# Counter\_cache bug not resolved? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 15, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/counter-cache-bug-not-resolved/126092 "2008-01-15T11:52:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jeanmartin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jeanmartin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeanmartin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/counter-cache-bug-not-resolved/126092/1 "2008-01-15T11:52:32Z")
I’ve already filed a bug: [http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/10804](http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/10804) I’m still not sure if i’m missing something. When I update a child by setting the association method to nil, the counter of the parent does not get decremented. For a code example see the first answer to my ticket. The problem seems to be that the @owner variable in activerecord/lib/active\_record/associations/belongs\_to\_association.rb holds the child object, not the parent. That’s why it cant have the counter\_cache\_column and the test: if @owner[counter\_cache\_name] and not @owner.new\_record? fails. I really would appreciate anyone who gives this a try with his installation and reports the results. The original bug (and a patch) about this issue has been posted about 2 years ago! \_jeanmartin ---
**Author:** ![jeanmartin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jeanmartin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeanmartin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/counter-cache-bug-not-resolved/126092/2 "2008-01-15T12:23:44Z")
On 15 Jan 2008, at 10:51, jeanmartin wrote: > I’ve already filed a bug: [http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/10804](http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/10804) > I’m still not sure if i’m missing something. You may have better luck discussing this on the rails-core mailing list, or in #rails-contrib Fred ---
**Author:** ![jeanmartin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jeanmartin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeanmartin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/counter-cache-bug-not-resolved/126092/3 "2008-01-15T12:44:57Z")
On Jan 15, 12:23 pm, Frederick C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > You may have better luck discussing this on the rails-core mailing > list, or in #rails-contrib You may be right, to anyone who cares: [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core/t/9e699ecde0813b13](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core/t/9e699ecde0813b13)