Problems overriding module with plugin

Rails
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Hi I am trying to create a plug-in to fix the error in the rails core
produced by the multiple delete on a HABTM relationship. I have
confirmed that my plug-in is being included into the base during
runtime however the code does not seem to be overridding the base
class.

module ActiveRecord
module Associations
module ClassMethods
def has_and_belongs_to_many(association_id, options = {},
&extension)
…
code
…
end
end
end
end

this is what i have in my vendor/plugins/patches/lib directory, does
anyone know why this is not working?
Thanks,
Mark

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On Jan 10, 2006, at 12:07 PM, M Daggett wrote:

&extension)
anyone know why this is not working?
Thanks,
Mark

Mark-

It looks like you are on the right track but you still need the

self.included part. The basic pattern for this as I know it is like so:

module EZ
def self.included(base)
base.extend(ClassMethods)
end
module ClassMethods
def something(*args, &block)
end
end
end

Then in your init.rb file you would do this:

ActiveRecord::Base.send :include, EZ

Of course alter that for wherever you are trying to get your module

included into.

Cheers-

-Ezra Z.
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Hi Ezra,
I was unsucessful in getting your suggestions to work. Here is what my
files look like. I picked a small patch the fact that you need to tell
mysql to ignore foreign key when loading and unloading the fixture
when running tests.

my plug-in looks like this:

module MysqlIgnoreForeignKeysOnFixtureLoading
def self.included(base)
base.extend(Fixtures)
end
module Fixtures
def delete_existing_fixtures
# @connection.delete “DELETE FROM #{@table_name}”, ‘Fixture
Delete’
# Deactivate foreign keys with MySQL to prevent errors when
clearing tables
# with self referencing foreign keys.
if @connection.kind_of?
ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::MysqlAdapter
@connection.update “SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0”, ‘Fixtures
deactivate foreign key checks.’;
@connection.update “DELETE FROM #{@table_name}”, ‘Fixture
Delete’;
@connection.update “SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1”, ‘Fixtures
activate foreign key checks.’;
else
@connection.delete “DELETE FROM #{@table_name}”, ‘Fixture
Delete’
end
end
end
end

My init file looks like so:

require ‘mysql_adapter_patches’
ActiveRecord::Base.send :include, MysqlIgnoreForeignKeysOnFixtureLoading

when I run rake it blows up on all the foreign keys so I know that it
is not picking up the errors. Do you see something wrong with the
syntax?

Thanks,
Mark

On 1/10/06, Ezra Z. [email protected] wrote:

module Associations

self.included part. The basic pattern for this as I know it is like so:

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Mark-

It looks ok to me. Although I am not sure if AR::Base is the right

place to include the module. What class are you trying to extend
specifically? Also have a look at the plugins page on the wiki. It
has a plugin that will apply patches for you that might help.

Cheers-
-EZra

On Jan 10, 2006, at 5:05 PM, M Daggett wrote:

base.extend(Fixtures)
	  @connection.update "SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0", 'Fixtures

end

end

    def something(*args, &block)
    Of course alter that for wherever you are trying to get

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Hi EZra,
Thanks for writing back.
I looked around in the plug-in directory but could not find
specifically any plug-in that facilitates the patching of the rail’s
core. Do you have a name of said plug-in?

In regards to the plug-in that I am trying to write, I would like to
patch:

ActiveRecord/fixtures.rb

And

ActiveRecord/associations.rb

I am not too sure how that plays out in the code-base in terms of
inheritance etc.

Any help greatly appreciated.
Best,
Mark

On 1/10/06, Ezra Z. [email protected] wrote:

On Jan 10, 2006, at 5:05 PM, M Daggett wrote:

def self.included(base)
ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::MysqlAdapter
end

class.
end
Mark-
module ClassMethods

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Mark-

It looks like that plugin isn't on the plugins page anymore. Not

sure why. I think your best bet would be to find a few plugins and
look at the way they work to get themselves included into the right
place. I am not sure what exactly you want to extend so I don’t know
what to tell you at this point.

Cheers-
-Ezra

On Jan 11, 2006, at 10:11 PM, M Daggett wrote:

-EZra

  # Deactivate foreign keys with MySQL to prevent errors when
  else

Thanks,

Hi I am trying to create a plug-in to fix the error in the rails
&extension)
does
like so:

I am Mark Daggett and I approve this message.
509-577-7732
I am Mark Daggett and I approve this message.

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509-577-7732
[email protected]