From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2009-11-30T13:03:40+09:00
Subject: Re: NoMethodError at /delete/1 private method `delete'...


On Nov 29, 2009, at 17:50 , Joe dude wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to work through the 'Meet Sinatra' PeepCode screencast and
> I'm stuck trying to delete an entry.
> 
> I'm receiving this error while attempting to delete a file and database
> entry:
> 
> NoMethodError at /delete/1
> private method `delete' called for #<Ad:0x102949028>
> 
>    * file: adserver.rb
>    * location: GET /delete/:id
>    * line: 72
> 
> Here's the entire adserver.rb file:
> http://pastie.org/719776
> 
> Here's the handler that's causing problems:
> http://pastie.org/719777

First off, you should probably ask this question either on the sinatra mailing list or the datamapper mailing list for a better and more accurate response.

Second, without a full backtrace we can only speculate.

If the method is private, make it public... but it is probably private for a reason. Looking at the API, you might want to call destroy instead.