Soh, Not sure why you are not able to access the attributes in the use case but can I ask why you are not using the dynamic find_by methods ie User.find_by_username('kena') ?
-- Robert Zotter Zapient, LLC Ruby on Rails Development and Consulting On Oct 27, 6:49 pm, Soh Dubom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Reading n writing object attributes > > Hi. In this simple example I have a User class with the class method: > > def self.find_user(name) > user = self.find(:first, :conditions => ["username = ?", name]) > # user.salt > end > > In the rails console I do the following: > > >> u = User.find_user('kena') > > => #<User id: 5, username: "test", hashed_password: > "c1a18d933c06f5a3ebd8d1d155d294f39447fbf2", salt: > "177647700.129851651671097", email: "", created_at: "2008-10-28 > 00:54:42", updated_at: "2008-10-28 00:54:42">>> u.salt > => nil > >> u.username > > => nil > > What I don't understand is why I can't access its attributes? > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---