Question

I have a request table that belongs_to :contact

I want a scope statement in the request.rb file to test if the contact is the current user.

scope :myopen, where(:contact_id => current_user.id)

Returns:
undefined local variable or method `current_user’

What do I use for the current user id?

Thanks

Answer 1

You can’t do this, nor should you. There is no “current” user at the database level.

You need to pass the user object in to a class-level method:

def self.open_for_user(user)
  where(:contact_id => user.id)
end