Rails - Nov 2005 - Stupid newbie question

Sorry guys but I have to ask this as I''m completely stumped.

I have a table like so

party_type
+-------+
| id    |
| type  |
| _name |
+-------+

And my relevant unit test portion (setup works fine):

def test_truth
  assert_equal 1,        @part_type.id      # works fine
  assert_equal "Person", @party_type._name  # works as well
  assert_equal "Person", @party_type.type   # bombs
end

I get the following messages:
-----------------------------

F
Finished in 0.279416 seconds.

   1) Failure:
test_truth(PartyTypeTest) [test/unit/party_type_test.rb:20]:
<"Person"> expected but was
<PartyType>.

1 tests, 2 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors

-----------------------------

For the life of me, I can''t get ''type'' to be
recognized. I''ve tried
an alias, defining another method to return the ''type''
attribute/col;
all to no avail. Anyone have any suggestions for this? Tia.

thanks,

- jason

Your fixture may be reading like this:

party_type:
  id:1
  _name:Person
  type:PartyType

What is your table party_defn (details) and class ?

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On Nov 22, 2005, at 6:16 PM, Jason Lee wrote:
> Sorry guys but I have to ask this as I''m completely stumped.
>
> I have a table like so
>
> party_type
> +-------+
> | id    |
> | type  |
> | _name |
> +-------+
>
> And my relevant unit test portion (setup works fine):
>
> def test_truth
>  assert_equal 1,        @part_type.id      # works fine
>  assert_equal "Person", @party_type._name  # works as well
>  assert_equal "Person", @party_type.type   # bombs
> end
>
> I get the following messages:
> -----------------------------
>
> F
> Finished in 0.279416 seconds.
>
>   1) Failure:
> test_truth(PartyTypeTest) [test/unit/party_type_test.rb:20]:
> <"Person"> expected but was
> <PartyType>.
>
> 1 tests, 2 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors
>
> -----------------------------
>
> For the life of me, I can''t get ''type'' to be
recognized. I''ve tried
> an alias, defining another method to return the ''type''
attribute/
> col; all to no avail. Anyone have any suggestions for this? Tia.
The type column is used for single-table inheritance.

Are you using it for this?

If not, I recommend you change the name of your column (perhaps  
"kind") or set self.inheritance_column = ''ruby_type''
in your Person
class.

jeremy
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Ah, self.inheritance_column seemed to do the trick.

Thanks!

On Nov 22, 2005, at 6:24 PM, Jeremy Kemper wrote:
> self.inheritance_column