2009/9/14 Frederick Cheung <[email protected]>: > > > 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)
See http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Acts/Tree/ClassMethods.html Colin > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
