On 6 December 2011 14:27, Bill Walton <[email protected]> wrote: > Before I call this a bug, would someone tell me if I'm missing something here? > > Using 1.9.2 and 3.1.1... I can create a child if the relationship is > has_many, but not if the relationship is has_one. > > rails new association_test > cd association_test > > rails g model Poppa name:string > rails g model OnlyChild name:string poppa_id:integer > rails g model Kid name:string poppa_id:integer > > ... > > ruby-1.9.2-p290 :006 > p.only_child.create(:name => 'sam') > OnlyChild Load (0.4ms) SELECT "only_children".* FROM > "only_children" WHERE "only_children"."poppa_id" = 1 LIMIT 1 > NoMethodError: undefined method `create' for nil:NilClass
I think you have to use create_association for a has_one rather than create. See http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Associations/ClassMethods.html p.only_child returns a record (or tries to) and so cannot have a create method that does what you want. Colin -- 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.
