[Rails] Re: ActiveRecord :dependent fails for me

> > Hi. I'm instantiating the movie via a finder, such as @movie =
> > Movie.find(params[:id])
> > and then calling @move.delete. I've seen this issue with my running
> > web application as well as any attempt using the rails console.
>
> > I haven't tried @movie.destroy because I don't have a before or after
> > destroy callback defined.
>
> Actually you do - it's how :dependentis implemented. 99.9% of the
> time you want to call destroy on AR objects, not delete.
>
> --Matt Jones

Hi, Matt, I've confirmed your point that I must call AR#delete in
order for the :dependent behavior to work. Thank you for the
clarification and solution. It's much appreciated!

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