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...m the console, the following code works, when run through the WEBrick server I get a "You have a nil object where you didn''t expect it!" class Competition < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :comp_dates, :order=>:position def initial_date comp_dates.first end def display_dates i_d = initial_date if i_d.nil? return "unknown" else return i_d.month end end i_d should never be nil, in the first place; but how on earth does the i_d.month calls get reached when i_d is nil? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

...ks like "/controller/show_article/" Instead of "/controller/show_article/43" What''s up? Rails console: >> article = Article.find(:first) => #<Article:0x5bd7858 @attributes={"article_headline"=>"...", "byline"=>nil, "display_date"=>Tue Oct 17 00:01:00 GMT-5:00 2000, "status"=>"PUB", "print_page"=>nil, "hot_code"=>"N", "headline"=>"...", "creation_date"=>Mon Jul 09 15:39:04 GMT-5:00 2001, "article_type"=>"...

...ich will automatically have access to the methods inside MainHelper (in \app\helpers\main_helper.rb). Should not the partial templates called from main.rhtml via <%= render :partial => ''partial'' %> also have access to the methods in main_helper ? I have tried <% display_dates = create_display_dates(@events) %> and <% display_dates = MainHelper::create_display_dates(@events) %> and both report "undefined method `create_display_dates'' ..." Do I misunderstand the nature of helper scoping ? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.