2009/6/19 Martin Hawkins <[email protected]>: > > I've got a simple model > > class ExtraType < ActiveRecord::Base > has_many :match_balls > attr_accessor :extra_total > def initialize > self.extra_total=0 > end > end > > When I try > ex=ExtraType.new, I get > INTERNAL ERROR!!! You have a nil object when you didn't expect it! > The error occurred while evaluating nil.has_key? > /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/active_record/ > base.rb:2633:in `has_attribute?' > > I don't think I'm doing anything daft here .. or am I (It's the end of > a long week after all)
I think you should call super in initialize otherwise it is not doing the base class initialize. Also watch out as I think rails does not always call new to instantiate an object so your initialize may not get called. See http://blog.dalethatcher.com/2008/03/rails-dont-override-initialize-on.html for example. Colin > Ruby 1.8.6 with Rails 2.2.2 > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
