I keep getting undefined method for when I call a certain method from my Model.
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
def update!
request_info
end
def request_info
return "hmmm"
end
end
request_info inside of update! is not defined I've tried making it self.request_info as well but that doesn't work either
There are two ways to call a method in rails.
class Foo
def self.bar
puts 'class method'
end
def baz
puts 'instance method'
end
end
Foo.bar # => "class method"
Foo.baz # => NoMethodError: undefined method ‘baz’ for Foo:Class
Foo.new.baz # => instance method
Foo.new.bar # => NoMethodError: undefined method ‘bar’ for #<Foo:0x1e820>
Are you doing the same? I have taken this example from here. Take a look at that page for details.
update! is a bad choice for a method name: update is already defined as a (private) method on ActiveRecord::Base - that might lead to confusion.
>> u = User.last
>> u.update
NoMethodError: private method `update' called for #<User:0x007ff862c9cc48>
but apart from that you code works perfectly fine when I try it in the console:
>> u = User.last
>> u.update!
=> "hmmm"
User.first.update!update!?