Association not inserted automatically

Rails
1

Hello,

I am trying to write a sample application.

I have

class LineItem< ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to : order
end

&&

class Order < ActiveRecord::Base
has_one :line_item
end

Now in the controller i am trying :

def add

@ord = Order.new(params[:ord])
@ord.line_item = LineItem.new(params[:lineitem])
if @ord.save
redirect_to :action => ‘list’
else
render :action => ‘new’
end

end

and that is giving an exception saying foreign key constraint fails on
line_item because the order_id is 0 and more over the order is not saved
!

any help ?

2

pleaase ?

3

Don’t you think that your order should have many LineItems? Like

class Order < AR::Base
has_many :line_items
end

class LineItem < AR::Base
belongs_to :order
end

now

order = Order.new @params[:order]
li = LineItem.new @params[:line_item]

order.line_items << li

order.save!
li.save!

–
Kent

4

order and line_items are just names that i was using… i was actually
trying the basics with dealing records on ruby.

i was trying one-one relationship.

and that didnt work !

why was i getting that foreign-key constraint error ?

Wont ruby insert the order and line_item when i do a @ord.save?

5

Hm, I’ve just created the same models as you are using and them work
as expected.
Strange, really. Can you check what sql statements get executed in
your log file?

Kent

6

unfortunately my log file is not associated… theres some error with
that… i have to fix that tooo :frowning:

7

well… well…

its a typo that was causing this error… foreign key constraint fails
!!

in the line_item table i had a orders_id column instead of order_id…
i changed that and it worked fine just like yours !!

I wonder how one could fix that…

Is there a way that i can tell ruby , dont use your imagination, just
work as told ?

:slight_smile: I mean, just like i say
LineItem
belongs_to Order

can i also say

LineItem
belongs_to Order via orders_id ?

8

On 2/16/06, Satya [email protected] wrote:

well… well…
can i also say

LineItem
belongs_to Order via orders_id ?

Yes.

class LineItem < AR::Base
belongs_to :order, :foreign_key => ‘orders_id’
end

Kent

9

Thanks man… Appreciate your help.

10

its a simple question :

when order is saved would line_item be saved or should i save them
seperately ?

if they are supposed to be save automatically can someone tell me how ?

assuming @ord contains the order.

     @line_item contains the line_item.

Thanks