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I'm using Rails 1.1.6, and I getting some strange error messages when using error_messages_for.
Whenever the validation is triggered (by leaving a field blank, for instance), I get this ArgumentError:
wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)
The call to error_messages_for looks like this:
1: <%= error_messages_for :link %> 2: 3: <!--[form:link]--> 4: <p><label for="link_name">Name</label><br/>
The application trace is blank, but the framework trace leads to a call to pluralize:
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_view/helpers/active_record_helper.rb:110:in `pluralize' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_view/helpers/active_record_helper.rb:110:in `error_messages_for' #{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/plugins/links/app/views/admin/links/_form.rhtml:1:in `_run_rhtml__Users_michael_Sites_gingerjargourds46boundingline46com_vendor_plugins_links_app_views_admin_links__form' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_view/base.rb:316:in `compile_and_render_template' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_view/base.rb:292:in `render_template' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_view/base.rb:251:in `render_file' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_view/base.rb:266:in `render' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_view/partials.rb:59:in `render_partial' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:33:in `benchmark' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_view/partials.rb:58:in `render_partial' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_view/base.rb:278:in `render' #{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/plugins/links/app/views/admin/links/new.rhtml:2:in `_run_rhtml__Users_michael_Sites_gingerjargourds46boundingline46com_vendor_plugins_links_app_views_admin_links_new' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_view/base.rb:316:in `compile_and_render_template' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_view/base.rb:292:in `render_template' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_view/base.rb:251:in `render_file' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/base.rb:726:in `render_file' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/base.rb:648:in `render_with_no_layout' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/base.rb:769:in `render_without_layout' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/base.rb:718:in `render_action' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/base.rb:670:in `render_with_no_layout' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/layout.rb:242:in `render_without_benchmark' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:53:in `render' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:53:in `render' #{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/plugins/links/app/controllers/admin/links_controller.rb:42:in `create' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/base.rb:941:in `perform_action_without_filters' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:368:in `perform_action_without_benchmark' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:69:in `perform_action_without_rescue' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:69:in `perform_action_without_rescue' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:82:in `perform_action' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/base.rb:408:in `process_without_filters' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:377:in `process_without_session_management_support' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:117:in `process' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in `dispatch' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/fcgi_handler.rb:150:in `process_request' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/fcgi_handler.rb:54:in `process!' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/fcgi.rb:600:in `each_cgi' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/fcgi.rb:597:in `each_cgi' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/fcgi_handler.rb:53:in `process!' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/fcgi_handler.rb:23:in `process!' /Users/michael/Sites/gingerjargourds.boundingline.com/public/dispatch.fcgi:24
Some controllers have this problem, others don't, and I can't figure out what's different about them.
There was a similar question raised in April:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.ruby.rails/62380/
But it doesn't look like anyone figured this out.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Michael Powers mpowers1@mac.com
Problem solved. Since at least one other person had the same problem in the past, I'll document it for the message archive.
Problem: I wanted to use singularize in a view, so I put
include Inflector
in the helper file. Side effect: redefining the TextHelper version of pluralize() to be the Inflector (1 argument) version. But error_messages_for needs the TextHelper (2 argument) version. Doh!
Removed the include, called singularize() as Inflector.singularize(), and all is well.