Marcelo Unfortunately like you mentioned when you use the :only options it will filter through all the associations as well. You can get around this by passing a proc to_xml that appends the associations to the builder. For example we will take the ever so popular example of a User having many Posts.
class User has_many :posts end class Post belongs_to :user end user = User.first posts = user.posts post_proc = lambda do |options| options[:builder] << posts.to_xml(:skip_instruct => true) end user.to_xml(:only => :first_name, :procs => post_proc) Make sure you have the :skip_instruct => true option when you are creating the xml for your associations so it does not add the XML declaration <?xml version="1.0 ... > Cheers. -- Robert Zotter Zapient, LLC Ruby on Rails Development and Consulting http://www.zapient.com http://www.fromjavatoruby.com On Oct 28, 8:16 am, Marcelo Barbudas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > A call to to_xml(:only => [:field], :include => :association]) will > filter the association result too(the resulting association will only > have :field). > > Is there a way around this? > > I want to specify different filters for the main object and the > association. > > -- > M. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
