On 10 Oct 2008, at 10:55, Peter Morris wrote: > > Well, what if the db constraints are stopping orphans being created, > when the AR:B code would allow it? > That is hiding a problem in the AR:B that should be caught, right?
Only if it fails silently; in that case it's a framework bug and, I would submit, inadmissible evidence m'lud. It ought to fail very loudly (and does in MySql with a ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: Mysql::Error). I'd describe that as highlighting rather than hiding the problem. > >> >> +1 - said much better and more coherently than I could have done. >> > > Yes, wholeheartedly agree (apart from where I have commented above) > :-) ---------------- Paul Wilson http://merecomplexities.com Scotland on Rails 26-28 March 2009 http://scotlandonrails.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
