Undefined method exception if no data is present

Rails
1

I get this error if no relational data is present:
undefined method `notes’ for #Array:0x226cc4c

Here is the code that causes the error:
@notes = @account.notes

If I call this method through the script/console I get
account = Account.find(3)
=> #<Account id: 3, …>

account.notes
=> []

I get the same error if I don’t declare the @notes var and access the
notes collection through the controller within the haml template ie
@account.notes.each do |n| …

I am puzzled.

Thanks for the help

2

It looks like your trying to call a notes method on an instance of an
Array. I don’t think Arrays have a notes method.

3

Right you are. It was a mistype of :all rather than :first in the
lookup.

Thanks