Assigning associations to a model automatically persists that model to the table.

[moniecodes]

Hey guys,

I already saw a ticket about belongs_to assignment auto saving the record, but this seems to happen when any association is assigned.

Our dynamoid models double as both serializable and display object. However, if we create a model on the fly and assign associations to it, that model is auto saved, though we don't want it to be.

In the example below, if i don't create the position associations, then the "widget" is not persisted. If I do, it is. This is a big issue for us, as it definitely affects performance, but also makes our dynamoid models not very reusable.

Thanks for the help on this!

eg:

      widgets = ArchiveLoader.get_all_widgets;
      if widgets
        widgets.each do |w|
          widget = Display::Widgets::Base.create(:name => w.name)
          w.positions.each do |pos|
            #widget and position are auto saved with this line
            position = widget.positions.create(:module => pos.module)
          end
          result << widget
        end
      end
    end