I have a MS SQL database that I am accessing through ODBC. The tables
do not conform to Rails defaults so I am having to re-assign the
primary keys and foreign keys.
I have the following:
class DimPlayer < ActiveRecord::Base
set_primary_key “player_id”
has_many :map_players
end
class MapPlayer < ActiveRecord::Base
set_primary_key “map_id”
belongs_to :dim_player, :foreign_key => “to_player_id”
end
When I do a search on MapPlayer, I can use the association with no
problem, e.g.
player_entries = MapPlayer.find(:all, :conditions => [“to_player_id
= ?”, player_id]) returns an array and elements of the array link
back to the DimPlayer table as expected. (player_entries
[0].dim_player)
When I try it the other way,
dim_player_found = DimPlayer.find(:first, :conditions => [ “surname
= ?”, “XXXX”])
dim_player_found.map_players gives me an error, such as the one below,
which suggests I’m doing something wrong with the :foreign_key =>
“to_player_id” line.
The error is
S0022 (207) [unixODBC][FreeTDS][SQL Server]Invalid column name
‘dim_player_id’ which is what I would expect if I had not tried the
foreign_key re-assignment.
I can’t see the wood for the trees - any help most appreciated!
regards
Martin