accepts_nested_attributes_for child association validation failing

Question

I\'m using accepts_nested_attributes_for in one of my Rails models, and I want to save the children after creating the parent.

The form works perfectly, but the vali

Answer 1

Unfortunately none of the above suggestions work for me with Rails 2.3.5.

In my case, the project in a task is always nil if both are created using nested attributes. Only if I remove the validates_presence_of, the create goes through successfully. The unit test and the log show that all is created correctly.

So I'd now tend to add constraints to the DB instead of Rails as that seems to be more reliable in the first place.