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Reputation: 43

how to get the actual username to display instead of #<User:0x5424a68> (ruby on rails 3)

In my view, I'm using this to display the user

Made a comment on <%= link_to activity.trackable.micropost.user, activity.trackable.micropost.user %>

When I do this, it works, but the link shows up as something like #<User:0x5424a68>

I tried using activity.trackable.micropost.user.username, activity.trackable.micropost.user.name, and other variations but they didn't work.

What do I need to add after .user?

The activity.trackable is from the PublicActivity gem.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 101

Answers (2)

Yule
Yule

Reputation: 9754

Try 

<%= activity.trackable.micropost.user.inspect %>

or

  <%= activity.trackable.micropost.user.to_s %>

This should give you a decent idea of what you need to add..

Upvotes: 0

Patrick Oscity
Patrick Oscity

Reputation: 54674

Open rails console and type:

User.instance_methods.grep(/name/)

It will give you a list of methods on User that contain the string 'name'. Chances are, that you will find the method you are looking for in the list (if there is any).

Upvotes: 2

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