Question

I am using Rails 3 and trying to set up an association with a model called Reseller on a model called Company.

I also have a boolean field called reseller.

Therefore, the table companies has the columns reseller:boolean and reseller_id:integer.

I am getting an error when I have form_fields for these two column in my view:

undefined method 'to_i' for "#<Reseller:0x007fc081e3cfa8>":Reseller

The error is occurring where I expect the reseller:boolean field to be handled: <%= c.check_box :reseller %> and not the Reseller association.

Is there a way around this?

Answer 1

the moment you put

belongs_to :reseller

in you Company model, you got a conflict, since this will create reseller method for your association.

solution is to rename your boolean, or your association. You can also do the latter without changing the db:

belongs_to :company_reseller, :foreign_key => :reseller_id