Create a relationship with 2 or more tables on 1 insert

Rails
1

userstable: |id|name|password|
userdetailstable: |id|col1|col2|col3|user_id|

this is my code:

def create
    @user = User.new(@params['user'])
    @userdetail = Userdetail.new(@params['userdetail'])

	    if @user.save and @userdetail.save
	    	flash[:notice] = "Save succeeded..."
	        redirect_to :action => 'list'
	    else
	    	flash[:notice] = "Save FAILED"
	  	render_action 'new'
	    end
	end

I want to put the auto_incremented id of the first table(userstable)
into the user_id field of the second(userdetails) table

or is there a better way to do a multiple insert and at the same time
create a relationship

thanx tim

2

You should simply be able to do:
@user = User.new params[:user]
@user_detail = UserDetail.new params[:userdetail]

@user.userdetail = @user_detail

@user.save

And that should do it. Rails should take care of the rest. This should
also work on has_many relationships and such as well.

-Nick

3

Tim van Oostrom wrote:

  if @user.save and @userdetail.save

into the user_id field of the second(userdetails) table

or is there a better way to do a multiple insert and at the same time
create a relationship

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_one :details, :class_name => ‘UserDetail’
validates_associated :details
end

class UserDetail < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
end

@user = User.new( params[‘user’] )
@user.details = Userdetail.new( params[‘userdetail’] )
if @user.save
…

–
We develop, watch us RoR, in numbers too big to ignore.

4

From the documentation:
Peak Obsession.
html#M000472

@user = User.new( params[‘user’] )
@user.create_details( params[‘userdetail’] )
if @user.save
…

5

Tom F. wrote:

From the documentation:
Peak Obsession.
html#M000472

@user = User.new( params[‘user’] )
@user.create_details( params[‘userdetail’] )
if @user.save
…

Ah it works now…

this line had to be:
@user.create_details( params[‘userdetail’] )

6

Tom F. wrote:

@user.create_details( params[‘userdetail’] )

Yes, that is more concise than

@user.details = Userdetail.new( params[‘userdetail’] )

–
We develop, watch us RoR, in numbers too big to ignore.

7

I tried your solutions in various versions but i cant get it to work.
I did fix it myself but somehow i think it can be easier.

mycode:

@user = User.new(params[:user])
@user.save
@userdetail = Userdetail.new(params[:userdetail])
@userdetail.user_id = @user.id

if @userdetail.save
…

Ok, maybe i dont understand it correct but here is how i think it is.
when i see this:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_one :userdetail
end

class Userdetail < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
end

Does that mean that when i initiate a new object:

@user = User.new()

The activerecord autmagically joins the user + userdetails objects together in one object called:

@user?

and should that object also know the foreign key of user_details = user_id when

userstable: |id|name|password|
userdetailstable: |id|col1|col2|col3|user_id|
(where user_id is the foreign key of the id field on the userstable)

8

fuck…
i meant: > @user.create_userdetail( params[‘userdetail’] )