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jborup | 9 Jul 01:02

undefined method `name' ...........


Hi Community....

I'm new in this game, so this might be a easy question, but I have
done my google, without result, so I will try this....

I'm learning ROR, and I'm using Patrick Lens 'Ruby on Rails'  book.
(This is written for ror 1.x - and I'm using NetBeans 6.1 - ror 2.x -
this might  be the problem...)

But...

I have made this Controller:

class StoryController < ApplicationController
  def index
    @current_time = Time.now
    @s = Story.find_all_by_name('sitepoint')
  end
end

and this view:

<h1>Story#index</h1>
hej
<%= @current_time %>
<%= @s.name%>
<p>Find me in app/views/story/index.html.erb</p>

And, when browsing my 'story' (http://localhost:3000/story), I get

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Rimantas Liubertas | 9 Jul 01:13

Re: undefined method `name' ...........


> I have made this Controller:
>
> class StoryController < ApplicationController
>  def index
>    @current_time = Time.now
>    @s = Story.find_all_by_name('sitepoint')
>  end
> end
<...>

> Now using the Rails console within Netbeans, gives me this
>>> v = Story.find_by_name('sitepoint')
> v = Story.find_by_name('sitepoint')
> => #<Story id: 2, name: "sitepoint", link: "http://sitepoint">
>>> v.name
> v.name
> => "sitepoint"
>
> No problem with 'name' - so what is the difference ? -

Can you spot a difference between
  Story.find_all_by_name('sitepoint')
and
Story.find_by_name('sitepoint') ?

Now think, what you get back from the first query, and what you get
back from the second one.
Then answer yourself, does Array have an 'name' attribute?

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Philip Hallstrom | 9 Jul 01:14

Re: undefined method `name' ...........


On Jul 8, 2008, at 4:03 PM, jborup wrote:

>
> Hi Community....
>
> I'm new in this game, so this might be a easy question, but I have
> done my google, without result, so I will try this....
>
> I'm learning ROR, and I'm using Patrick Lens 'Ruby on Rails'  book.
> (This is written for ror 1.x - and I'm using NetBeans 6.1 - ror 2.x -
> this might  be the problem...)
>
> But...
>
> I have made this Controller:
>
> class StoryController < ApplicationController
>  def index
>    @current_time = Time.now
>    @s = Story.find_all_by_name('sitepoint')
>  end
> end
>
> and this view:
>
> <h1>Story#index</h1>
> hej
> <%= @current_time %>
> <%= @s.name%>

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jborup | 9 Jul 01:38

Re: undefined method `name' ...........


Yes.... hmmm.... that is very clear, and removing the all, solved the
problem.... guess it is getting a bit late....

Thank you for you comments... I'm back on track.....

Regards Jørn.

On Jul 9, 1:14 am, Philip Hallstrom <phi...@...> wrote:
> On Jul 8, 2008, at 4:03 PM, jborup wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi Community....
>
> > I'm new in this game, so this might be a easy question, but I have
> > done my google, without result, so I will try this....
>
> > I'm learning ROR, and I'm using Patrick Lens 'Ruby on Rails'  book.
> > (This is written for ror 1.x - and I'm using NetBeans 6.1 - ror 2.x -
> > this might  be the problem...)
>
> > But...
>
> > I have made this Controller:
>
> > class StoryController < ApplicationController
> >  def index

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