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class Cake < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :layers
end

class Layers < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :cake
  belongs_to :creation_setting, :polymorphic => true
end

class IceCreamLayerSetting < ActiveRecord::Base

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#create the rails project using mysql as db instead of sqlite
rails -d mysql ProjectName

#set up db
mysqladmin -u root create project_name_development
mysqladmin -u root create project_name_test
...

#Do all yer configuring stuff with for db in config/database.yml

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params = {:thickness => "2 inches", 
  :comments_attributes => [{:text => "the silly string"}, 
                           {:text => "the silly putty"}]}
Layer.new(params)
#=> ActiveRecord::UnknownAttributeError: unknown attribute: comments_attibutes

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params = {:thickness => "4 cm", 
          :creation_setting_type => "PhylloLayerSetting", 
          :creation_setting_attributes => {:bake_time => "24 min"}}
Layer.new(params)
#=> NoMethodError: undefined method `build_creation_setting' for #<Layer:0x2420bc8>

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  def build_creation_settings(params)
    type = self.attributes["creation_setting_type"]
    #create an array with the name of all application models
    models = []
    Dir.glob( RAILS_ROOT + '/app/models/*' ).each do |f| 
      models << File.basename( f ).gsub( /^(.+).rb/, '\1').camelize 
    end 
    #check to make sure that the type is actually a model before passing it
    #through the scarriness of eval()
    if models.include? type

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  attr_accessor :creation_setting_attributes
  
  def comments_attributes=(attributes)
    attributes.each { |att| self.comments.build(att) }
  end

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class TasksController < ApplicationController
  def create
    @task = Task.new(params[:task])
    respond_to do |format|
      # If all is well, clear out the new_task store and redirect to the project
      if @task.save
        session[:new_task] = nil
        flash[:notice] = 'Task added successfully'
        format.html { redirect_to @task.project }
      # If something goes south, save the task that is being worked on

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(in /Users/cts/code/sharp-logic)
rake aborted!
undefined method `feature_pattern=' for #<Cucumber::Rake::Task:0x1015dbfb8>

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gem install cucumber -v 0.3.104

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb, line 289
    def assign_nested_attributes_for_one_to_one_association(association_name, attributes)
      options = nested_attributes_options[association_name]
      attributes = attributes.with_indifferent_access
      check_existing_record = (options[:update_only] || !attributes['id'].blank?)

      if check_existing_record && (record = send(association_name)) &&
          (options[:update_only] || record.id.to_s == attributes['id'].to_s)
        assign_to_or_mark_for_destruction(record, attributes, options[:allow_destroy]) unless call_reject_if(association_name, attributes)