From abcaa9be82277f96e7ddeaf4e32e6efb39edec02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aditya Sanghi Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:45:52 +0530 Subject: Add note about Rails 4.0 changes --- railties/guides/source/association_basics.textile | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'railties/guides/source') diff --git a/railties/guides/source/association_basics.textile b/railties/guides/source/association_basics.textile index a01c24bf74..76bf9d10d4 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/association_basics.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/association_basics.textile @@ -901,6 +901,8 @@ h6(#has_one-dependent). +:dependent+ If you set the +:dependent+ option to +:destroy+, then deleting this object will call the +destroy+ method on the associated object to delete that object. If you set the +:dependent+ option to +:delete+, then deleting this object will delete the associated object _without_ calling its +destroy+ method. If you set the +:dependent+ option to +:nullify+, then deleting this object will set the foreign key in the association object to +NULL+. If you set the +:dependent+ option to +:restrict+, then the deletion of the object is restricted if a dependent associated object exist and an error is added to the base model. +NOTE: Before Rails 4.0, using +:restrict+ with +:dependent: option used to raise a +DeleteRestrictionError+. This functionality has since been deprecated. If your code still depends on the exception being raised, then you should add the +:config.active_record.dependent_restrict_raises = true+ to your application config. + h6(#has_one-foreign_key). +: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: @@ -1252,6 +1254,8 @@ If you set the +:dependent+ option to +:restrict+, then the deletion of the obje NOTE: This option is ignored when you use the +:through+ option on the association. +NOTE: Before Rails 4.0, using +:restrict+ with +:dependent: option used to raise a +DeleteRestrictionError+. This functionality has since been deprecated. If your code still depends on the exception being raised, then you should add the +:config.active_record.dependent_restrict_raises = true+ to your application config. + h6(#has_many-extend). +:extend+ The +:extend+ option specifies a named module to extend the association proxy. Association extensions are discussed in detail later in this guide. -- cgit v1.2.3