Change has_many :through to use the :source option to specify the source association. :class_name is now ignored. [Rick Olson]

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@4022 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
index ae34885480..104ed5ba58 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
               when :belongs_to, :has_many
                 "#{@reflection.through_reflection.table_name}.#{@reflection.through_reflection.primary_key_name} = #{@owner.quoted_id}"
               else
-                raise ActiveRecordError, "Invalid source reflection macro :#{@reflection.source_reflection.macro} for has_many #{@reflection.name}, :through => #{@reflection.through_reflection.name}"
+                raise ActiveRecordError, "Invalid source reflection macro :#{@reflection.source_reflection.macro} for has_many #{@reflection.name}, :through => #{@reflection.through_reflection.name}.  Use :source to specify the source reflection."
             end
           end
           conditions << " AND (#{sql_conditions})" if sql_conditions