Rails, how to setup a foreign key to be auto assigned

Question

Given the following models:

User.rb

NetworkDepartment.rb (id, title,added_by)
  belongs_to :user, :foreign_key => :added_by

I want to be able to create a network department and have the added_by assigned automatically. I have the following:

@network_department = current_user.network_departments.new(params[:network_department])

Why isn't current_user automatically setting added_by as the current_user.id ?

Thanks

is it automatically set if you use `user_id` instead of `added_by`? — Ben, Mar 28 '12 at 23:30

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 28 '12 at 23:34

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Do you have has_many :network_departments in User? That should do it. Otherwise try current_user.network_departments.build(params[:network_department])

answered Mar 28 '12 at 23:34

Austin

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