Ruby on Rails

On 27 December 2015 at 21:53, fugee ohu <fuge...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, December 27, 2015 at 4:35:37 PM UTC-5, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>> On 27 December 2015 at 21:24, fugee ohu <fuge...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Sunday, December 27, 2015 at 4:15:57 PM UTC-5, Colin Law wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On 27 December 2015 at 21:07, fugee ohu <fuge...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > yikes, i dunno how @user got instantiated, i forgot to say i'm in a
>> >> > view, i
>> >> > dunno if i'm allowed to do this in a view or not:    <% if
>> >> > Profile.find_by_user_id(current_user.id) %>
>> >>
>> >> You can do anything you like in a view, but what is wrong with
>> >> <% if current_user.profile.nil? %>
>> >>
>> >> How many times do I have to ask you not to top post?
>> >
>> > Sorry Colin, It's the goolge default When you click reply the cursor
>> > flashes
>> > on a blank line with quoting below, that's why i always forget but I'll
>> > try
>> > to remember from now on Do I have to test for nil like that I'd rather
>> > use
>> > find or find_by more absolutely ~ thanks (merry christmas)
>>
>> It is not a matter of how you test for nil, it is a matter of how you
>> access the profile.  You suggest using
>> Profile.find_by_user_id(current_user.id) but you can just do
>> current_user.profile.  It is the same thing but much easier to
>> understand.  You can test for nil any way you like.
>>
>> Colin
>
>
>  Thanks colin, happy holidays again ha ha Ok so then i'm using `if
> current_user.profile?` but the snippet is causing the error
> application.html.erb:59: syntax error, unexpected keyword_ensure, expecting
> end-of-input, even though  application.html.erb is only 57 lines
>
>    <% user_signed_in? %>
>    <% if current_user.profile? %>
>     <%= "profile found" %>
>    <% else %>
>     <%= "profile not found" %>
>    <% end %>
>    <div class="dropdown">
>     <button class="btn btn-primary dropdown-toggle" type="button"
> data-toggle="dropdown"><%= current_user.email %></button>
>     <ul class="dropdown-menu"><span class="caret"></span>
>       <li><%= link_to('Profile', user_profile_path ) %></li>
>       <li><a href="#">Account</a></li>
>       <li><a href="#">Messages</a></li>
>       <li><%= link_to('Sign out', destroy_user_session_path, method:
> :delete) %></li>
>     </ul>
>   </div>
>   <% else %>
>    <div align=right>
>     <%= link_to('User sign in', new_user_session_path) %>
>    </div>
>   <% end %>

There is no matching 'if' for this 'end'.

Colin