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authorVijay Dev <vijaydev.cse@gmail.com>2011-07-30 23:16:07 +0530
committerXavier Noria <fxn@hashref.com>2011-08-13 16:22:11 -0700
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make the warning clear about the effect of using validates_associated on both sides on an association.
-rw-r--r--activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/associated.rb10
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/associated.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/associated.rb
index 5df85304a2..7af0352a31 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/associated.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/associated.rb
@@ -17,15 +17,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
# validates_associated :pages, :library
# end
#
- # Warning: If, after the above definition, you then wrote:
- #
- # class Page < ActiveRecord::Base
- # belongs_to :book
- #
- # validates_associated :book
- # end
- #
- # this would specify a circular dependency and cause infinite recursion.
+ # WARNING: This validation must not be used on both ends of an association. Doing so will lead to a circular dependency and cause infinite recursion.
#
# NOTE: This validation will not fail if the association hasn't been assigned. If you want to
# ensure that the association is both present and guaranteed to be valid, you also need to