# View not working with . but works with \[' '\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 11, 2007, 8:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/view-not-working-with-but-works-with/88449 "2007-03-11T08:18:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KSRajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@KSRajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KSRajesh)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 8:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/view-not-working-with-but-works-with/88449/1 "2007-03-11T08:18:02Z")
I have some weird view behavior going around which I am unable to understand. \<% for b in @admin\_budget %\> \<%= b['rental'] %\> \<%= b['phone'] %\> \<%= b['consumables'] %\> \<% end %\> works… but \<% for b in @admin\_budget %\> \<%= b.rental %\> \<%= b.phone %\> \<%= b.consumables %\> \<% end %\> does not work. b.inspect throws up #“7”, “current\_approval\_status”=\>“N”, “misc”=\>“1000”, “place\_id”=\>nil, “updated\_at”=\>“2007-03-11”, “approved\_by”=\>nil, “created\_by”=\>“3”, “total”=\>“0”, “updated\_by”=\>nil, “id”=\>“3”, “phone”=\>“1500”, “year”=\>“2007”, “salaries”=\>“5000”, “rental”=\>“2500”, “approved\_at”=\>nil, “consumables”=\>“1000”, “created\_at”=\>“2007-03-11”}\> and b.class throws up AdminBudget What is happening here? Any clues? Regards, Rajesh ---
**Author:** ![KSRajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@KSRajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KSRajesh)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 8:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/view-not-working-with-but-works-with/88449/2 "2007-03-11T08:22:03Z")
Quick addition… Just before the b.rental I am using b.month and b.year and b.user.name. They produce the expected results! Wits end, folks. Regards, Rajesh ---
**Author:** ![KSRajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@KSRajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KSRajesh)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 8:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/view-not-working-with-but-works-with/88449/3 "2007-03-11T08:43:05Z")
K. Rajesh wrote: > “updated\_at”=\>“2007-03-11”, “approved\_by”=\>nil, “created\_by”=\>“3”, > Regards, > Rajesh If you check b.methods what do you see? – Michael W. ---
**Author:** ![KSRajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@KSRajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KSRajesh)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 9:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/view-not-working-with-but-works-with/88449/4 "2007-03-11T09:12:06Z")
Thats a fairly big list… here goes [“logger”, “table\_name\_prefix=”, “instance\_values”, “update\_attributes”, “save\_with\_validation”, “toggle!”, “after\_save”, “build\_user”, “singleton\_methods”, “logger=”, “clear\_aggregation\_cache”, “hash”, “send”, “enable\_warnings”, “initialize”, “record\_timestamps”, “save!”, “update”, “attributes\_before\_type\_cast”, “instance\_of?”, “before\_validation\_on\_update”, “nil?”, “record\_timestamps=”, “attribute\_names”, “valid?”, “remove\_subclasses\_of”, “instance\_exec”, “id\_before\_type\_cast”, “before\_create”, “allow\_concurrency”, “create\_user”, “protected\_methods”, “clear\_association\_cache”, “silence\_stderr”, “tainted?”, “create\_with\_callbacks”, “instance\_eval”, “table\_name\_suffix”, “user”, “allow\_concurrency=”, “untaint”, “kind\_of?”, “update\_attribute”, “after\_validation\_on\_update”, “equal?”, “save\_without\_validation!”, “display”, “table\_name\_suffix=”, “user=”, “blank?”, “load”, “errors”, “after\_create”, “destroy”, “private\_methods”, “b64encode”, “silence\_stream”, “update\_without\_callbacks”, “readonly!”, “set\_place\_target”, “is\_a?”, “freeze”, “attribute\_present?”, “before\_destroy”, “increment”, “gem”, “create”, “save\_with\_validation!”, “eql?”, “require”, “has\_user?”, “before\_update”, “subclasses\_of”, “returning”, “quoted\_id”, “update\_attribute\_without\_validation\_skipping”, “id”, “method”, “generate\_read\_methods”, “public\_methods”, “lock\_optimistically”, “extended\_by”, “`”, “id=”, “attributes”, “update\_with\_callbacks”, “generate\_read\_methods=”, “pluralize\_table\_names”, “build\_place”, “has\_attribute?”, “after\_destroy”, “extend”, “attributes=”, “initialize\_with\_callbacks”, “lock\_optimistically=”, “configurations”, “pluralize\_table\_names=”, “user?”, “type”, “after\_update”, “with\_options”, “update\_attribute\_with\_validation\_skipping”, “object\_id”, “configurations=”, “instance\_variables”, “suppress”, “copy\_instance\_variables\_from”, “increment!”, “frozen?”, “destroy\_without\_callbacks”, “destroy\_without\_transactions”, “dclone”, “create\_place”, “to\_a”, “decrement”, “validate\_on\_create”, “create\_without\_timestamps”, “place”, “update\_with\_lock”, “class”, “validate