From: Paul Smith <paul@...>
Date: 2009-09-23T00:54:23+09:00
Subject: Re: decompose ActiveRecord script into methods

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Thufir <hawat.thufir@gmail.com> wrote:
> If I commend out the def and end lines for the "all" method, the script
> runs fine.  However, the goal is to decompose the script into several
> methods, which fails with:
>
> thufir@ARRAKIS:~/projects/aggregator$
> thufir@ARRAKIS:~/projects/aggregator$ ruby rss2mysql.rb
> rss2mysql.rb:19: class definition in method body
> thufir@ARRAKIS:~/projects/aggregator$
>
>

The error message tells you exactly what is wrong:

> class Items <  ActiveRecord::Base
> end

You can't have a class declaration like this inside a method body.

Instead of making a single method around the whole script, make at
least 2 methods, one which covers the code before the class
declaration, then one which covers the code after it.  Or move the
class definition to the top of the file, before def all.

> thanks,
>
> Thufir
>
>
>



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