Class works in console but not in RoR debugger?

Rails
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Hi,

My code works perfectly from the console but not via the debugging
console?
What could be the difference?
Any insights would be MUCH appreciated.

Thanks!!

Larry

console:
Loading development environment.

foo = ExtraClnyForm.new
=> #ExtraClnyForm:0xb77e22e4

foo.valid?
=> false

debugging console after a breakpoint in the controller:
Executing break point “start 1” at
/home/web/limmud_registration/secure/ror/public/…/config/…/app/controllers/clny_controller.rb:15
in new' irb(#<ClnyController:0xb7c2f6fc>):001:0> foo = ExtraClnyForm.new => #<ExtraClnyForm:0xb7b17230> irb(#<ClnyController:0xb7c2f6fc>):002:0> foo.valid? NoMethodError: undefined methodvalid?’ for #ExtraClnyForm:0xb7b17230
from (druby://localhost:42531) (irb):2:in breakpoint' from (druby://localhost:42531) /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/breakpoint.rb:512:inbreakpoint’
…

The class ExtraClnyForm is from recipe 64, Validating non-Active Record
Objects from the Rails Recipes books. – It’s a class with a mixin from
ActiveRecord::Validations

source:
models/extra_clny_form
class ExtraClnyForm
include Validateable

Additional fields used in the CLNY Enrollment Form

attr_accessor :parent # are you a parent or legal guardian?

validates_presence_of :parent
unless :parent?
errors.add_to_base(“Error msg goes here.”)
end
end

lib/validateable.rb – unchanged from the book’s code
module Validateable
[:save, :save!, :update_attribute].each{|attr| define_method(attr){}}
def method_missing(symbol, params)
if(symbol.to_s =~ /(.)_before_type_cast$/)
send($1)
end
end
def self.append_features(base)
super
base.send(:include, ActiveRecord::Validations)
end
end