methods in my models working in console but not in app itself... help :-)

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I am going crazy. I have the below two methods in my tag model. Within the console my Tag.create_for :location => "Toronto" works but soon as I put this code in my application I get the following error: NoMethodError in UserController#set_user_fetish_list; undefined method `make_url_safe' for Tag:Class

Does that make sense.. especially since in works in the console? HELP! :slight_smile:

class Tag < ActiveRecord::Base   def Tag.create_for(options)     if options[:fetish]       self.create(:name => options[:fetish], :url_safe => make_url_safe(), :category => "fetish")     elsif options[:location]       self.create(:name => options[:location], :url_safe => make_url_safe(options[:location]), :category => "location")     end   end

  private   def make_url_safe(str)     str.gsub(/\s/, "_")   end end

Thanks for your help! :slight_smile:

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you're trying to call an instance method from a class method.

define it as

def Tag.make_url_safe(str)

and you should be good to go.

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great! thanks :slight_smile: