Stack level too deep error :(

Hi,

If anyone has some time to help with my problem that would be really
good :slight_smile:

I am getting a “stack level too deep” error when saving an object to the
database when it is has a has_one relationship to another object I wish
to save and associate after it.

If goes a little like this

class Quote < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :eventdetail
has_many :bookings

An eventdetail belongs to either a quote or booking

class Eventdetail < ActiveRecord::Base
has_one :quote
has_one :booking

A booking can refer to a previous quote

class Booking < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :eventdetail
belongs_to :quote
end

I have removed a few other things to keep it simple but I don’t think
the problem relates to those bits. I have created a form for Quote
which renders a component for a new Eventdetail, to the user the
eventdetail appears as part of new quote (or booking).

When I go to save the quote I do this:

Quote.transaction {
   save_result = @eventdetail.save
   if save_result
     @quote.eventdetail = @eventdetail
     save_result &&= @quote.save
   end
}
if save_result
   flash['notice'] = 'Quote was successfully created.'
   redirect_to(:action => 'show', :id => @quote.id)
else
#quote didn't save, render new, etc
end

It all fails after validation on @eventdetail.save with a stack overflow
error…

Any help would be appreciated :slight_smile:

Cheers,
Mark

On Saturday 08 April 2006 22:05, Mark P. wrote:

class Quote < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :eventdetail
Quote.transaction {
#quote didn’t save, render new, etc
end

It all fails after validation on @eventdetail.save with a stack overflow
error…

Any help would be appreciated :slight_smile:

Cheers,
Mark

Just as a quick answer, stack level too deep is usually the case in
infinite
recursion or loop. I think you have something going on here like that.
Perhaps
something related to the automatic saving of associated objects. I am
somewhat
confused at the moment which associations are saved automaticly, but you
might
want to look into that.

Anybody with some knowlege about saving associatons, please help (me as
well :slight_smile: ). For example, the docs say

“Assigning an object to a belongs_to association does not save the
object,
since the foreign key field belongs on the parent. It does not save the
parent
either.”

But I do know from experience that saving the object which says
belongs_to also
saves the associated object. So what is meant by the quote from the doc?
Are
they litterly talking about saving on assigning itself, instead of
cascade-saving?

(footnote: for some reason, associated objects are only saved when the
association is new, and not when it’s a modified existing record. Why?
Beats
me)

Wiebe C. wrote:

On Saturday 08 April 2006 22:05, Mark P. wrote:

Hi,

If anyone has some time to help with my problem that would be really good :slight_smile:

I am getting a “stack level too deep” error when saving an object to the
database when it is has a has_one relationship to another object I wish
to save and associate after it.
[…]
"Assigning an object to a belongs_to association does not save the object,
me)

Hi thanks for your reply!

It is basically what I was thinking too, if someone could help explain
when foreign keys are set and when associated records are saved that
would be excellent.

Cheers
Mark

On Sunday 09 April 2006 10:40, Mark P. wrote:

It is basically what I was thinking too, if someone could help explain
when foreign keys are set and when associated records are saved that
would be excellent.

You can easily check that out by starting the scripts/console in your
project
dir, and make objects manually (by entering the proper ruby code),
saving one,
and seeing if the associated object is saved as well.

Wiebe C. wrote:

On Sunday 09 April 2006 10:40, Mark P. wrote:

It is basically what I was thinking too, if someone could help explain
when foreign keys are set and when associated records are saved that
would be excellent.

You can easily check that out by starting the scripts/console in your project
dir, and make objects manually (by entering the proper ruby code), saving one,
and seeing if the associated object is saved as well.

Never thought I could do that… excellent have found the problem, fixed
by creating a polymorphic association between eventdetail => { quote,
booking }

Cheers,
Mark