_id? This seems like a hack-ish workaround.

So I have this structure. class Gallery < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :owner, :polymorphic => true has_many :folders, :order => ''slug'', :dependent => :destroy class Folder < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :photos, :dependent => :destroy, :conditions => "parent_id IS NULL" belongs_to :gallery class User < ActiveRecord::Base has_one

I often find myself in situations where I''m fighting against ActiveRecord because there is no easy way to alias some tables. For example, I''m converting a legacy application. So, there is a ''condition_type'' table that actually should be something like ''fields''. Also it can have a parent field and deletion is handled by setting a

I have two problems. I have a comment that has_many uploads. Before saving the comment, I want to be sure that the upload(s) has passed validation, but I also need to validate in other ways. For example, I do not want to save the comment if there is no comment or upload. Or, I do not want to save the comment if the image has been uploaded previously (comparing md5s with past upload md5s