Question

I have this method in my videos controller:

def notifications
  erase_notification_count
end

It calls the erase_notification_count method defined in my user model:

def erase_notification_count
  new_notification_count += (self.notifications.count * (-1))
end

This is the error I get:

NameError in VideosController#notifications

undefined local variable or method `erase_notification_count' for #<VideosController:0x102f0fed0>

Why am I getting this error? How do I fix it?

Answer 1

You defined the erase_notification_count on the User model, this means you must call it on a User object. You’re trying to call it directly on the VideosController object.