Rails 3.0.3 You cannot call create unless the parent is saved

[dgm]

Using the current rails3 branch ... I think rails 3.0.3 introduced a bug. It works on rails 3.0.1, but when I update to rails 3.0.3, I get:

activerecord (3.0.3) lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb:550:in `ensure_owner_is_not_new'
activerecord (3.0.3) lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb:494:in `create_record'
activerecord (3.0.3) lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb:269:in `create'
/Users/dgm/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@cumpp/bundler/gems/acts_as_audited-574ae9e4d49a/lib/acts_as_audited/auditor.rb:204:in `write_audit'
/Users/dgm/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@cumpp/bundler/gems/acts_as_audited-574ae9e4d49a/lib/acts_as_audited/auditor.rb:199:in `audit_destroy'

[dgm]

Possible fix: change it to a before_destroy rather than an after_destroy operation, so the create() call occurs on an object that exists.

[ghost]

I am also getting this error since Rails 3.0.3. Could you please elaborate a bit where to make the mentioned changes?

[dgm]

see my pull request in issue 36

[ghost]

ah, thank you. This bug is now gone. But I am still getting the mass assign of protected attributes error.

[kennethkalmer]

Also fixed in part by bb38256.

[scnaegle]

I am still getting this exact same error. I am using rails 3.0.5 and acts_as_audited 2.0.0.rc7
Here is the trace I get:

activerecord (3.0.5) lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb:551:in `ensure_owner_is_not_new'
activerecord (3.0.5) lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb:495:in `create_record'
activerecord (3.0.5) lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb:271:in `create'
acts_as_audited (2.0.0.rc7) lib/acts_as_audited/auditor.rb:215:in `write_audit'
acts_as_audited (2.0.0.rc7) lib/acts_as_audited/auditor.rb:209:in `audit_destroy'
activesupport (3.0.5) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:414:in `_run_destroy_callbacks'
activerecord (3.0.5) lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:260:in `destroy'
activerecord (3.0.5) lib/active_record/transactions.rb:235:in `destroy'
activerecord (3.0.5) lib/active_record/transactions.rb:292:in `with_transaction_returning_status'
activerecord (3.0.5) lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:139:in `transaction'
activerecord (3.0.5) lib/active_record/transactions.rb:207:in `transaction'
activerecord (3.0.5) lib/active_record/transactions.rb:290:in `with_transaction_returning_status'
activerecord (3.0.5) lib/active_record/transactions.rb:235:in `destroy'

[scnaegle]

https://github.com/collectiveidea/acts_as_audited/pull/79
This fixes it for my case, which is a form that removes duplicate entries before they even get saved.