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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord')
| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/associated.rb | 10 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/associated.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/associated.rb index 5df85304a2..7af0352a31 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/associated.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/associated.rb @@ -17,15 +17,7 @@ module ActiveRecord # validates_associated :pages, :library # end # - # Warning: If, after the above definition, you then wrote: - # - # class Page < ActiveRecord::Base - # belongs_to :book - # - # validates_associated :book - # end - # - # this would specify a circular dependency and cause infinite recursion. + # WARNING: This validation must not be used on both ends of an association. Doing so will lead to a circular dependency and cause infinite recursion. # # NOTE: This validation will not fail if the association hasn't been assigned. If you want to # ensure that the association is both present and guaranteed to be valid, you also need to |