Rails: cannot load fixtures for table using STI (undefined method `reflect_on_all_associations')

Question

I can't load fixtures for my table that uses STI.

When I call FIXTURES=schools rake db:fixtures:load, I get this error:

undefined method `reflect_on_all_associations' for Object:Class

• Other fixtures load fine, i.e. FIXTURES=committes rake db:fixtures:load
• The fixture was created by calling rake db:fixtures:extract

Here's my schools migration:

class CreateSchools < ActiveRecord::Migration
  def self.up
    create_table :schools do |t|
      t.string :name
      t.string :type
      t.string :street
      t.string :city
      t.string :province
      t.timestamps
    end
  end
...
end

I have a few model files, i.e. school.rb:

class School < ActiveRecord::Base
end

And secondary_school.rb:

class SecondarySchool < School
end

Here's the stack trace:

undefined method `reflect_on_all_associations' for Object:Class
/home/loranaw/ruby/gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.10/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb:597:in `insert_fixtures'
/home/loranaw/ruby/gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.10/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb:568:in `each'
/home/loranaw/ruby/gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.10/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb:568:in `insert_fixtures'
/home/loranaw/ruby/gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.10/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb:512:in `create_fixtures'
/home/loranaw/ruby/gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.10/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb:512:in `each'
/home/loranaw/ruby/gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.10/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb:512:in `create_fixtures'
/home/loranaw/ruby/gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.10/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:136:in `transaction'
/home/loranaw/ruby/gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.10/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb:510:in `create_fixtures'
/home/loranaw/ruby/gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.10/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:267:in `disable_referential_integrity'
/home/loranaw/ruby/gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.10/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb:501:in `create_fixtures'
/home/loranaw/ruby/gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.10/lib/active_record/base.rb:1482:in `silence'
/home/loranaw/ruby/gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.10/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb:500:in `create_fixtures'
/home/loranaw/ruby/gems/gems/rails-2.3.10/lib/tasks/databases.rake:223
/home/loranaw/ruby/gems/gems/rails-2.3.10/lib/tasks/databases.rake:222:in `each'
/home/loranaw/ruby/gems/gems/rails-2.3.10/lib/tasks/databases.rake:222

And some sample YML:

--- 
schools_7133: 
  city: Nahanni Butte
  name: Charles Yohin School
  created_at: 2010-11-26 02:36:39
  grade_range: K-10
  latitude: "61.03349"
  country: CA
  updated_at: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
  postal_code: "X0E 0N0"
  url: 
  street: ""
  id: "9682"
  type: SecondarySchool
  fax: (867) 602-2202
  phone: (867) 602-2200
  funding: 
  longitude: "-123.38642"
  school_type: 
  province: NT
  email: 

Answer 1

The problem ended up being one of records had a blank/empty value for type. Make sure every row in your STI table has a type.

Answer 2

The School object has a field called type, which is reserved for Single Table Inheritance. renaming that field should solve the problem .