[Rails] ActiveRecord: update a foreign key in an association table

[Fabrice Fabrisss]

Hello,

I'd like to know how to update a foreign key in an association table
(many_to_many association) ?

Here is my model, Split is the association table between Account and
Transaction:

class Account < ActiveRecord::Base
    set_primary_key :guid

    has_many :splits, :foreign_key => 'account_guid', :primary_key =>
'guid'
    has_many :transactions, :through => :splits
end

class Transaction < ActiveRecord::Base
    set_primary_key :guid

    has_many :splits, :foreign_key => 'tx_guid', :primary_key =>
'guid'
    has_many :accounts, :through => :splits
end

class Split < ActiveRecord::Base
    belongs_to :transaction, :foreign_key => 'tx_guid', :primary_key
=> 'guid'
    # here is the association that I'd like to change:
    belongs_to :account, :foreign_key => 'account_guid', :primary_key
=> 'guid'
end

I'm trying this but it does not work (the value is not updated):

account = Account.new
transaction.splits.first.account = account
# error: prints the old value of account
puts transaction.splits.first.account

Do you have any idea ? Do I need to create a new Split and delete the
old one or is it possible to update the existing one ?

Thank you for your help,

Fabrice

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