On 14 January 2012 04:12, Fritz Rodriguez <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > Hello All > > This is my first time on ruby-forum so pardon if this is not posted > correctly. > > I am having a very similar issue regarding has_many through has_many. A > logged user can create a work order and associated fields in models name > alias and sub_tasks. I am using active_admin and an admin user can view > and edit the above mentioned models, but when admin tries to create a > sub_task I can get the following error: > > Cannot modify association 'WorkOrder#sub_tasks' because the source > reflection class 'SubTask' is associated to 'NameAlias' via :has_many. > > the models: > > class work_order < ActiveRecord::Base > has_many :name_aliases > has_many :sub_tasks, :through => :name_aliases > end > > class NameAlias < ActiveRecord::Base > belongs_to :work_order > has_many :sub_tasks > end > > class SubTask < ActiveRecord::Base > belongs_to :name_alias > belongs_to :work_order
This should be belongs_to :through name_alias. It must mirror the has_many sub_tasks :through in work_order You should really have started a new thread for this as it is nothing to do with the original post. Colin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
