Question

I’ve written a helper for my user model in user_helper.rb

module UserHelper
  def get_array_of_names_and_user_ids
    User.all(&:first_name) + User.all.map(&:user_id)
  end
end

Unfortunately when I type in

 <div class="field">
        <%= f.label :assignee, "Assigned to" %>
        <%= select(:task, :assignee_id, User.get_array_of_names_and_user_ids )%>
  </div>

It can’t see it. Where am I going wrong? I’m using devise.

Answer 1

You’re close. The helper doesn’t become a class method like that — it becomes accessible as a method in your views. Just simply call get_array_of_names_and_user_ids.