Use find with a variable

Rails
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I got the id of a “part” in variable “the_id”. In a partial
“_order_fields.html.erb”

So I do this…
@a = Part.find(the_id)

I get this error…
Couldn’t find Part without an ID

So I also try…
@a = Part.find(the_id.to_i)

Get same error.

If I do @a = Part.find(2), it works. But I need to do the “find” using a
variable, instead of hard-coding the value.

(I know I shouldn’t be doing this in a view and I know the code is ugly
by Ruby programming standards but I’m testing to see if it works, then
I’ll rename it)

oh and yes, i tested, there is a value on “the_id” variable

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On 25 August 2011 17:34, Leonel . [email protected] wrote:

I got the id of a “part” in variable “the_id”. In a partial
“_order_fields.html.erb”

What value does “the_id” have if you add a breakpoint before the find
and inspect it?

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Quoting Leonel . [email protected]:

I got the id of a “part” in variable “the_id”. In a partial
“_order_fields.html.erb”

So I do this…
@a = Part.find(the_id)

I get this error…
Couldn’t find Part without an ID

Uhh, are you sure the_id has a numeric value at that point in the view?
You
don’t say where or how it is set. Local controller variables are not
shared
with views, though controller instance variables are. And anything can
be
passed to a partial, though not regular view through the :locals hash.

HTH,
Jeffrey

4

So, I do find the “part”, using a = Part.find_by_id(the_id)

If I do <%= debug a %> I get…

attributes:
name: Western Digital - Caviar GP 500GB Internal Hard Drive
created_at: 2011-08-23 18:54:12.214873
cost: 49.99
updated_at: 2011-08-23 18:54:12.214873
id: 2
[…]

but if I do
a.cost

I get error…
undefined method `cost’ for nil:NilClass

How is it going to be a nil class? If I do a.class I get “Part”, then
it’s NOT a nil class.

It’s weird, if I do exactly the same thing in the console a.cost does
work.

5

This is very weird, even if I do a.methods, “cost” is there!

6

Ah! found the solution: should’ve used “find_by_id”, instead of just
“find”.

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Leonel . wrote in post #1018495:

So, I do find the “part”, using a = Part.find_by_id(the_id)

If I do <%= debug a %> I get…

attributes:
name: Western Digital - Caviar GP 500GB Internal Hard Drive
created_at: 2011-08-23 18:54:12.214873
cost: 49.99
updated_at: 2011-08-23 18:54:12.214873
id: 2
[…]

but if I do
a.cost

I get error…
undefined method `cost’ for nil:NilClass

How is it going to be a nil class? If I do a.class I get “Part”, then
it’s NOT a nil class.

It’s weird, if I do exactly the same thing in the console a.cost does
work.

Do you get an error if you do this:

<%
part = Part.find_by_id(the_id)
part.cost
%>

8

This is making me crazy, even if I do…
<%= a %>

I get…
#Part:0x7f2fe2bf4cf8

But as soon as I try to access the cost or name attributes I get…
undefined method `cost’ for nil:NilClass

and it’s NOOT NIIILL!!!

:frowning:

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On Aug 25, 6:18pm, “Leonel .” [email protected] wrote:

This is making me crazy, even if I do…
<%= a %>

I get…
#Part:0x7f2fe2bf4cf8

But as soon as I try to access the cost or name attributes I get…
undefined method `cost’ for nil:NilClass

Can you post the entirety of what’s in your view?

Fred

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On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Leonel . [email protected]
wrote:

:frowning:

Can you pastebin your controller / view code?