Re: Require in models?

Lee
2007-01-26T20:07:33Z

So does Rails automatically load the files under /lib and make them
visible within all model files? With the exception of the system
date.rb, both validation.rb and time_period.rb are in the /lib
directory.

Also, if I were to define  a method ''x'' in my model
''X'' and model ''X''
inherits from ActiveRecord, would the method ''x'' automatically
be
visible to my code in another ActiveRecord model ''Y''? If so,
is this
magic by Rails or ActiveRecord?


On 26 Jan, 19:59, "Mark Carey"
<l...-MMYp1bZq/KasTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> You might be overwriting the Rails libraries with those require statements.
> Since the libraries you are referencing are already loaded up dynamically
> you need not require them.
>
> If there were other libraries that needed to be loaded (ie - ones you
wrote)
> you could do so in your environment.rb, then ''include''
the libraries in the
> files you need to access them.
>
> Keep in mind that require looks in the root directory of where the
> application is being run from to look for the files to import, that is why
> you see people using File.dirname(__FILE__) to get the path to the current
> file instead of the app root.
>
> M<><
>
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> Subject: [Rails] Require in models?
>
> I am getting the error "Missing model property.rb" whenever I
insert
> require statements into my model (in this case property.rb). The error
> occurs when I try to access my application through the browser. As soon
> as I remove the require, the error no longer occurs.
>
> My code is as follows:
>
> require ''validation''
> require ''date''
> require ''time_period''
> class Property < ActiveRecord::Base
> ...
>
> Thanks.