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CWitty
CWitty

Reputation: 4526

Using ActiveRecord enum give error about generating 'new' class method on model

I am using ActiveRecord enums in my Rails app that is version 4.1.4. I have a enum on the status column of my Message model. When I attempt to use the helper method statuses to see all of the available statuses I get the error: You tried to define an enum named "status" on the model "Message", but this will generate a class method "new", which is already defined by Active Record.

The Message model belongs_to two other models, but that isn't the issue because I commented out the relationship and it still presented the error. I cannot seem to find anyone else having this issue.

class Message < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :user
  belongs_to :contact
  enum status: %w(new assigned archived)
end

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1260

Answers (1)

CWitty
CWitty

Reputation: 4526

Wow I really wasnt thinking here, I was attempting to use the enum value new which is a class method so I therefore cannot define a new method using enum status: [:new]. I just had to change it to unassigned

Upvotes: 6

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