Perhaps it is something basic as a beginner I am. I have the following: controllers: main editions works composers
main: class MainController < ApplicationController def welcome @composers = Composer.find(:all).sort_by {|c| [c.last_name, c.first_name]} end end works - editions - composers all have normal scaffold generated methods(CRUD) Models: - relavent info (hopefully) provided: class Composer < ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessible :first_name, :last_name has_many :works, dependent: :destroy before_destroy :ensure_not_referenced_by_any_work .... def editions works.map {|work| work.editions}.flatten.uniq end .... end class Edition < ActiveRecord::Base validates :publisher_id, :description, :price, :year, presence: true has_many :environments has_many :works, through: :environments belongs_to :publisher has_many :orders attr_accessible :descripition, :price, :work_id, :year, :title, :publisher_id .... end class Work < ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessible :composer_id, :title belongs_to :composer has_many :environments has_many :editions, :through => :environments has_many :instruments, :through => :environments ... end class Environment < ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessible :instrument_id, :name, :work_id, :edition_id belongs_to :work belongs_to :instrument belongs_to :edition end I want the following partial to be shown in the Main#Welcome view: partial is located in the composer view folder: <h3>Editions List</h3> <ul> <% @composer.editions.map do |edition| %> #line 3 in error below <li><%= link_to_edition_title(edition)%></li> <% end %> </ul> The link_to_edition_title(edition)... may not be relavent but here it is in the edition helper module: def link_to_edition_title(edition) link_to(edition.nice_title, edition_path(edition)) end My limited knowledge believes the call to the partial should work and indeed it does if done like this within the Composer#Show view: <%= render "edition" %> However, when I make the partial call from the Main#Welcome view like this: The Main#Welcome view: <%= render :partial => "composers/edition" %> It results in this error: *NoMethodError in Main#welcome* Showing * /Users/akkdio/railsapps/rails_3/ruby_for_rails/r4r_music/r4r_music1/app/views/composers/_edition.html.erb * where line *#3* raised: undefined method `editions' for nil:NilClass This is the first linke of the trace: app/views/composers/_edition.html.erb:3:in `_app_views_composers__edition_html_erb__1574837102347920251_2165688820' If more is needed please let me know. Appreciate any nudge as to how I would change the partial or somehow get the editions method to be recognized in this call - the idea is to be able to share the partial across the application. Thanks for your help, Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/2_gkXWtYjj4J. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.