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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record')
| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb index d9857b8fbd..9ba3323bc7 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb @@ -1205,14 +1205,14 @@ module ActiveRecord # from the association name. So <tt>has_one :manager</tt> will by default be linked to the Manager class, but # if the real class name is Person, you'll have to specify it with this option. # [:dependent] - # Controls what happens to the associated objects when - # their owner is destroyed: + # Controls what happens to the associated object when + # its owner is destroyed: # - # * <tt>:destroy</tt> causes all the associated objects to also be destroyed - # * <tt>:delete</tt> causes all the asssociated objects to be deleted directly from the database (so callbacks will not execute) - # * <tt>:nullify</tt> causes the foreign keys to be set to +NULL+. Callbacks are not executed. - # * <tt>:restrict_with_exception</tt> causes an exception to be raised if there are any associated records - # * <tt>:restrict_with_error</tt> causes an error to be added to the owner if there are any associated objects + # * <tt>:destroy</tt> causes the associated object to also be destroyed + # * <tt>:delete</tt> causes the asssociated object to be deleted directly from the database (so callbacks will not execute) + # * <tt>:nullify</tt> causes the foreign key to be set to +NULL+. Callbacks are not executed. + # * <tt>:restrict_with_exception</tt> causes an exception to be raised if there is an associated record + # * <tt>:restrict_with_error</tt> causes an error to be added to the owner if there is an associated object # [:foreign_key] # Specify the foreign key used for the association. By default this is guessed to be the name # of this class in lower-case and "_id" suffixed. So a Person class that makes a +has_one+ association |