Hello,
When I do
order = Order.find :first line_item = order.line_items.new line_item.save
the LineItem object is saved with order_id = nil.
However, if I just do order.line_item.create, order_id is filled out correctly and it saves the association.
Why doesn't it work with .new?
Thanks,
Andrew
Well, because it doesn’t work that way. #create saves, #new doesn’t.
Foreign keys are always filled in at save time.
Jason
@Jason: I think he means the Foreign key is nil (order_id in the line_item class should have been filled in for him because of the association.)
Collection#new doesn’t work that way… in fact if you look at the API for has_many you won’t even see a ‘new’ method.
You want ‘build’
order.line_items.build (:thing => other_thing… }
(I hate that syntax… new makes more sense there than build. )