I do exactly what you describe with no problems. Are you sure you have not just got a typo somewhere that your brain is refusing to see?
2009/3/5 Greg Willits <[email protected]> > > In an AR model (PrivilegedUser), I have several custom validations, so > am using validate method to call a sequence of other small methods which > perform specific tasks. > > def validate > do_this > do_that > end > > In do_this, I need to look up records from the same table/model I am in > to do some comparing of the current object being created/updated to > existing data. > > def do_this > results = PrivilegedUser.find(:all, :condition => .... ) > .....do some stuff..... > end > > No matter what form I try that find method with (find, self.find, > PrivilegedUser.find), Rails balks that find is not a method of > PrivilegedUser. > > If I substitute PrivilegedUser.find with some other class, it works just > fine. PrivilegedUser is a working AR subclass that I have been using for > months, and am now adding this new method, and I already have find being > used in other methods. So, there's something unique about trying to use > find in the validation callback somehow. > > I'm obviously not understanding something. Can someone essplain to me? > Thx. > > -- gw > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
