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diff --git a/guides/source/association_basics.md b/guides/source/association_basics.md index 9b80a65a44..e133e71d42 100644 --- a/guides/source/association_basics.md +++ b/guides/source/association_basics.md @@ -1137,6 +1137,12 @@ Controls what happens to the associated object when its owner is destroyed: * `:restrict_with_exception` causes an exception to be raised if there is an associated record * `:restrict_with_error` causes an error to be added to the owner if there is an associated object +It's necessary not to set or leave `:nullify` option for those associations +that have `NOT NULL` database constraints. If you don't set `dependent` to +destroy such associations you won't be able to change the associated object +because initial associated object foreign key will be set to unallowed `NULL` +value. + ##### `:foreign_key` By convention, Rails assumes that the column used to hold the foreign key on the other model is the name of this model with the suffix `_id` added. The `:foreign_key` option lets you set the name of the foreign key directly: diff --git a/guides/source/engines.md b/guides/source/engines.md index a77be917a2..9106b6382d 100644 --- a/guides/source/engines.md +++ b/guides/source/engines.md @@ -525,6 +525,14 @@ First, the `author_name` text field needs to be added to the `app/views/blorgh/p </div> ``` +Next, we need to update our `Blorgh::PostController#post_params` method to permit the new form parameter: + +```ruby +def post_params + params.require(:post).permit(:title, :text, :author_name) +end +``` + The `Blorgh::Post` model should then have some code to convert the `author_name` field into an actual `User` object and associate it as that post's `author` before the post is saved. It will also need to have an `attr_accessor` setup for this field so that the setter and getter methods are defined for it. To do all this, you'll need to add the `attr_accessor` for `author_name`, the association for the author and the `before_save` call into `app/models/blorgh/post.rb`. The `author` association will be hard-coded to the `User` class for the time being. |