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belongs_to association to self gives SystemStackError on new_record save

#1924

When creating models that associate to themselves. You get a SystemStackError "stack level too deep" when attempting to save a new one that associates to itself.

Here's a failing test.

The fix is super trivial... please apply it!

In association.rb:

change

          if association.new_record?
             association.save(true)
           end

to

          if association.new_record? && association != self
             association.save(true)
           end

Reported by Jacob Burkhart · February 9th, 2009 @ 08:33 PM

State: stale
Milestone: 3.x
Assigned to: nobody
Importance: none

Activity

  1. Ryan Bigg
  2. Rishav Rastogi
    Rishav Rastogi
    • Tag changed from 2.3.0, activerecord, bug, callback to 2, activerecord, bug, callback

    reproducable in 2.3.5

    April 10th, 2010 @ 12:00 PM

  3. Rishav Rastogi
    Rishav Rastogi
    • Tag changed from 2, activerecord, bug, callback to 2.3.x, activerecord, bug, callback

    April 10th, 2010 @ 12:03 PM

  4. Joel M
    Joel M
    • Tag changed from 2.3.x, activerecord, bug, callback to 2.3.x, activerecord, bug, callback, patch

    Patch with tests.

    April 11th, 2010 @ 07:38 AM

  5. Jeremy Kemper
    Jeremy Kemper
    • Milestone changed from 2.x to 3.x

    May 4th, 2010 @ 06:48 PM

  6. Santiago Pastorino
    Santiago Pastorino
    • State changed from new to open
    • Tag changed from 2.3.x, activerecord, bug, callback, patch to 23x, activerecord, bug, callback, patch
    • Importance changed from to

    This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not been commented on for at least three months.

    The resources of the Rails core team are limited, and so we are asking for your help. If you can still reproduce this error on the 3-0-stable branch or on master, please reply with all of the information you have about it and add "[state:open]" to your comment. This will reopen the ticket for review. Likewise, if you feel that this is a very important feature for Rails to include, please reply with your explanation so we can consider it.

    Thank you for all your contributions, and we hope you will understand this step to focus our efforts where they are most helpful.

    February 2nd, 2011 @ 04:41 PM

  7. Santiago Pastorino
    Santiago Pastorino
    • State changed from open to stale

    February 2nd, 2011 @ 04:41 PM