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We diagnosed it only happens when Arel fetches columns independently of ActiveRecord. In AR table columns are memoised in ActiveRecord::Base#columns, so only th...

We diagnosed it only happens when Arel fetches columns independently of ActiveRecord. In AR table columns are memoised in @@@ActiveRecord::Base#columns@@@, so o...

Plus, regardless of the rationale behind it, shouldn't it raise an exception when you're trying to do so as opposed to going all the way through with the databa...

What was the reason for not supporting associations? Is this a design decision or simply something that is yet to be added?

Previous implementation of update_attribute:

def update_attribute(name, value)
  send("#{name}=", value)
  save(false)
end

worked just fine with associations.