In my app, User objects can follow each other, and be followed. The two relationships are distinct.
I'm seeing that when I set `user_a.follows << user_b` that `user_b.followed_by.count` still == 0. Why?
When I play in the console, I see:
[code] $ jordan = User.new(:name=>"Jordan") => #<User id: nil, name: "Jordan"> $ matt = User.new(:name=>"Matt") => #<User id: nil, name: "Matt"> $ matt.followers << jordan => [#<User id: nil, name: "Jordan">] $ matt.followers.first => #<User id: nil, name: "Jordan"> $ jordan.friends.first => nil $ matt.save
SQL (14.1ms) INSERT INTO "users" ("name") VALUES (?) [["name", "Matt"]] SQL (0.3ms) INSERT INTO "users" ("name") VALUES (?) [["name", "Jordan"]] SQL (0.4ms) INSERT INTO "followings" ("followee_id", "follower_id") VALUES (?, ?) [["followee_id", nil], ["follower_id", 2]] => true
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My objects are defined as:
[code] class User < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :follower_followee_rel, :class_name => "Following", :foreign_key => 'followee_id', :dependent => :destroy has_many :friends, :through => :follower_followee_rel, :source => :followee has_many :followee_follower_rel, :class_name => 'Following', :foreign_key => 'follower_id', :dependent => :destroy has_many :followers, :through => :followee_follower_rel, :source => :follower end
class Following < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :followee, :class_name => 'User' belongs_to :follower, :class_name => 'User' end [/code]
Totally ignoring the second half of the relationship.
No errors are raised. What's going on?
