From: Rob Biedenharn <Rob@...>
Date: 2010-02-15T05:55:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Mon proprety isn't a string?

On Feb 14, 2010, at 3:37 PM, Greg Ma wrote:

> Hi,
> I would simply like to remove spaces of the property "name" before  
> save
> and update.
> So i did the code below, but i get this error when I save or update a
> tag.
> #error
> undefined method `strip' for nil:NilClass
>
> #Tag class
> class Tag < ActiveRecord::Base
>  has_and_belongs_to_many :students
>
>  attr_accessible :name
>
>  validates_uniqueness_of :name
>
>  before_save :remove_spaces
>  before_update :remove_spaces
before_save will catch both create and update
>
>  private
>  def remove_spaces
>    name = name.strip
self.name = self.name.strip

the "name = " part is enough to trick the interpreter into treating  
'name' as a local rather than a bare method call.  Using self.name  
forces the treatment as a method.

-Rob

>  end
>
> end
>
>
>
> This is how i save or update my tag
> #From another class
>  def tag_attributes=(tags_att)
>    splits = tags_att.split(',')
>    splits.each do |tag|
>      if !tags.find_by_name(tag)
>        tags.build(:name => tag)
>      end
>    end
>  end
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