That is because your name method is called recursively - the `return
name + ""` is calling `name` once again and again and again... If you
want to access raw attributes from database on ActiveRecord models, you
can always use `self[:name]`.
It might be convenient for you to use ruby interpolations in a method
like `describe`. The following is equivalent to your method (you don't
need return either - the last thing evaluated is always returned from a
method):
def describe
"#{name}#{email}#{mobile}#{category}#{other}"
end
I don't understand the idea behind `+ ""`. If you want convert any value
to string, it is convention in ruby to call #to_s method on it. If you
use anything in an interpolation, ruby will call #to_s on this object
for you.
Michał.
On 24.09.2014 13:12, Mohammed Rashid wrote:
This is my controller:
class Members < ActiveRecord::Base
def name
return name + ""
end
def describe
return name + "" + email + "" + mobile + "" + category + "" + other
end
end
when i go into the rails console and connect to Members, I say:
a = Members.first
a.name <<< this should give me the "name" of that person but it does
not, it says:
SystemStackError: stack level too deep
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