Rails - Oct 2009 - Plural version of the model detected, using singularized version. Override with --force-plural.

what is the proper way to make this work?  --force-plural doesn''t seem
to change the results.  this only seems to happen when you choose
words that the plural and singular is the same word.

script/generate scaffold equipment name:string description:text
     warning  Plural version of the model detected, using singularized
version.  Override with --force-plural.

results in the following error when you try to go to /equipment/new

ActionView::TemplateError (equipment_url failed to generate from
{:action=>"show", :controller=>"equipment"} - you may
have ambiguous
routes, or you may need to supply additional parameters for this
route.  content_url has the following required parameters:
["equipment", :id] - are they all satisfied?) on line #3 of app/views/
equipment/new.html.erb:
1: <h1>New equipment</h1>
2:
3: <% form_for(@equipment) do |f| %>
4:   <%= f.error_messages %>
5:
6:   <p>

    (eval):16:in `equipment_path''
    app/views/equipment/new.html.erb:3
    app/controllers/equipment_controller.rb:29:in `new''
    /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''
    /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 `each''
    /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''

The long answer is to edit the file "YOUR_APPLICATION/config/
initializers/inflections.rb" to specify what you want to use for the
singular / plural pair.

The short answer is choose model names that have unique singular /
plural forms.

On Oct 2, 6:31 pm, Boar
<dpwildb...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> what is the proper way to make this work?  --force-plural doesn''t
seem
> to change the results.  this only seems to happen when you choose
> words that the plural and singular is the same word.
>
> script/generate scaffold equipment name:string description:text
>      warning  Plural version of the model detected, using singularized
> version.  Override with --force-plural.
>
> results in the following error when you try to go to /equipment/new
>
> ActionView::TemplateError (equipment_url failed to generate from
> {:action=>"show", :controller=>"equipment"} - you
may have ambiguous
> routes, or you may need to supply additional parameters for this
> route.  content_url has the following required parameters:
> ["equipment", :id] - are they all satisfied?) on line #3 of
app/views/
> equipment/new.html.erb:
> 1: <h1>New equipment</h1>
> 2:
> 3: <% form_for(@equipment) do |f| %>
> 4:   <%= f.error_messages %>
> 5:
> 6:   <p>
>
>     (eval):16:in `equipment_path''
>     app/views/equipment/new.html.erb:3
>     app/controllers/equipment_controller.rb:29:in `new''
>     /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''
>     /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 `each''
>     /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''

2009/10/2 Boar
<dpwildboar-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>:
>
>
> what is the proper way to make this work?  --force-plural doesn''t
seem
> to change the results.  this only seems to happen when you choose
> words that the plural and singular is the same word.
>
> script/generate scaffold equipment name:string description:text
>     warning  Plural version of the model detected, using singularized
> version.  Override with --force-plural.

Using a word like Equipment for a model seems like a bad idea, and is
the root cause of your problem.  One cannot have an equipment (in the
real world I mean).  If a row in the table represents one piece of
equipment then you could call it Unit or EquipmentItem or something.
If it actually represents a collection of items then call it an
EquipmentSet or other word that indicates that it is a collection.
You can tell that equipment is not a good word from the fact I do not
know whether it represents a collection or a unit.

Colin