has_one - how to assign_id?

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There is a cool feature for has_many in Rails. I can write

class Article < AR::Base
  has_many :comments
  has_one  :another_association

and voila! method comment_ids= created, which I can use in strong parameters and mass assignment. Somethind like @article.comment_ids = [1,2,3]

I need something similar for has_one, like @article.another_association_id = 1. But I get NoMethodError exception. Is there any way to make this method works?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 25 '15 at 14:38

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Has one has a different syntax.

@article.build_another_association
@article.create_another_association

See the guides for more info

answered Nov 25 '15 at 14:38

j-dexx

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I know it, I'm trying to hack it ;) – Alex Antonov Nov 25 '15 at 14:39
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So use `@article.another_association = @another_association`, where `@another_associaion = Association.find(5)` for example. – j-dexx Nov 25 '15 at 14:41
Should I send this via parameters in controller? :D – Alex Antonov Nov 25 '15 at 14:42

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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Use attr_accessible

Specifies a white list of model attributes that can be set via mass-assignment

So you can add it like this assuming you created and ran the migration already:

class Article < AR::Base
  has_many :comments
  has_one  :another_association
  attr_accessible :another_association_id

But if it's Rails 4 you may need to handle it in the controller.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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answered Nov 25 '15 at 16:48

Mike S

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 25 '15 at 16:56

You have the direction of the association reversed.

With has_one, the other class should have an article_id to refer to a record in your articles table.
If you want articles.another_association_id, then you should specify belongs_to :another_association.

This method should only be used if the other class contains the foreign key. If the current class contains the foreign key, then you should use belongs_to instead.

http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Associations/ClassMethods.html#method-i-has_one

I think the OP mistakenly wrote his example backwards because the same thing should be true for his `has_many` example. But he claims that `@article.comment_ids = [1,2,3]` works. Even though that would also require `belongs_to :comment`. — Mike S, Nov 25 '15 at 17:22

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 25 '15 at 17:12

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If you want to simulate the way has_many works you could try this:

class Article < AR::Base
  has_one :page

  def page_id=(int_id)
    self.page = Page.find(int_id)
  end

end

@article.page_id = 3

answered Nov 25 '15 at 17:12

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has_one - how to assign_id?

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