Here is what my schema and models look like currently and the error I get is below ..
create_table "attributes", :force => true do |t| t.string "field_name" t.integer "reliability" t.integer "attribute_record_id" t.string "attribute_record_type" end
create_table "parsed_sections", :force => true do |t| t.integer "section_id" t.integer "conversion_id" t.string "sect_typ" t.text "txt" t.boolean "overrun" t.text "end_marker" t.datetime "created_at" t.datetime "updated_at" end
class Attribute < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :attribute_record, :polymorphic => true end
class ParsedSection < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :conversion has_many :attributes, :as => :attribute_record end
rails console
irb(main):005:0* psect = ParsedSection.new => #<ParsedSection id: nil, section_id: nil, conversion_id: nil, sect_typ: nil, txt: nil, overrun: nil, end_marker: nil, created_at: nil, updated_at:
irb(main):006:0> psect.save ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch: Attribute(#24728580) expected, got String (#2258112) from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.0.3/ lib/active_r ecord/associations/association_proxy.rb:260:in `raise_on_type_mismatch' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.0.3/ lib/active_r ecord/associations/association_collection.rb:520:in `block in remove_records' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.0.3/ lib/active_r ecord/associations/association_collection.rb:520:in `each' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.0.3/ lib/active_r ecord/associations/association_collection.rb:520:in `remove_records' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.0.3/ lib/active_r ecord/associations/association_collection.rb:221:in `delete' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.0.3/ lib/active_r ecord/transactions.rb:331:in `restore_transaction_record_state' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.0.3/ lib/active_r ecord/transactions.rb:250:in `rescue in rollback_active_record_state!' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.0.3/ lib/active_r ecord/transactions.rb:254:in `rollback_active_record_state!' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.0.3/ lib/active_r ecord/transactions.rb:236:in `save' from (irb):6 from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/railties-3.0.3/lib/ rails/comman ds/console.rb:44:in `start' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/railties-3.0.3/lib/ rails/comman ds/console.rb:8:in `start' from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/railties-3.0.3/lib/ rails/comman ds.rb:23:in `<top (required)>' from script/rails:6:in `require' from script/rails:6:in `<main>' irb(main):007:0>