Thank you very, very much! a = Lender.find('7oV71d1oVtxfyS9Ra6hnUtNe31N').addresses.select('state_id_string')
a.blank? On Friday, May 22, 2015 at 5:05:25 PM UTC-4, Colin Law wrote: > > On 22 May 2015 at 20:28, Elizabeth McGurty <emcg...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Walter, Stewart.... Many thanks to you. Definitely making so much > progress > > here. > > > > All seems to be going really well, but I remain stumped at a critical > point > > > > Given the model, I pass from the controller @parent = Parent.object > > > > All of the field_for aspects are working really beautifully. But in the > > view I need to test for a parent/child value. I know that this code is > > wrong: > > > > <% unless @lenders.state_id_string.blank? %> ## @lenders is the parent > > model, and only the fields within that model are being returned. I > thought > > that if I define all parent associations in the AR, then the object > @lenders > > would be aware.. > > Is @lenders a single parent or an array? Presumable an array since it > is plural. In which case you can't just test state_id_string. > Possibly you need something like @lenders.where(some condition on > state_id_string), assuming that state_id_string is a database field. > Alternatively perhaps you want to use @lenders.each to select and test > them one at a time. > > Colin > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/25c85688-b916-4926-bf0e-f2b42f8c98a9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.