Question

I have generated a User model along with 2 other accompanying models called Update and Round. The User class responds to rounds and updates in the console but not when I call for it in the browser.

In console

:001 > user = User.first
:002 > user.updates
 Update Load (0.2ms) SELECT "updates".* FROM "updates" WHERE "updates"."user_id" = 1
 => [] //expected since there are no updates in the database but it responds

/user/1/update error

undefined method 'updates' for #<Class:0x98afa1c>

User.rb

class User < ActiveRecord::Base

  attr_accessible :admin, :name, :provider :uid
  has_many :rounds
  has_many :updates

end

Update.rb

class Updates < ActiveRecord::Base

  attr_accessible :user_id :recpcount
  belongs_to :user
end

Updates_controller.rb

class UpdatesController < ApplicationController

  def index
     @hist = User.updates.find(params[id])
  end
end

Im sure I messed something simple up somewhere. Can anyone lead me in the right direction? Thanks!

Answer 1

In the console you’re calling updates on a User instance, but in the controller you’re calling it on the User class itself.

You may instead want:

@hist = User.find(params[:id]).updates