From 6576f7354e50afb79881aaf3a6f50f4e81dfab70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Josef=20=C5=A0im=C3=A1nek?= Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 03:24:54 +0100 Subject: Require `belongs_to` by default. Deprecate `required` option in favor of `optional` for belongs_to. --- guides/source/association_basics.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'guides/source/association_basics.md') diff --git a/guides/source/association_basics.md b/guides/source/association_basics.md index cd715aba1f..0079049d44 100644 --- a/guides/source/association_basics.md +++ b/guides/source/association_basics.md @@ -833,6 +833,7 @@ The `belongs_to` association supports these options: * `:polymorphic` * `:touch` * `:validate` +* `:optional` ##### `:autosave` @@ -956,6 +957,10 @@ end If you set the `:validate` option to `true`, then associated objects will be validated whenever you save this object. By default, this is `false`: associated objects will not be validated when this object is saved. +##### `:optional` + +If you set the `:optional` option to `true`, then associated object will be validated for presence. By default, this is `false`: associated objects will be validated for presence. + #### Scopes for `belongs_to` There may be times when you wish to customize the query used by `belongs_to`. Such customizations can be achieved via a scope block. For example: -- cgit v1.2.3