Delete a Has-Many Relationship ONLY

Question

I have a: has_and_belongs_to_many :friends, :join_table => "friends_peoples".

To add a friend I do: @people.followers << @friend which create the relationship and a new person profile.

Now I'd like to delete the relationship ONLY and not the person profile.

I tried @people.friends.delete(guilty.id) but it deletes the person profile and not the relationship.

Any idea?

score 25 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 04 '10 at 11:05

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Have you tried this?

@people.friends.delete(guilty)

answered Oct 04 '10 at 11:05

Michiel de Mare

Works! Was easy! Thanks a lot – Alextoul Oct 05 '10 at 16:24
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FYI delete skips callbacks. Use `@people.friends.destroy(guilty)` to get the callbacks to work. – meatherly Sep 11 '13 at 23:23

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