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| author | wangjohn <wangjohn@mit.edu> | 2013-05-11 22:56:05 -0400 |
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| committer | wangjohn <wangjohn@mit.edu> | 2013-05-11 23:05:36 -0400 |
| commit | 346cda4f348993b45a894c1351e2cca03d72dee2 (patch) | |
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Adding documentation to the automatic inverse_of finder.
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diff --git a/guides/source/association_basics.md b/guides/source/association_basics.md index 8d203d265a..16a5241319 100644 --- a/guides/source/association_basics.md +++ b/guides/source/association_basics.md @@ -693,6 +693,17 @@ There are a few limitations to `inverse_of` support: * They do not work with `:as` associations. * For `belongs_to` associations, `has_many` inverse associations are ignored. +Every association will attempt to automatically find the inverse association +and set the `:inverse_of` option heuristically (based on the association name). +Most associations with standard names will be supported. However, associations +that contain the following options will not have their inverses set +automatically: + +* :conditions +* :through +* :polymorphic +* :foreign_key + Detailed Association Reference ------------------------------ |