Bug in association_proxy? getting method_missing

Rails
1

Using rails 2.1.0

I have a Price class

class Price < ActiveRecord::Base
…
end

which is referenced by Offering

class Offering < ActiveRecord::Base
…
belongs_to :special_price, :class_name => ‘Price’, :foreign_key =>
“special_price_id”
…
def price_str
self.special_price.price_range_str
end
…
end

Unless ‘price_str’ is called the first time (i.e. on the first request
after mongrel startup), I get

“D:/InstantRails/ruby186-26/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.1.0/
lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb:256:in method_missing' D:/InstantRails/ruby186-26/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.1.0/ lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb:177:insend’
D:/InstantRails/ruby186-26/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.1.0/
lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb:177:in
method_missing' app/models/care_offering.rb:41:incare_price_str’
app/views/carehome/new_offering.html.erb:11:in
_run_erb_47app47views47carehome47new_offering46html46erb' D:/InstantRails/ruby186-26/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.1.0/ lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb:274:inmethod_missing_without_paginate’
D:/InstantRails/ruby186-26/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.1.0/
lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb:175:in
method_missing' D:/InstantRails/ruby186-26/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.1.0/ lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb:175:ineach’
D:/InstantRails/ruby186-26/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.1.0/
lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb:175:in send' D:/InstantRails/ruby186-26/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.1.0/ lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb:175:inmethod_missing’
D:/InstantRails/ruby186-26/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.1.0/
lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb:274:in
method_missing_without_paginate' vendor/plugins/will_paginate/lib/will_paginate/finder.rb:164:inmethod_missing’
…”

This does not happen with this model class
class Offering2 < ActiveRecord::Base
…
belongs_to :price
…
def price_str
self.price.price_range_str
end
end

THIS ONLY HAPPENS IN development, not in production mode. Is this just
a “config.cache_classes = false” side effect? But why then does it
only arise in the “indirect referencing scenario”?

Thanks in advance
Clemens

2

app/models/care_offering.rb:41:in `care_price_str’
app/views/carehome/new_offering.html.erb:11:in

What’s this CareOffering/care_price_str model/method ?

THIS ONLY HAPPENS IN development, not in production mode. Is this just
a “config.cache_classes = false” side effect? But why then does it
only arise in the “indirect referencing scenario”?

I’ve seen things like this when I’ve confused the dependencies system
by explicitly requiring application classes.

Fred

3

Frederick C. wrote:

app/models/care_offering.rb:41:in `care_price_str’
app/views/carehome/new_offering.html.erb:11:in

What’s this CareOffering/care_price_str model/method ?

I shouldn’t have mixed p-code with real world stack trace :wink:
CareOffering ~ Offering
care_price_str ~ price_str

sorry

I’ve seen things like this when I’ve confused the dependencies system
by explicitly requiring application classes.
could you be more explicit? Do you mean confsuing “has_one” and
“belongs_to”. Example?

4

On 11 Aug 2008, at 16:36, Clemens W. wrote:

sorry

Just make sure you haven’t removed the problem at the point you
transcribed it

I’ve seen things like this when I’ve confused the dependencies system
by explicitly requiring application classes.
could you be more explicit? Do you mean confsuing “has_one” and
“belongs_to”. Example?

I mean writing

require ‘offering’

when you don’t need to (since hitting Offering will require the file
for you).

Fred

5

Frederick C. wrote:

I mean writing

require ‘offering’

when you don’t need to (since hitting Offering will require the file
for you).
bingo! :slight_smile: