Hi,
I’ve got a little problem with a polymorphic association and has_one.
Here’s my current setup:
class Client
has_one :birthday, :dependent => :destroy, :as => :timeable,
:class_name
=> “Event”, :foreign_key => :timeable_id
end
class Event
belongs_to :timeable, :polymorphic => true
end
Now I try to edit an existing client and try to save the associated
event:
def update
@client = Client.find(params[:id])
@client.build_birthday(params[:birthday])
…
end
Saving this @client Objekt created a new entry in the Event
Databasetable. I
thought, it would overwrite the existing entry in the Event-table, as
it’s
a “has_one” association and not a “has_many”.
Of course I could write something like (this is working!):
def update
@client = Client.find(params[:id])
@client.birthday = Event.new(params[:birthday])
…
end
but I would like to avoid the word “Event” in the update method, as it’s
the
only appearance of the name of the class, as I try to put the above
stuff
including the Event class into a plugin.
So, why does @client.build_birthday adds a new object and what’s the
correct
way of assigning an instance object to a has_one association?
Regards,
Timo