Rails - Jun 2006 - access to application.rb methods

Why can''t I access the utility methods defined in applicaion.rb from
the
model classes? If that does not work, where is the best place to put 
common utility methods that must be available to all the models.

thanks

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If you want some more instance methods on all your models, just add
them to ActiveRecord::Base in environment.rb

class ActiveRecord::Base
  def my_method
    "hello"
  end
end

Then your models behave like...

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
end

Person.new.my_method # => hello

-Jonathan.

On 6/21/06, thila thila <isputnik_98@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Why can''t I access the utility methods defined in applicaion.rb
from the
> model classes? If that does not work, where is the best place to put
> common utility methods that must be available to all the models.
>
> thanks
>
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> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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...or add them to a module which you include in the model. 
application.rb is a controller (indeed *the* ApplicationController from 
which the other controllers inherit methods, filters etc), and therefore 
methods and filters defined in it shouldn''t be accessible to the
models.
MVC and all that...
HTH

Jonathan Viney wrote:
> If you want some more instance methods on all your models, just add
> them to ActiveRecord::Base in environment.rb
>
> class ActiveRecord::Base
>  def my_method
>    "hello"
>  end
> end
>
> Then your models behave like...
>
> class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
> end
>
> Person.new.my_method # => hello
>
> -Jonathan.
>
> On 6/21/06, thila thila <isputnik_98@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Why can''t I access the utility methods defined in
applicaion.rb from the
>> model classes? If that does not work, where is the best place to put
>> common utility methods that must be available to all the models.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> -- 
>> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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