From 74dde5951af9f7cbea080087c49f2654e619a0fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neeraj Singh Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 15:24:38 -0400 Subject: updating documentation for method configure_dependency_for_has_many --- activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb | 13 +++++-------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record') diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb index 2556d243f6..73c0900c8b 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb @@ -1593,15 +1593,12 @@ module ActiveRecord # Creates before_destroy callback methods that nullify, delete or destroy # has_many associated objects, according to the defined :dependent rule. - # If the association is marked as :dependent => :restrict, create a callback - # that prevents deleting entirely. # - # See HasManyAssociation#delete_records. Dependent associations - # delete children, otherwise foreign key is set to NULL. - # See HasManyAssociation#delete_records. Dependent associations - # delete children if the option is set to :destroy or :delete_all, set the - # foreign key to NULL if the option is set to :nullify, and do not touch the - # child records if the option is set to :restrict. + # See HasManyAssociation#delete_records for more information. In general + # - delete children if the option is set to :destroy or :delete_all + # - set the foreign key to NULL if the option is set to :nullify + # - do not delete the parent record if there is any child record if the + # option is set to :restrict # # The +extra_conditions+ parameter, which is not used within the main # Active Record codebase, is meant to allow plugins to define extra -- cgit v1.2.3