Ruby on Rails

I suggest opening your console - type Person - the console should return to_s of the class - if not, the person model isn't in your path

better yet, take this opportunity to write some tests - start with the Person model

On 2012-07-31, at 2:38 PM, masta Blasta wrote:

> deal bitte wrote in post #1070764:
>>
>> Project.rb
>> ------------------
>> class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
>> has_and_belongs_to_many :people
>> has_many :documents, :conditions => ["project_id =?", self.id ]
>> ..
>> ..
>> end
>>
>> application_helper.rb
>> --------------------------
>>
>> def find_projects
>> user = Person.find(session[:userid])
>> projects = Project.find(:all)
>> ..
>> ..
>> ..
>> end
>>
>> I am getting an error
>> undefined method `id' for #<Class:0x182237ac> (self.id is the problem
>> guess)
>
> Not really answering your question here, but i would restructure some of
> this code as follows, to better go with rails 3
>
> class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
> has_many :people, :through => 'people_project_join_table'
> has_many :documents #:foreign_key => 'project_id' is default for this
> relationship. Don't need.
> ..
> ..
>
>
> def find_projects
> user = Person.find(session[:userid])
> projects = Project.all
> ..
> ..
> ..
> end
> --
>
> Beyond that, whenever you get an error like 'undefined method for
> class', first make sure you're in fact working with the class you think
> you're working with by doing myobj.class
>
> a common slip-up for me is trying to use object methods on an array of
> said objects. Most scopes and associations will return arrays.
>
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