undefined method - what am I missing?

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When I run this, I get a no method error: "undefined method `find_public'"

It doesn't work in the console either:>> Source.find_private

NoMethodError: undefined method `find_private' for #<Class:0x2f36a18> from

Well you've defined an instance method on SourcesController, but you're trying to call a class method on Source instead. Not sure how you were expecting that to work. public is a magic word in ruby but you might be able to get away with it here.

Fred

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Well you've defined an instance method on SourcesController, but you're trying to call a class method on Source instead. Not sure how you were expecting that to work. public is a magic word in ruby but you might be able to get away with it here.

Yes, I'm new to all of this, and I knew I was doing it wrong... But can you help me figure out how to do it right?

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Frederick Cheung wrote:

public is a magic word in ruby but you might be able to get away with it here.

Fred

Right, the boolean field is called "live", not "public".... sorry for that confusion....

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Well if you want to be able to say Source.find_private then you need

class Source < ActiveRecord::Base   def self.find_private     ...   end end

or (equivalently)

class Source < ActiveRecord::Base   class << self     def find_private       ...     end   end end

There's a slightly magic incantation needed to make a class method, but if it's not obvious why defining find_private on SourcesController is completely nonsensical then I suggest you read up on you object oriented programming (something like the pickaxe will introduce you to that and ruby at the same time)

Fred