rails: how do i access a method in my application controller?

Question

Noob scoping issue, I imagine. :\\

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  protect_from_forgery

  @locations = get_locations

  def get_locat         


        

Answer 1

I imagine that this line:

@locations = get_locations

... is trying to access the class level method get_locations and not the instance method.

The clue here is that the error message is showing that it can't find it on the class itself (ApplicationController:Class) and not an instance of that class. That means that you're in the class scope, not instance scope.

This would fix it:

  def self.get_locations
     Location.where(:active => true).order('name').all
  end