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Philip7899
Philip7899

Reputation: 4677

Rails - I can access object in console but not in application

UserNotification belongs_to User and User has_many UserNotification.

I am trying to access the notifications through the user. If I run in the console:

User.find(31).user_notifications

It returns the following user:

<Employer id: 31, email: "[email protected]", ...>

The code above is correct (A user can be of type 'employer' or 'freelancer'. I believe this is called polymorphic). However, if I run:

User.where(email: '[email protected]').user_notifications

I am told that:

undefined method `user_notifications'

This should give me the same user as the 'find' method I use above. In my application, I am having the same problem referring to the user_notification when using current_user. For example, I have:

@notifications = current_user.user_notifications.inspect

I do this while logged in as the same user I was working with in the console, User 31. However, the user_notifications are displayed as nil.

How do I access user_notification through current_user?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 56

Answers (1)

RustyToms
RustyToms

Reputation: 7810

.where returns an array. So when you use it you need to specify which result you want:

User.where(email: '[email protected]').first.user_notifications

See this question for a detailed explanation:Rails .where vs .find

Upvotes: 1

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