On 30 Aug 2009, at 09:17, Colin Law wrote:
> > 2009/8/30 CoolAJ86 <[email protected]>: >> >>> Well yes - you still need to write the accessor methods to store you >>> instance variables (attr_accessor is probably enough). >>> >>> Fred >> >> That makes sense. Thanks. >> >> I had my JavaScript thinking cap on when I was doing this... thinking >> to create accessors out of thin air. >> >> I also just found out that the virtual accessors are accessors, not >> class variables. >> return @updated_at # always null >> return updated_at # works > > Don't understand this. I think what the previous poster has realised is that activerecord attributes are not stored inside individual instance variables. Fred > As I understand it if you have > attr_accessor :my_var > then @my_var will access the variable (but this may only be written > inside the class) > and my_var is a method (well two methods actually) that may be used > externally to read/write to @my_var so you can say > my_object.my_var = 1 > x = my_object.my_var > > If you use my_var (no @) inside the class this should work but it is > calling the accessor methods rather than directly accessing @my_var > > Colin > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