”, “before\_validation”, “place=”, “schema\_format”, “instance\_variable\_get”, “destroy\_with\_callbacks”, “encode64”, “destroy\_with\_transactions”, “verification\_timeout”, “to\_param”, “colorize\_logging”, “schema\_format=”, “to\_s”, “validate\_on\_update”, “respond\_to\_without\_attributes?”, “new\_record?”, “create\_or\_update\_with\_callbacks”, “create\_with\_timestamps”, “verification\_timeout=”, “primary\_key\_prefix\_type”, “colorize\_logging=”, “reload”, “clone”, “after\_validation”, “to\_json”, “to\_yaml”, “instance\_variable\_set”, “primary\_key\_prefix\_type=”, “has\_place?”, “==”, “require\_library\_or\_gem”, “===”, “decrement!”, “save\_without\_transactions”, “to\_yaml\_properties”, “column\_for\_attribute”, “ **id** ”, “to\_xml”, “locking\_enabled?”, “to\_yaml\_style”, “inspect”, “toggle”, “decode\_b”, “require\_gem”, “valid\_without\_callbacks”, “connection”, “update\_without\_timestamps”, “readonly?”, “silence\_warnings”, “respond\_to?”, “before\_validation\_on\_create”, “create\_or\_update”, “dup”, “=~”, “place?”, “before\_save”, “decode64”, “save\_with\_transactions”, “extend\_with\_included\_modules\_from”, “save”, “save\_without\_validation”, “ **send** ”, “set\_user\_target”, “taguri”, “default\_timezone”, “daemonize”, “[]”, “transaction”, “methods”, “[]=”, “update\_with\_timestamps”, “valid\_with\_callbacks”, “taguri=”, “table\_name\_prefix”, “default\_timezone=”, “taint”, “after\_validation\_on\_create”] Regards, Rajesh ---
**Author:** ![KSRajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@KSRajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KSRajesh)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 9:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/view-not-working-with-but-works-with/88449/5 "2007-03-11T09:11:06Z")
Few more questions: - What is b.class.superclass? I assume ActiveRecord::Base? - Does AdminBudget override rental, phone or consumables with its own accessors/methods? If so, you should check into these to make sure they’re working correctly. - What does b.respond\_to?(‘rental’) say? It should return true… ---
**Author:** ![KSRajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@KSRajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KSRajesh)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 9:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/view-not-working-with-but-works-with/88449/6 "2007-03-11T09:15:07Z")
Mmmm… I had an attr\_reader specified for each of those things… when I took it out, things started working again with the . operator. Why does this happen? Rajesh ---
**Author:** ![KSRajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@KSRajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KSRajesh)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 11:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/view-not-working-with-but-works-with/88449/7 "2007-03-11T11:39:29Z")
Hi, > Quick addition… > > Just before the b.rental I am using b.month and b.year and > b.user.name. They produce the expected results! Wits end, folks. since rental is not a reserved word either of ruby or AR , I would suggest that you do a project-wide (including plugins) of “def rental” or “def self.rental” or even better if your search tool allows regular expresions “def .\* rental.\*”. That should show you where you are overwriting the rental method. If you are not overwriting it, and assuming your @admin\_budget object holds an array of AR objects, then it makes no sense to me, unless you have been playing with AR method missing definition. regards, javier ramirez ## – Estamos de estreno… si necesitas llevar el control de tus gastos visita [http://www.gastosgem.com](http://www.gastosgem.com) !!Es gratis!! ---
**Author:** ![KSRajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@KSRajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KSRajesh)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 11:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/view-not-working-with-but-works-with/88449/8 "2007-03-11T11:48:30Z")
Because ActiveRecord implements accessors in method\_missing. If you actually define a method or accessor with the same name as a column in your model, ActiveRecord won’t be able to handle it for you. Is there a reason you need to specify an attr\_reader for those columns? ---
**Author:** ![KSRajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@KSRajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KSRajesh)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/view-not-working-with-but-works-with/88449/9 "2007-03-11T13:16:37Z")
No, actually. No reason. I removed it and it works. I was just wondering why it didnt work. Learning is (from eden li) “If you actually define a method or accessor with the same name as a column in your model, ActiveRecord won’t be able to handle it for you” Cool,. Rajesh