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belongs_to / has_many association throwing NoMethodError: undefined method


My code has 3 models, all with a for belongs_to / has_many association. It is throwing a NoMethodError when I try to pull tables from my objects' association table with rails console and in my views.

Models in question:

class Coin < ActiveRecord::Base
  # If coin is destroyed, so is their market prices
  has_many :market_prices, dependent: :destroy
  has_many :networks, dependent: :destroy
end

class MarketPrice < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :coin
end

class Network < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :coin
end

Rails console:

2.0.0-p247 :004 > Coin.find_by_tag("btc").networkhashrate                                                          Coin Load (0.3ms)  SELECT "coins".* FROM "coins" WHERE "coins"."tag" = 'btc' LIMIT 1                                                                                                                     
NoMethodError: undefined method `networkhashrate' for #<Coin:0x00000005b15030>                                                                                                                             
        from /home/action/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activemodel-4.0.0/lib/active_model/attribute_methods.rb:436:in `method_missing'                                                                   
        from /home/action/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activerecord-4.0.0/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb:131:in `method_missing'                                                                 
        from (irb):4                                                                                                                                                                                       
        from /home/action/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.0/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:90:in `start'                                                                                        
        from /home/action/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.0/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:9:in `start'                                                                                         
        from /home/action/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.0/lib/rails/commands.rb:64:in `<top (required)>'                                                                                     
        from bin/rails:4:in `require'                                                                                                                                                                      
        from bin/rails:4:in `<main>'   

Another example:

2.0.0-p247 :005 > coin = Coin.first                                                                                                                                                                        
  Coin Load (0.3ms)  SELECT "coins".* FROM "coins" ORDER BY "coins"."id" ASC LIMIT 1                                                                                                                       
 => #<Coin id: 1, created_at: "2014-04-02 02:44:01", updated_at: "2014-04-02 02:44:01", tag: "10-5", name: "10-5", website: "">                                                                            
2.0.0-p247 :006 > coin.coin_id                                                                                                                                                                             
NoMethodError: undefined method `coin_id' for #<Coin:0x00000005b1c920>                                                                                                                                     
        from /home/action/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activemodel-4.0.0/lib/active_model/attribute_methods.rb:436:in `method_missing'                                                                   
        from /home/action/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activerecord-4.0.0/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb:131:in `method_missing'                                                                 
        from (irb):6                                                                                                                                                                                       
        from /home/action/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.0/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:90:in `start'                                                                                        
        from /home/action/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.0/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:9:in `start'                                                                                         
        from /home/action/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.0/lib/rails/commands.rb:64:in `<top (required)>'                                                                                     
        from bin/rails:4:in `require'                                                                                                                                                                      
        from bin/rails:4:in `<main>' 

Schema.rb:

ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20140402005453) do

  create_table "coins", force: true do |t|
    t.datetime "created_at"
    t.datetime "updated_at"
    t.string   "tag"
  end

  create_table "market_prices", force: true do |t|
    t.datetime "created_at"
    t.datetime "updated_at"
    t.integer  "coin_id"        
  end

  create_table "networks", force: true do |t|
    t.integer  "networkhashrate"
    t.datetime "created_at"
    t.datetime "updated_at"
    t.integer  "coin_id"
  end

end

I'm not able to go in either direction. Example: Coin.find_by_tag("btc").networkhashrate or Network.find_by_coin_id("83").tag

I have almost the example same setup in another app I have written and it works perfectly. I've reloaded rails console / restarted my dev environment. Why isn't rails seeing my association I have?

Thank you for taking the time to read this.


Solution

  • Coin.find_by_tag("btc").networkhashrate

    Coin.find_by_tag returns a Coin. Coins don't have a method called networkhashrate, networks do.


    Network.find_by_coin_id("83").tag

    Network.find_by_coin_id returns a Network. Networks don't have a method called tag, coins do.