Frederick Cheung wrote:
> On May 4, 3:35�pm, "Mike P." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your response. The other parts of the app (i.e. the
>> controllers) do seem to pick up this model. The class in the /lib folder
>> is being used separately. I'm currently running it manually, but I'm
>> looking into running it automatically using �a cron job or something
>> similar later on.
>>
>> So, it's not included by another file at the moment, as it's meant to
>> run as a standalone script. (I'm guessing that may have fixed the
>> problem if that file already had access to the model.)
>
> What does running it manually mean - is the rails environment loaded ?
> If it isn't then you have your answer (since one of the things that
> gets you is rails' magic file loader)
>
> Fred
Ah! That was the problem, thank you! I've been running it using:
$ ruby app/lib/class_a.rb
(The file has a call to "run()" outside of the class methods, which
calls ClassA::run.)
But by running the script using the line below, the Rails environment is
loaded properly and the script works fine. :)
$ script/runner app/lib/class_a.rb
I'm still kinda new to Rails, so I didn't know that I'd need to do that,
but it makes total sense!
> Shouldn't it be in
>
> {Rails.root}/lib/class_a.rb
>
> rather than
>
> {Rails.root}/app/lib/class_a.rb
>
> ????
>
> --
> Rick DeNatale
By '{Rails.root}', do you mean the app's root directory, or the Rails
root directory?
Anyway, I put it in {AppRoot}/app/lib because, for some reason, I
thought that the {AppRoot}/lib folder was for external libraries (i.e.
the ones I didn't write). I like it this way anyway because things are
separated better, in my opinion. I know that the stuff in the /app
directory are the things that I made, and I don't really need to visit
the {AppRoot}/lib folder unless there's something in there that I want
to modify.
Or is this against Rails' best practices?
Thanks again,
Mike
--
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.
