type missmatch - class expected, but got string

[tom]

hi,i am trying to use ror on a legacy system.

model:

   belongs_to :ProvincialTaxAreaCode, class_name: "TaxArea", foreign_key: "ProvincialTaxAreaCode" #, primary_key: "ProvincialTaxAreaCode"

ProvincialTaxAreaCode is a varchar(20)

html-slect:

<select class="select optional form-control" name="record[ProvincialTaxAreaCode]" id="record_ProvincialTaxAreaCode"><option value=""></option>

<option value="1">test- 123</option></select>

error:

ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch (TaxArea(#109333370) expected, got String(#70918210)):

how can i still use the varchar field without converting it???

[Hassan Schroeder]

On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 10:37 AM, tom <toma...@gmail.com> wrote:

> model:
> belongs_to :ProvincialTaxAreaCode, class_name: "TaxArea", foreign_key:
> "ProvincialTaxAreaCode" #, primary_key: "ProvincialTaxAreaCode"
>
> ProvincialTaxAreaCode is a varchar(20)

?? A model "belongs_to" another model, not a string.

This might help:

http://guides.rubyonrails.org/association_basics.html#the-belongs-to-association

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[tom]

where do you see a string?

association is called :ProvincialTaxAreaCode (because of simple_form_for

the associated class is called TaxArea

the fkey is ProvincialTaxAreaCode (varchar20)

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[Hassan Schroeder]

On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 12:05 PM, tom <toma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> where do you see a string?

To repeat quoting you:

> model:
> belongs_to :ProvincialTaxAreaCode

> ProvincialTaxAreaCode is a varchar(20)

Did you look at the Rails guide link I included?

[nanaya]

Hi,

I don't think you can use same name for attribute and association
because it'll be confusing (what does model.ProvincialTaxAreaCode mean?
Is it the attribute or the association?). Try naming the association
something else.

[Mike Stefanskiy]

Hi. You should use different names for association and for foreign key for this association. Looks like they are overlapping, just rename association name to fit ar conventions - and it should work.