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Steve Webb

2006-Jul-27 18:42 UTC

[Rails] CalendarHelper

Has anyone had any luck using the CalendarHelper plugin at 
http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/CalendarHelper recently?

I''m scratching my head over the following error when I look at any page
in my application:

 NameError in CalendarController#index

undefined local variable or method `date_format'' for 
#<CalendarController:0x24ccd4c>

RAILS_ROOT: script/../config/..
Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace

#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/controllers/application.rb:8:in `localize''

/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.3/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:399:in
`call_filters''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.3/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:394:in
`call_filters''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.3/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:383:in
`before_action''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.3/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:365:in
`perform_action_without_benchmark''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.3/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:69:in
`perform_action_without_rescue''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.3/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:69:in
`perform_action_without_rescue''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.3/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:82:in
`perform_action''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.3/lib/action_controller/base.rb:381:in
`process_without_filters''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.3/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:377:in
`process_without_session_management_support''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.3/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:117:in
`process''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.4/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in 
`dispatch''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.4/lib/webrick_server.rb:115:in 
`handle_dispatch''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.4/lib/webrick_server.rb:81:in 
`service''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:in `service''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in `run''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:173:in `start_thread''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start_thread''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:95:in `start''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `start''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:23:in `start''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:82:in `start''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.4/lib/webrick_server.rb:67:in 
`dispatch''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.4/lib/commands/servers/webrick.rb:59
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in 
`require''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:in
`require''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.4/lib/commands/server.rb:30
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in 
`require''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:in
`require''
script/server:3

#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/controllers/application.rb:8:in `localize''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.3/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:399:in
`call_filters''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.3/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:394:in
`call_filters''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.3/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:383:in
`before_action''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.3/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:365:in
`perform_action_without_benchmark''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.3/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:69:in
`perform_action_without_rescue''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.3/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:69:in
`perform_action_without_rescue''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.3/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:82:in
`perform_action''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.3/lib/action_controller/base.rb:381:in
`process_without_filters''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.3/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:377:in
`process_without_session_management_support''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.3/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:117:in
`process''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.4/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in 
`dispatch''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.4/lib/webrick_server.rb:115:in 
`handle_dispatch''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.4/lib/webrick_server.rb:81:in 
`service''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:in `service''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in `run''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:173:in `start_thread''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start_thread''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:95:in `start''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `start''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:23:in `start''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:82:in `start''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.4/lib/webrick_server.rb:67:in 
`dispatch''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.4/lib/commands/servers/webrick.rb:59
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in 
`require''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:in
`require''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.4/lib/commands/server.rb:30
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in 
`require''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:in
`require''
script/server:3

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I''m sure this is a bad user on device error, but I would appreciate any
insight.

Thanks,
Steve


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Michael Schuerig

2006-Jul-27 19:23 UTC

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[Rails] Re: CalendarHelper

On Thursday 27 July 2006 20:42, Steve Webb wrote:> Has anyone had any luck using the CalendarHelper plugin at
> http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/CalendarHelper recently?
Did you look at an intact version of the wiki page? It was botched and I 
have just rolled it back to a previous. correct state. 

That said, as the original author of this beast, I have to admit that it 
is a bit unwieldy and certainly warrants to be encapsulated in a 
plugin.

Michael

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Steve Webb

2006-Jul-27 20:05 UTC

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[Rails] Re: CalendarHelper

Michael Schuerig wrote:> Did you look at an intact version of the wiki page? It was botched and I
> have just rolled it back to a previous. correct state.I did get it from the wiki page.  I''ve replaced that version with the 
one currently on the page.  Unfortunatly, it doesn''t seem to have 
helped.  My problem appears to be with date_format getting added to 
ActiveRecord:Base.  I get the following error message:

 NameError in CalendarController#index

undefined local variable or method `date_format'' for 
#<CalendarController:0x24cc98c>


I''m sure this is something stupid, but I''m new to Rails, and
therefor
dumb.
> That said, as the original author of this beast, I have to admit that it
> is a bit unwieldy and certainly warrants to be encapsulated in a
> plugin.I''d be happy to create the plugin encapsulation once I get this
working.
It will be a nice little project for me.

