Is "case" a magic name

Rails
1

I’m a newbie.

My first app is using a table called cases. With just “scaffold
:case” I get the basic list to show up.

I just did a “generate scaffold case case” (I think that is correct).

Now when I try to list my cases, I’m getting a syntax error on all of
the view source code that references “case”.

ie. <% for case in @cases %>

Thanks
Greg

Greg F.
The Norcross Group
Forensics for the 21st Century

2

‘case’ is a Ruby reserved word.

-Chris

3

On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 07:37:51PM -0500, Greg F. wrote:

ie. <% for case in @cases %>
Yes, ‘case’ is part of Ruby’s syntax.

answer = ‘yes’
case answer
when ‘yes’
# …
when 'no
# …
end

marcel

4

On 12/21/05, Lee M. [email protected] wrote:

“case” is used for switch statements in Ruby.

Try renaming your local variable and see if it works.

<% for a_case in @cases %>

Works like a champ.

Will having a table called cases give me ongoing problems, or is it
safe to proceed like this?

Thanks
Greg

Greg F.
The Norcross Group
Forensics for the 21st Century

5

“case” is used for switch statements in Ruby.

Try renaming your local variable and see if it works.

<% for a_case in @cases %>