This may be a dumb question, but what version of Rails are you on? I know that versions earlier than 2.2.2 had some difficulties with has_one :through...
On May 20, 1:47 am, Brian <[email protected]> wrote: > Apparently I assumed functionality that doesn't exist for this > association. Should I not be able to reference the target model as an > attribute? > > Here are my models: > > class User < ActiveRecord::Base > has_one :membership > has_one :role, :through => :membership > end > > class Membership < ActiveRecord::Base > belongs_to :user > belongs_to :role > end > > class Role < ActiveRecord::Base > end > > But, the "role" attribute for an instance of User always contains nil: > > >> user = User.new > > => #<User id: nil, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>>> user.save! > => true > >> membership = user.create_membership > > => #<Membership id: 1, user_id: 1, role_id: nil, created_at: > "2009-05-20 05:40:1 > 7", updated_at: "2009-05-20 05:40:17">>> role = membership.create_role > > => #<Role id: 1, created_at: "2009-05-20 05:40:33", updated_at: > "2009-05-20 05:4 > 0:33">>> user.membership > > => #<Membership id: 1, user_id: 1, role_id: 1, created_at: "2009-05-20 > 05:40:17" > , updated_at: "2009-05-20 05:40:17">>> user.membership.role > > => #<Role id: 1, created_at: "2009-05-20 05:40:33", updated_at: > "2009-05-20 05:4 > 0:33"> > > >> user.role > => nil > >> quit > > Why does user.membership.role contain a record, but user.role does not? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