Thanks,
Steve

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Michael Schuerig

2006-Jul-27 20:24 UTC

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[Rails] Re: CalendarHelper

On Thursday 27 July 2006 22:04, Steve Webb wrote:> Michael Schuerig wrote:
> > Did you look at an intact version of the wiki page? It was botched
> > and I have just rolled it back to a previous. correct state.
>
> I did get it from the wiki page.  I''ve replaced that version with
the
> one currently on the page.  Unfortunatly, it doesn''t seem to have
> helped.  My problem appears to be with date_format getting added to
> ActiveRecord:Base.  I get the following error message:
>
>  NameError in CalendarController#index
>
> undefined local variable or method `date_format'' for
> #<CalendarController:0x24cc98c>
Ah, yes, I see. The cause is indeed very simple: date_format is not 
defined anywhere. The reason is, that it is really up to your app and 
the localization package (if any) you''re using. If you don''t
have to
deal with that stuff, just do it like this

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  prepend_before_filter :localize

  def localize
    # determine locale and set other relevant stuff
    # ...
    ActiveRecord::Base.date_format = ''%Y-%m-%d'' # or
''%m/%d/Y'' or ...
  end
end

Michael

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Steve Webb

2006-Jul-27 20:33 UTC

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[Rails] Re: CalendarHelper

> 
>   def localize
>     # determine locale and set other relevant stuff
>     # ...
>     ActiveRecord::Base.date_format = ''%Y-%m-%d'' # or
''%m/%d/Y'' or ...
>   end
> end
That was dumb, even for me!  Thanks for the help.

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Steve Webb

2006-Jul-27 21:40 UTC

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[Rails] Re: CalendarHelper

Okay, next silly question.  I''m trying to create a very simple 
index.rhtml to display a flat calendar.  So far I''ve got:

<%= stylesheet_link_tag ''calendar-system.css'' %>
<%= javascript_include_tag ''calendar'',
''calendar-en'', ''calendar-setup''
%>

<html>
<h2>Calendar!</h2>
<%= calendar ''person'', ''birthday'',
        { :class => ''date'' },
        { :firstDay => 1,
          :range => [1920, 1990],
          :step => 1,
          :showOthers => true }
%>
</html>

When I hit this page I get the following message:

 NoMethodError in Calendar#index

Showing app/views/calendar/index.rhtml where line #6 raised:

undefined method `calendar'' for
#<#<Class:0x22ddab8>:0x22dda90>

Does this mean that my page isn''t finding the the calendar method from 
calendar_helper.rb, or am I failing to declare something in my 
controller?

Sorry about the newbie questions.  Hopefully I will leave this phase 
soon.

Thanks,
Steve


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Michael Schuerig

2006-Jul-27 23:24 UTC

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[Rails] Re: CalendarHelper

On Thursday 27 July 2006 23:40, Steve Webb wrote:> Showing app/views/calendar/index.rhtml where line #6 raised:
>
> undefined method `calendar'' for
#<#<Class:0x22ddab8>:0x22dda90>
>
> Does this mean that my page isn''t finding the the calendar method
> from calendar_helper.rb, or am I failing to declare something in my
> controller?
Yes. Either in your application controller 
(app/controllers/application.rb) or in the individual controllers whose 
views use the calendar helper you need to include and declare the new 
helper methods

class MyController < ApplicationController
  ...
  include BoilerPlate::Helpers::ActionHelper
  helper BoilerPlate::Helpers::ActionHelper
  ...
end

HTH,
Michael

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Steve Webb

2006-Jul-27 23:46 UTC

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[Rails] Re: CalendarHelper

I seem to be making some progress.  I''ve modified my controller to:

class CalendarController < ApplicationController

  include BoilerPlate::Helpers::ActionHelper
  helper BoilerPlate::Helpers::ActionHelper

  layout ''default''


  def index
  end

end

When I hit the page, it throws an exception.  I get the following 
message in development.log:

uninitialized constant Helpers
./script/../config/../vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:123:in
`const_missing''
script/../config/../app/controllers/calendar_controller.rb:3

I assume this means that Helpers isn''t being correctly defined?

Thanks,
Steve

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Michael Schuerig

2006-Jul-28 05:53 UTC

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[Rails] Re: CalendarHelper

On Friday 28 July 2006 01:45, Steve Webb wrote:> I seem to be making some progress.  I''ve modified my controller
to:
>
> class CalendarController < ApplicationController
>
>   include BoilerPlate::Helpers::ActionHelper
>   helper BoilerPlate::Helpers::ActionHelper
>
>   layout ''default''
>
>
>   def index
>   end
>
> end
>
> When I hit the page, it throws an exception.  I get the following
> message in development.log:
>
> uninitialized constant Helpers
> ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/d
>ependencies.rb:123:in `const_missing''
> script/../config/../app/controllers/calendar_controller.rb:3
>
> I assume this means that Helpers isn''t being correctly defined?
Most likely you need to require the file containing 
BoilerPlate::Helpers::ActionHelper.

Michael

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Steve Webb

2006-Jul-28 17:00 UTC

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Michael Schuerig wrote:> On Friday 28 July 2006 01:45, Steve Webb wrote:
>>   def index
>> script/../config/../app/controllers/calendar_controller.rb:3
>>
>> I assume this means that Helpers isn''t being correctly
defined?
> 
> Most likely you need to require the file containing
> BoilerPlate::Helpers::ActionHelper.
> 
> Michael
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That was the problem.  Thank you so much for your help!

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