This is a really noob question but im having trouble finding the answer, is there a way in rails to have 0 or 1 association? For example, I create a user with no objects, than later on create an object for that user.
I tried using build with a 'has_one' association but that blew up... The only way I see this working is using 'has_many'. The user is suppose to only have at most one of these objects, is there any way to do this?
I have been trying this. I have:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_one :profile
end
class Profile < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
end
but when i do:
user.build_profile
i get the error
ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: Mysql::Error: Unknown column 'profiles.user_id' in 'where clause': SELECT * FROM `profiles` WHERE (`profiles`.user_id = 4) LIMIT 1