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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/.

I''m using a legacy table, where the unique id is not ''id'' I have a Model class like the following: class Article < ActiveRecord::Base set_primary_key "ARTICLE_ID" end however, using a link_to like the following (modified scaffolding), the link has no id value: <% for article in @articles %> <tr> <% for column in

...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/.