magic_hat wrote: > My app has BlogPosts, which are a sub of Articles. It's got Writers < > RegisteredUsers < Users. > > When I try to call registered_user on a BlogPost, I get nil. > > Any & all help appreciated. > > > class Article < ActiveRecord::Base > etc.... > > end > > class BlogPost < Article > validates_presence_of :section_id, :title, :body > belongs_to :registered_user > > end > > class NewsArticle < Article > belongs_to :writer > end > > > require "digest/md5" > class User < ActiveRecord::Base > etc... > end > > class RegisteredUser < User > validates_uniqueness_of :name > has_many :comments > has_many :events, :class_name => "Article", :foreign_key => > "user_id" > has_many :blog_posts, :class_name => "Article", :foreign_key => > "user_id" > end > > class Writer < RegisteredUser > has_many :news_articles, :class_name => "Article", :foreign_key => > "user_id" > end > > >>> @post=BlogPost.find(:first, :conditions=>'user_id=1') > => #<BlogPost id: 505, title: "Cubs outlook", type: "BlogPost", > user_id: 1> >>> User.find(1) > => #<Writer id: 1, type: "Writer"> >>> @post.registered_user > => nil
You should instead have: belongs_to :registered_user, :foreign_key => :user_id A Rails bug meant that you didn't get an error message. -- Rails Wheels - Find Plugins, List & Sell Plugins - http://railswheels.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
