Question

With the code below and entry is created in the venuetypes table with the correct *venue_id* and time stamps however, the type column remains as null

def new
    @new1 = "gfdsgfd"
    @venue = Venue.new
    @venue.save
    @venuetype = @venue.venuetypes.create(:type => "test")
    @venuetype.save
    respond_to do |format|
    format.html # new.html.erb
    format.json { render json: @venue }
end
end

Answer 1

Unless you’ve specified otherwise, rails expects a type column to be used for single table inheritance which is probably causing problems.

Also, venuetypes.create will only save the venue type if it is created successfully, as will the .save call afterwards. You have almost certainly got an error on the venue type which is causing it not to be saved. Try using .save! which will throw an error or by lookins at @venuetype.errors which will contain any error messages that have caused it not to be saved.