On Sep 14, 5:15 pm, djolley <[email protected]> wrote: > > then topic.parent_id would > > give you the id and topic.parent would give you the object. > > Why would topic.parent give me the object? Is that an acts_as_tree > thing? I thought all acts_as_tree did was add the 3 methods, > 'ancestors', 'root', and 'siblings'. As far as I know, 'parent' is
acts as tree adds methods parent, children as well (or rather associations but net effect is the same) Fred > not a reserved word in Ruby. However, based on what you say, it would > seem that the choice of 'parent' as the field name may be an > *EXTREMELY* poor choice (even worse than I had thought). Perhaps I > would have been better off if it had been named 'dad' or 'mom' or > something. Anyway, I won't know the answer to that until I understand > why topic.parent would return the object. May I impose on you a bit > further to tell me why that is. Based on your answer, I may be FORCED > to change the name of that field. > > Thanks a lot. > > ... doug --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
