Rails - Aug 2006 - Calling a method in console

I''m using the Ruby for Rails book and have all the code done and
application works.
However I''d like to access some of the methods through script/console.

For example in the edition model file (below) I''d like to know how to
call either the "Edition_of_Works" or composers methods:


class Edition < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_and_belongs_to_many :works
  has_many   :orders
  belongs_to :publisher


  def Edition.of_works(works)
    works.map {|work| work.editions }.flatten.uniq
  end

  def composers
    works.map {|work| work.composer }.uniq
  end..................
end

TIA
Stuart

On Aug 14, 2006, at 8:52 AM, Dark Ambient wrote:
> I''m using the Ruby for Rails book and have all the code done and
> application works.
> However I''d like to access some of the methods through
script/console.
>
> For example in the edition model file (below) I''d like to know how
to
> call either the "Edition_of_Works" or composers methods:
>
>
> class Edition < ActiveRecord::Base
>  has_and_belongs_to_many :works
>  has_many   :orders
>  belongs_to :publisher
>
>
>  def Edition.of_works(works)
>    works.map {|work| work.editions }.flatten.uniq
>  end
>
>  def composers
>    works.map {|work| work.composer }.uniq
>  end..................
> end
>
> TIA
> Stuart

Hey Stuart-

  	Here is how to call those methods:

$ script/console

 > Edition.of_works(whatever)

and for the composers you need an instance

 > ed = Edition.find :first # or an id here
 > ed.composers


Thats it

-EZra