From: BlueHandTalking <jet@...>
Date: 2010-01-13T05:35:07+09:00
Subject: Re: NOOB Question on Instance Variable

Hi there Phil,

Yes everything was exact.

I did once more check out my record I was
testing with, and found out that the project_id
had been deleted in the middle of my tests, and
that was the error.

Thanks again for all the help.

Cheers,

Jet

On Jan 12, 12:02 pm, Phillip Gawlowski <p...@thimian.com> wrote:
> On 12.01.2010 20:55, BlueHandTalking wrote:
>
> > Hello Phillip,
>
> >> *Is* it the exact same code?
>
> > Yes,
> [...]
> > I change code in the class and where I call it in my
> > application when I test.
>
> Obviously, the code is different then, is it not?
>
> To clarify: If we ask for exactness, we *mean* exactness. No changes, no
> nothing, but 100% identical code.
>
> >> Do you search for @displayphoto before or
> >> after doing a #build_photo call?
>
> > Not sure what you mean by doing a search for @displayphoto,
> > but I am using @displayphoto in my code, if thats what you meand.
>
> So, you do a DB search for @displayrecords before actually creating a DB
> record, and are surprised that that search returns nil? Then you create
> a DB record, and are surprised that you find something?
>
> The name of an instance variable is utterly irrelevant. You can
> substitute @displayphoto with @foo, and @photo with @bar, and still get
> the same results.
>
> >> Do you *have* records in your database
> >> to search for and thus get a result set?
>
> > Yes, as I mentioned in my first post, everything works
> > correctly if the instance is named @photo.
>
> Not an answer. Are there actual records in the database that you can
> find? Before creating a record in your code?
>
> --
> Phillip Gawlowski