Ok, Here’s my controller:
def create
trainingplan = Trainingplan.createplan(@params[:startdate],
@params[:enddate], @params[:hoursperweek], @params[:programtype])
end
My model is:
class Trainingplan <ActiveRecord::Base
def self.createplan(stardate, enddate, hoursperweek, programtype)
stardate = startdate
enddate = enddate
hoursperweek = hoursperweek
programtype = programtype
end
end
My View is:
<%= @trainingplan.startdate %>
What I’m trying to do is add “annualhours” which is just
hoursperweek*52.
So I add to my model:
annualhours = hoursperweek*52
However, this gives me a nil object error.
I know this is simple and I’ve read the Agile book but still I’m not
getting it.
What exactly do I need to add to my controller or model and view in
order to calculate and display the annualhours?
On 2/5/06, Basic MVC in RoR question [email protected] wrote:
My View is:
annualhours = hoursperweek*52
However, this gives me a nil object error.
I know this is simple and I’ve read the Agile book but still I’m not
getting it.
What exactly do I need to add to my controller or model and view in
order to calculate and display the annualhours?
Er, annualhours is probably a local variable in the model, so it goes
away at the end of the method call. That’s why you don’t see it in
the view.
What you want is a new method called annualhours (although it should
be called annual_hours).
So:
class TrainingPlan < AR
def annual_hours
self.hoursperweek * 52
end
end
Er, annualhours is probably a local variable in the model, so it goes
away at the end of the method call. That’s why you don’t see it in
the view.
What you want is a new method called annualhours (although it should
be called annual_hours).
So:
class TrainingPlan < AR
def annual_hours
self.hoursperweek * 52
end
end
annualhours is part of the model as it is a column in the database.
Therefore I assumed it would be part of Trainingplan. I don’t
understand why it would be local to the model and not available in the
view? I was under the impression that instance variables like
@annualhours were local to the model, controller, or view and variables
that were part of the model were accessible in the view. So if I have
annualhours defined as a part of the trainingplan table, shouldn’t I be
able in the model to do:
annualhours = hoursperweek*52
and in the view do:
@trainingplan.annualhours
This however doesn’t work.
Basic MVC in RoR question wrote:
and in the view do:
@trainingplan.annualhours
This however doesn’t work.
If annualhours is a column in the table, I believe you need to do
self.annualhours within the model class in order to set or access its
value.
class Trainingplan <ActiveRecord::Base
def self.createplan(stardate, enddate, hoursperweek, programtype)
stardate = startdate
enddate = enddate
hoursperweek = hoursperweek
programtype = programtype
end
end
Also, what you’re doing here isn’t actually creating a row in the
database. At
no time do you create a new TrainingPlan class, and you don’t make a
call to
that objects save method. So I think you need to go back to your
controller:
def create
trainingplan = Trainingplan.createplan(@params[:startdate],
@params[:enddate], @params[:hoursperweek], @params[:programtype])
end
And change this code to something more like this:
def create
trainingplan = TrainingPlan.create (
:stardate => @params[:startdate],
:enddate => @params[:enddate],
:hoursperweek => @params[:hoursperweek],
:annualhours => @params[:hoursperweek].to_i * 52,
:programtype => @params[:programtype])
end
-Brian
Can you post more complete code from the controller, model, and view? It
sounds like it should work more or less, so it could be some subtle
problem
in your code. I’ve noticed, for instance, a few typos above and I’m not
sure
if that is your actual code or you re-typed it.