Question

I feel like I’m missing something rather important in both circumstances, but I can’t seem to figure either out:

1) I have a model named TestCase –

class TestCase < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :test_suite
  scope :queued, lambda { where("test_cases.suite_id IS NOT NULL") }
  scope :assigned_to, lambda { |sid| where(:suite_id => sid) }
end

The controller can interact with it perfectly fine. When trying to display information from it in either the view or via the view helper such as TestCase.all, I get a NoMethodError (undefined method 'all') If I call it with ::TestCase.all, that works. I had a theory that it has something to do with the fact that it’s associated to another model (belongs_to …), I just can’t find anything to confirm that or tell me why that happens.

2) On another project I have yet another model named Artwork. Again, it has associations (belongs_to). In this case, I can access it just fine in the view, and all the methods within it work fine for the controller except if I try to do dynamic method calls. In this case I have a simple toggle for –

@artwork = Artwork.find(params[:id])
value = params[:value].to_sym
@artwork.update_attributes(value => !@artwork.method(value).call)

That gives me a NoMethodError. However, if I add – if @artwork.respond_to?(value) – then it works as expected. Again, I can’t figure out why.

Both items I get working using the mentioned methods, but again, I feel like I’m really missing something important here.

Answer 1

Re: problem 1 — Don’t call your model “TestCase”. That conflicts with the Rails TestCase class.

Re: problem 2 — That’s an odd way of doing things. You might get it working by using

@artwork.send(value)

but keep in mind that a rogue user could pass in any method name through the form and wreak havoc.