On Sep 22, 2008, at 3:58 PM, Becca Girl wrote: > Ok, here's what I have in my models. > > class Review < ActiveRecord::Base > belongs_to :reviewable, :polymorphic => true > belongs_to :created_reviews, :class_name => 'User', :foreign_key => > 'create_review_user_id' This would be clearer as something singular (like 'reviewer') since a belongs_to is going to give a single associated record.
> > belongs_to :modified_reviews, :class_name => 'User', :foreign_key => > 'modify_review_user_id' > end > > class User < ActiveRecord::Base > has_many :reviews, :as => :reviewable > has_many :created_reviews, :foreign_key => 'create_review_user_id' > has_many :modified_reviews, :foreign_key => 'create_review_user_id' Perhaps you meant for the second one to be 'modify_review_user_id'? > > > > Sorry I'm so dense, but after all of that, how do I access User.name? On Sep 22, 2008, at 4:27 PM, Becca Girl wrote: > > Maurício Linhares wrote: >> review.created_reviews.name >> > > I wasn't sure where this should all go, but I am still getting errors. > Here's what I did in script/console: > >>> Book.find(1).reviews > > => [<#Review id: 2, reviewable_type: "Book", reviewable_id: 1, > create_review_user_id: 1>] > > >>> review.created_reviews.name > > => NameError: undefined local variable or method `review' for > #<Object:0x18fa38> > from (irb):9 review = Book.find(1).reviews.first > > > If I put this in, I also get an error. > >>> Book.find(1).reviews.each do |r| > ?> puts review.created_reviews.name >>> end > NameError: undefined local variable or method `review' for > #<Object:0x18fa38> > from (irb):11 Close, try: Book.find(1).reviews.each do |review| then the block will have a variable named review (rather than the r in your first attempt) > Clearly I'm lost and confused. Thanks for helping out this new ruby > girl. Be aware that your confusion seems to be a mix of Rails (specifically, ActiveRecord) conventions and Ruby syntax. -Rob Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
