Janna Brossard wrote: > yes, current_associate.watching_channel_id IS a foreign key to > channel.id. But I have not specified it as such in the associate model > or the channel model (not sure how -- or if I even need to!) -Janna
if the class name is WatchingChannel, the it will work belongs_to :watching_channel if the class name of the watching channel is something else, like Channel, then it will work belongs_to :watching_channel, :class_name => "Channel", :foreign_key => "watching_channel_id" it's always false because either @channel is not null, the foreign key is not null or the foreign key is zero. Note that you should never have a foreign key with a zero value If you make the modification in your model, you can easily do if @channel.nil? and current_associate.watching_channel and finally @channel.nil? and @channel == nil is almost the same thing, @channel.nil? is easier to read, dough -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
