Rails 2.0 missing find_or_create_by_name and find_or_initialize_by_name

rubyonrails-talk
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Hey.

just found out that Rails 2.0 (in the prerelease version) does not have the extended dynamic finders find_or_create_by_name and find_or_initialize_by_name

They are mentioned in the old 1.x docs ActiveRecord::Base (section "Dynamic attribute-based finders")

But I couldnt find it in the edge docs (http://caboo.se/doc.html)

Could somebody hint me at what to do? Did they move to a plugin? which? Are there lines I can implement myself?

Any help appreciated,

Thanks!

/Jesper

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They're still there. Check out method_missing on ActiveRecord::Base. :slight_smile:

RSL

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Thx Russel. But how come that it does not work. I get this error printed below. What can I do to make it work with the current pre-release?

/Jesper

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DOH. Sorry. found out that my model PoliceJournal did not have "name" I should have used PoliceJournal.find_or_initialize_by_number

DOH. Sorry to have interrupted you.