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authorJon Leighton <j@jonathanleighton.com>2010-12-12 09:55:32 +0000
committerJon Leighton <j@jonathanleighton.com>2010-12-12 09:55:32 +0000
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Merge branch 'master' into nested_has_many_through
Conflicts: activerecord/CHANGELOG activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/class_methods/join_dependency.rb activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/class_methods/join_dependency/join_association.rb activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
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@@ -550,6 +550,8 @@ build_customer
create_customer
</ruby>
+NOTE: When initializing a new +has_one+ or +belongs_to+ association you must use the +build_+ prefix to build the association, rather than the +association.build+ method that would be used for +has_many+ or +has_and_belongs_to_many+ associations. To create one, use the +create_+ prefix.
+
h6(#belongs_to-association). <tt><em>association</em>(force_reload = false)</tt>
The <tt><em>association</em></tt> method returns the associated object, if any. If no associated object is found, it returns +nil+.
@@ -817,6 +819,8 @@ build_account
create_account
</ruby>
+NOTE: When initializing a new +has_one+ or +belongs_to+ association you must use the +build_+ prefix to build the association, rather than the +association.build+ method that would be used for +has_many+ or +has_and_belongs_to_many+ associations. To create one, use the +create_+ prefix.
+
h6(#has_one-association). <tt><em>association</em>(force_reload = false)</tt>
The <tt><em>association</em></tt> method returns the associated object, if any. If no associated object is found, it returns +nil+.