Associations and accessors...has to be something obvious I'm

Rails
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There has to be something obvious I’m overlooking in regards to
associations and accessors. I think I just need a good shove in the
right direction. TIA!

schema:
CREATE TABLE ticket_statuses (
id int(11) NOT NULL,
status varchar(255) default NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id)
);

CREATE TABLE tickets (
id int(11) NOT NULL,
title varchar(255) default NULL,
details text,
status_id int(11) default NULL,
opened_at datetime default NULL,
closed_at datetime default NULL,
last_activity_at datetime default NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id),
KEY fk_ticket_status (status_id),
CONSTRAINT fk_ticket_status FOREIGN KEY (status_id) REFERENCES
ticket_statuses (id)
);

models:
Ticket belongs_to :ticket_status
TicketStatus has_many :tickets

ticket controller:
…
def list
@ticket_pages, @tickets = paginate :tickets, :order => “id
DESC”,:per_page => 10
end
…

ticket list view:
…
<% for ticket in @tickets %>

"> <%= link_to ticket.id, { :action => 'show', :id => ticket }, :class => 'ticket-yellow' %> <%= h(ticket.title) %> <%= ticket.ticket_status.status %> <%= ticket.last_activity_at %> <% end %> ...

error:
You have a nil object when you didn’t expect it!
The error occured while evaluating nil.status

Extracted source (around line #16):

13: <tr class="<%= cycle(“list-line-odd”, “list-line-even”) %>">
14:

<%= link_to ticket.id, { :action => ‘show’,
:id => ticket }, :class => ‘ticket-yellow’ %>
15: <%= h(ticket.title) %>
16: <%= ticket.ticket_status.status %>
17: <%= ticket.last_activity_at %>
18:
19: <% end %>

I’m trying to display the ticket’s actual status, not the status_id. Do
I have an association setup incorrectly? Am I breaking a naming
convention or something? Thanks for any help!

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On Dec 23, 12:55 pm, JL Smith [email protected] wrote:

CONSTRAINT fk_ticket_status FOREIGN KEY (status_id) REFERENCES
ticket_statuses (id)
);

models:
Ticket belongs_to :ticket_status
TicketStatus has_many :tickets

Ticket belongs_to :ticket_status, :foreign_key => “status_id”
TicketStatus has_many :tickets, :foreign_key => “status_id”

The problem you are facing is because rails can’t infer the foreign key
properly from the model name TicketStatus (it’s looking for
ticket_status_id).

Best,

-r

…

16: <%= ticket.ticket_status.status %>
17: <%= ticket.last_activity_at %>
18:
19: <% end %>

I’m trying to display the ticket’s actual status, not the status_id. Do
I have an association setup incorrectly? Am I breaking a naming
convention or something? Thanks for any help!

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Wow, that was easy. Thanks for the help!