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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb | 31 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb index 8c7b0b4be9..060b2278d9 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb @@ -355,14 +355,15 @@ module ActiveRecord @association.replace(other_array) end - # Deletes all the records from the collection. For +has_many+ associations, - # the deletion is done according to the strategy specified by the <tt>:dependent</tt> - # option. + # Deletes all the records from the collection according to the strategy + # specified by the +:dependent+ option. If no +:dependent+ option is given, + # then it will follow the default strategy. # - # If no <tt>:dependent</tt> option is given, then it will follow the - # default strategy. The default strategy is <tt>:nullify</tt>. This - # sets the foreign keys to <tt>NULL</tt>. For, +has_many+ <tt>:through</tt>, - # the default strategy is +delete_all+. + # For +has_many :through+ associations, the default deletion strategy is + # +:delete_all+. + # + # For +has_many+ associations, the default deletion strategy is +:nullify+. + # This sets the foreign keys to +NULL+. # # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base # has_many :pets # dependent: :nullify option by default @@ -393,9 +394,9 @@ module ActiveRecord # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: nil> # # ] # - # If it is set to <tt>:destroy</tt> all the objects from the collection - # are removed by calling their +destroy+ method. See +destroy+ for more - # information. + # Both +has_many+ and +has_many :through+ dependencies default to the + # +:delete_all+ strategy if the +:dependent+ option is set to +:destroy+. + # Records are not instantiated and callbacks will not be fired. # # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base # has_many :pets, dependent: :destroy @@ -410,11 +411,6 @@ module ActiveRecord # # ] # # person.pets.delete_all - # # => [ - # # #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>, - # # #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>, - # # #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1> - # # ] # # Pet.find(1, 2, 3) # # => ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound @@ -443,8 +439,9 @@ module ActiveRecord end # Deletes the records of the collection directly from the database - # ignoring the +:dependent+ option. It invokes +before_remove+, - # +after_remove+ , +before_destroy+ and +after_destroy+ callbacks. + # ignoring the +:dependent+ option. Records are instantiated and it + # invokes +before_remove+, +after_remove+ , +before_destroy+ and + # +after_destroy+ callbacks. # # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base # has_many :pets |