That should work. Cheers, Nicholas
On Jul 17, 8:47 am, JannaB <[email protected]> wrote: > so to use your statement, I should put the following in my Associate > model? > > belongs_to :watching_channel, :class_name => "Channel", :foreign_key > => > "watching_channel_id" > > -Janna B > > On Jul 17, 1:09 am, Rodrigo Dominguez <rails-mailing-l...@andreas- > > > > s.net> wrote: > > Janna Brossard wrote: > > > yes, current_associate.watching_channel_id IS a foreign key to > > > channel.id. But I have not specified it as such in the associate model > > > or the channel model (not sure how -- or if I even need to!) -Janna > > > if the class name is WatchingChannel, the it will work > > > belongs_to :watching_channel > > > if the class name of the watching channel is something else, like > > Channel, then it will work > > > belongs_to :watching_channel, :class_name => "Channel", :foreign_key => > > "watching_channel_id" > > > it's always false because either @channel is not null, the foreign key > > is not null or the foreign key is zero. > > > Note that you should never have a foreign key with a zero value > > > If you make the modification in your model, you can easily do > > > if �[email protected]? and current_associate.watching_channel > > > and finally > > > @channel.nil? and @channel == nil is almost the same thing, > > @channel.nil? is easier to read, dough > > -- > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
