Ruby on Rails: No method error in Rails 3.0.10

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abstract (1.0.0)
actionmailer (3.2.2, 3.0.10, 3.0.5, 3.0.3, 2.3.5, 2.1.0)
actionpack (3.2.2, 3.0.10, 3.0.5, 3.0.3, 3.0.0.beta3, 2.3.5, 2.1.0)
activemodel (3.2.2, 3.0.10, 3.0.5, 3.0.3, 3.0.0.beta3)
activerecord (3.0.10)
activeresource (3.2.2, 3.0.10, 3.0.5, 3.0.3, 2.3.5, 2.1.0)
activesupport (3.2.2, 3.0.10, 3.0.5, 3.0.3, 3.0.0.beta3, 2.3.5, 2.1.0)
arel (3.0.2, 2.0.10, 2.0.6)
bcrypt-ruby (3.0.1, 2.1.2)
bson (1.1.5)
bson_ext (1.1.5)
builder (3.0.0, 2.1.2)
bundle (0.0.1)
bundler (1.1.3, 1.1.1, 1.1.0)
cancan (1.6.7, 1.4.1)
coffee-rails (3.2.2)
coffee-script (2.2.0)
coffee-script-source (1.3.1, 1.2.0)
devise (2.0.4, 1.5.3, 1.1.5)
erubis (2.7.0, 2.6.6)
execjs (1.3.0)
hike (1.2.1)
i18n (0.6.0, 0.5.0, 0.3.7)
journey (1.0.3)
jquery-rails (2.0.2, 2.0.1)
jquery_datepicker (0.3.4)
json (1.6.6, 1.6.5)
libv8 (3.3.10.4 x86-linux)
mail (2.4.4, 2.2.19, 2.2.12, 2.2.7)
memcache-client (1.8.5)
mime-types (1.18, 1.17.2, 1.16)
mongo (1.1.5)
mongoid (2.0.0.beta.20)
multi_json (1.2.0)
mysql2 (0.3.11)
nifty-generators (0.4.2)
orm_adapter (0.0.7)
polyglot (0.3.3, 0.3.1)
rack (1.4.1, 1.2.5, 1.2.1, 1.1.3, 1.0.1)
rack-cache (1.2)
rack-mount (0.6.14, 0.6.13)
rack-ssl (1.3.2)
rack-test (0.6.1, 0.5.7, 0.5.6)
rails (3.0.10)
railties (3.2.2, 3.0.10, 3.0.5, 3.0.3)
rake (0.9.2.2, 0.8.7)
rdoc (3.12)
rolify (3.1.0)
sass (3.1.15)
sass-rails (3.2.5)
sprockets (2.1.2)
sqlite3 (1.3.5)
therubyracer (0.9.10)
thor (0.14.6)
tilt (1.3.3)
treetop (1.4.10, 1.4.9)
tzinfo (0.3.33, 0.3.32, 0.3.23)
uglifier (1.2.4)
warden (1.1.1, 1.0.3)
will_paginate (3.0.3, 3.0.pre2)

Above is the gem list ..

I am maintaining a basic todo which will have sub tasks defined within each task but the command task=Todo.tasks.new results in no method error

amrit@PC148881:~/mytodos$ rails console
Loading development environment (Rails 3.0.10)
1.9.2-p290 :001 > todo=todo.first
NoMethodError: You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
You might have expected an instance of Array.
The error occurred while evaluating nil.first
    from (irb):1
    from /home/amrit/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290@1.9.2/gems/railties-3.0.10/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:44:in `start'
    from /home/amrit/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290@1.9.2/gems/railties-3.0.10/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:8:in `start'
    from /home/amrit/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290@1.9.2/gems/railties-3.0.10/lib/rails/commands.rb:23:in `<top (required)>'
    from script/rails:6:in `require'
    from script/rails:6:in `<main>'
1.9.2-p290 :002 > todo=Todo.first
 => #<Todo id: 1, name: "Office", description: "work to be completed at office", created_at: "2012-04-17 08:53:35", updated_at: "2012-04-17 08:53:35"> 
1.9.2-p290 :003 > task=Todo.tasks.new
NoMethodError: undefined method `tasks' for #<Class:0xae32588>
    from /home/amrit/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290@1.9.2/gems/activerecord-3.0.10/lib/active_record/base.rb:1014:in `method_missing'
    from (irb):3
    from /home/amrit/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290@1.9.2/gems/railties-3.0.10/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:44:in `start'
    from /home/amrit/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290@1.9.2/gems/railties-3.0.10/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:8:in `start'
    from /home/amrit/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290@1.9.2/gems/railties-3.0.10/lib/rails/commands.rb:23:in `<top (required)>'
    from script/rails:6:in `require'
    from script/rails:6:in `<main>'
1.9.2-p290 :004 > ^C
1.9.2-p290 :004 > t=Task.new
 => #<Task id: nil, description: nil, due_date: nil, due_time: nil, completed: nil, todo_id: nil, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil> 
1.9.2-p290 :005 > t.description="meeting"
 => "meeting" 
1.9.2-p290 :006 > t.save
 => true 
1.9.2-p290 :007 > task=Todo.tasks.new
NoMethodError: undefined method `tasks' for #<Class:0xae32588>
    from /home/amrit/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290@1.9.2/gems/activerecord-3.0.10/lib/active_record/base.rb:1014:in `method_missing'
    from (irb):7
    from /home/amrit/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290@1.9.2/gems/railties-3.0.10/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:44:in `start'
    from /home/amrit/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290@1.9.2/gems/railties-3.0.10/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:8:in `start'
    from /home/amrit/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290@1.9.2/gems/railties-3.0.10/lib/rails/commands.rb:23:in `<top (required)>'
    from script/rails:6:in `require'
    from script/rails:6:in `<main>'
1.9.2-p290 :008 > 

Answer 1

It seems like this is a simple typo you are doing

todo=todo.first , But what is second todo ? Because it seems like you haven't defined it; in your second example you do

todo=Todo.first

Check the second example you do with capital 'T', try correct that or you can try

todo = Todo.all.first

(Assuming you have a AR model called Todo)

Answer 2

Thanks you !! I got the answer I was doing a mistake while creating the instance I was trying this : t=Todo.new t=Todo.tasks.new instead of : t=Todo.new x=t.tasks.

Answer 3

You are probably unintentionally calling tasks on the Class instead of the instance. Try this instead:

task=todo.tasks.new