Rails - Feb 2006 - model''s custom attributes not loaded if file is not in app/models/ folder, HELP!!

This has puzzled me for at least a week. please help.

It seems that if a model class has any other custom attributes besides DB
column attributes, and model class is not in /app/models/ folder, rails does
not load custom attributes after 1st time, only DB column attributes. only
way to see my custom attributes works is if model class has no module and is
under /app/models/, not anywhere else.

---------------------  /app/models/user.rb ,  fullname() works ------------
# DB table users has columns: id, first, last.
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  def fullname
    self.first + " " + self.last
  end
end
------------------- /app/models/profile/poweruser.rb,  ---------
module Profile
  class Poweruser < ActiveRecord::Base
    set_table_name "users"
    def fullname
      ">>> power user: " + self.first + " " +
self.last
    end
  end
end
--------------------- /app/controllers/userview_controller.rb, works
---------
class UserviewController < ApplicationController
  def index
    @user = User.find(1)
    logger.debug @user.fullname
  end
end
----------------- /app/controllers/powerview_controller.rb, 1st time works,
not after ---
require ''profile/poweruser''
class PowerviewController < ApplicationController
  def index
    @poweruser = Profile::Poweruser.find(1)
    logger.debug @poweruser.fullname  # 1st time works, not after
  end
end

test steps:
* create the model, controller, and rhtml pages.
* view the webpage, http://localhost:3000/userview, it always works.
* view the webpage, http://localhost:3000/powerview, first time it works,
refresh the page, works too.
* Now stop and restart the script/server webrick, or lighttpd, first time
works, then refresh
  the page, rails return "undefined method <custom_attribute>".

*** note: unit and functional test passes though. Since first time view
works, but not subsequent view. I''ve tested on both windows XP and
redhat
(centos, RHEL clone), same behavior. I''ve tried cleared browser cache,
ruby-session cache, same.

environment: rails 1.0, mysql 5.0, winXP (ruby 1.8.2) and RHEL (ruby 1.8.3)


only way to see my custom attributes works is if model class is not under
module and in /app/models/, not anywhere else. This is a big constraint for
me, since I''m creating quite a few separate functionalities, like
profile,
blog, store, etc. putting all model classes in one directory would drive me
crazy. ideally, I like profile models (user, role, activity, etc) under
/app/models/profile/, blog models under /app/models/blog/.


Thanks.

Dorren
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