Exception: ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch

Inherits:

Object
StandardError
ActiveRecordError
ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch

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Defined in:

activerecord/lib/active_record/errors.rb

Overview

Raised when an object assigned to an association has an incorrect type.

  class Ticket < ActiveRecord::Base
    has_many :patches
  end

  class Patch < ActiveRecord::Base
    belongs_to :ticket
  end

  # Comments are not patches, this assignment raises AssociationTypeMismatch.
  @ticket.patches << Comment.new(:content => "Please attach tests to your patch.")