Rails - Mar 2006 - OOP basics

I''ve got:

def new
  @schoolclass = Schoolclass.new(:day=>1, :start_time=>"2006:01:01
00:00:00, :description=>"enter description here")
  breakpoint()
end

after the breakpoint, I can @schoolclass.inspect and see the 
@schoolclass attributes, however @schoolclass.day, @schoolclass[:day] 
and @schoolclass["day"] all return NIL.

what am I doing wrong?

thanks in advance for any light you can shed!

Les

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Les Nightingill wrote:
> I''ve got:
> 
> def new
>   @schoolclass = Schoolclass.new(:day=>1,
:start_time=>"2006:01:01
> 00:00:00, :description=>"enter description here")
>   breakpoint()
> end
> 
> after the breakpoint, I can @schoolclass.inspect and see the 
> @schoolclass attributes, however @schoolclass.day, @schoolclass[:day] 
> and @schoolclass["day"] all return NIL.
> 
> what am I doing wrong?
1) Not sure if the typo is in this posting, or in the code, but you are
missing a closing quote after the 00:00:00.
2) is day an integer field in the schema ?  If its a string, you''ll
need
to quote it.

With a migration of:

create_table :schoolclasses do |t|
   t.column :day, :integer
   t.column :start_time, :datetime
   t.column :description, :string
end

That code above (with the quote added) works for me in console, so I
assume the datetime format is ok.
>> @sc = Schoolcass.new(:day => 1, :start_time => "2006:01:01
00:00:00", :description => "ddd")
=> #<Schoolclass:0x257fee4 @new_record=true,
@attributes={"description"=>"ddd", "day"=>1,
"start_time"=>"2006:01:01
00:00:00"}>
>>
A.

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