The normal rails convention is to use the table_id as the fk. You can over ride this in the model if need be.
So if analysis :has_many => :photos the photo table would have a column analysis_id. On Mar 30, 11:49 am, ES <[email protected]> wrote: > Do I have to manually set a column in a dependent table for the id of > the object to which it belongs? > > I have a collection of objects called photos that are owned by a > analysis object. When I try to show an attribute of each of the photo > objects I get this error: > > Mysql::Error: Unknown column 'photos.analysis_id' in 'where clause': > SELECT * FROM `photos` WHERE (`photos`.analysis_id = 7) > > Extracted source (around line #1): > > 1: <% for photo in @analysis.photos %> > 2: <p> > 3: <%= photo.description %> > 4: </p> -- 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.

