Hi David, Thanks for your response. attribute_A is just an attribute in a model that is a subclass of ActiveRecord::Base. attribute_A is of type integer.
The reason I used "super" is because I just wanted to assign the value of "val" to attribute_A in the private setter method "attribute_A=" I can't say self.attribute_A = val because that is calling the private method I am defining. Thanks. LBD On Jul 19, 6:39 pm, "David A. Black" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi -- > > > > On Sun, 19 Jul 2009, Ease Bus wrote: > > Hi, > > > I would like to rename the setter of "attribute_A" with the following: > > > def set_attribute_A(val) > > self.attribute_A = val > > end > > > private > > > def attribute_A=(val) > > super > > end > > > But then I get "NoMethodError: Attempt to call private method" I thought > > that a private method is > > accessible from within the same instance. > > There's not quite enough information in the code you've got here to > see what's going on. Do you have a superclass with a definition for > the attribute_A= method? (I'm trying to figure out why you're calling > super.) > > David > > -- > David A. Black / Ruby Power and Light, LLC > Ruby/Rails consulting & training:http://www.rubypal.com > Now available: The Well-Grounded Rubyist (http://manning.com/black2) > Training! Intro to Ruby, with Black & Kastner, September 14-17 > (More info:http://rubyurl.com/vmzN) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
