so to use your statement, I should put the following in my Associate model?
belongs_to :watching_channel, :class_name => "Channel", :foreign_key => "watching_channel_id" -Janna B On Jul 17, 1:09 am, Rodrigo Dominguez <rails-mailing-l...@andreas- s.net> wrote: > 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 viahttp://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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
