wow! i was pretty far off :) thanks for the tips! i would like to know more about when/where and what the implications are for using the has_one, belongs_to, etc. keywords. any links that would help me better understand what the hell i'm doing ? :)
btw... i DO get what you are saying... after changing the belongs_to and has_one... i can just do this in my view: <p> <b>Gi or No-Gi:</b> <%=h @division.gi_map.name %> </p> thanks again! On Sep 6, 12:53 pm, Frederick Cheung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 6, 5:36 pm, Ron DeMeritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> this is my first > application in RoR and am kind of stuck. part of my > > confusion is where/when to use the model, controller or view. > > class Division < ActiveRecord::Base > > > > > belongs_to :match > > > def self.gi_map_name > > GiMap.first(:conditions => ["id = ?", self.id]).name > > end > > end > > You've created a class method (that's what def self. does) whereas > this should really be an instance method. > Usually you'd handle this via some associations. GiMap should have > has_one :division (and not belongs_to :division - that would indicate > that the gi_maps table has a division_id column) and division should > belongs_to :gi_map (and it does as required have a gi_map_id column). > > Then you'd just write (I suspect that personally I wouldn't bother) > > def gi_map_name > gi_map.name > end > > Fred --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
