Can i have a model called FILE.RB?

Rails
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Is “file” reserved? Can i use it for my model name? Because I am
getting this error-

NoMethodError in FilesController#new

undefined method `quoted_table_name’ for File:Class

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uGH! im answering my own questions!. sorry guys ill think b4 i post
next time.

here are the reserved words-
http://newwiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/reservedwords

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Thanks for sharing that URL.

Yeah, I’ve ran into a couple myself. Yeah, File is definitely a Ruby
class name, which is inherited from the IO class. I tried making a
model called both Application and Type in the same app actually. Let’s
just say it didn’t go too well… :wink:

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You can get by “reusing” a class name, but it’s a PITA.

I had a model named Filter, then upgraded Rails at one point, and all
sorts of ugly conflicts occurred since the new version of Rails included
a Filter clas.

One solution is to reference the class to the local namespace, such as
in the controller:

@filters = ::Filter.find(blah blah blah)

While it can be done, I wouldn’t ever do it again.

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Ar Chron wrote:

You can get by “reusing” a class name, but it’s a PITA.

I had a model named Filter, then upgraded Rails at one point, and all
sorts of ugly conflicts occurred since the new version of Rails included
a Filter clas.

One solution is to reference the class to the local namespace, such as
in the controller:

@filters = ::Filter.find(blah blah blah)

I believe that would be the global namespace, no?

While it can be done, I wouldn’t ever do it again.

Yeah.

Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
[email protected]

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On Apr 23, 2:43 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser [email protected] wrote:

@filters = ::Filter.find(blah blah blah)

I believe that would be the global namespace, no?

That works because ActionController creates ActionController::Filter,
but ruby’s File class is also at the top level so I don’t think you’d
have much luck there

Fred