Rails Clone records

Question

How do i and is it possible clone records and it's associated records?

Example.

Category
_| Product
___| Product variant

So, when i click a button, the category, products and product variants is cloned/copied.

Thanks...

Answer 1

You must overwrite #clone so that all associations are also cloned, like

class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :products

  alias_method :original_clone, clone

  def clone
    category = self.original_clone
    category.products = self.products.clone
  end
end

... remember to do the same on Product and ProductVariant.