2009/9/28 Cs Webgrl <[email protected]>: > > Hi, > > I have a model property with has_many. I find the property and then I > need to find the name of the building or the neighborhood that the > property belongs to. The property is not always assigned a building or > neighborhood. > > This becomes a problem when createing permalinks with permalink_fu. > > has_permalink [:neighborhood_name, :building_name, :address] > > The neighborhood name and building name are defined here in property.rb > > def neighborhood_name > neighborhood.name > end > > def building_name > building.name > end > > If the property does not have a neighborhood or a building, then I get > an error: > The error occurred while evaluating nil.name): > app/models/property.rb:425:in `neighborhood_name' > > > I know that I'm missing something really basic in Rails. Can someone > help me out so that it generates the permalink even if the neighborhood > or building are empty? >
You could just test neighborhood and building in your _name methods and return an appropriate default if nil. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
