Rails - Sep 2012 - Using one model's attribute in another model's method

I''m slightly new at Rails, so any help would be appreciated! 

I have two models that have no association with each other (but they would 
probably be many-to-many). One is called ''Course'' and contains
seed data of
Golf Courses. The other is called ''Player'' and contains user
entered
information. Ultimately, I want to show a table in my view that displays 
all the golf courses appropriate for the player, based upon some 
calculations I''m doing in my Player model. However, I need to utilize
some
of the attributes from the Course model in my calculations. 

Right now, all my methods are in the Player model, so I''m doing
something
like this but am getting an ''undefined method
''Course'' error. What am I
missing?

Player.rb
class Model < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessible :attr_1, :attr_2, ...etc

  def handicap_differences
    Course.handicap (This is what I''m using to call the Course
handicap,
but it''s not working out) - player_handicap + some more math
  end
end

Thanks for the help!

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Quoting sacshu
<sacshu-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>:
> I''m slightly new at Rails, so any help would be appreciated! 
> 
> I have two models that have no association with each other (but they would 
> probably be many-to-many). One is called ''Course'' and
contains seed data of
> Golf Courses. The other is called ''Player'' and contains
user entered
> information. Ultimately, I want to show a table in my view that displays 
> all the golf courses appropriate for the player, based upon some 
> calculations I''m doing in my Player model. However, I need to
utilize some
> of the attributes from the Course model in my calculations. 
> 
> Right now, all my methods are in the Player model, so I''m doing
something
> like this but am getting an ''undefined method
''Course'' error. What am I
> missing?
> 
> Player.rb
> class Model < ActiveRecord::Base
>   attr_accessible :attr_1, :attr_2, ...etc
> 
>   def handicap_differences
>     Course.handicap (This is what I''m using to call the Course
handicap,
> but it''s not working out) - player_handicap + some more math
>   end
> end
> 
Course.handicap() is a class method.  I.e., not specific to any course
instance.

And you will have fewer problems if the class name matches the file name.
E.g. in player.rb (all lower case).

class Player < ActiveRecord::Base
...

What is the class name in course.rb?  Is it also Model?  It should be Course.

Jeffrey

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