Clearly defined Rails routing problem - undefined method for Nil:NilClass
- by sscirrus
Guys and girls,
I have been working on this problem for a while but still no joy. This is my second question within this general area, because the last question was getting too long and this is now more well-defined.
Summary of the Problem:
I am loading a page for my customers and I get error:
undefined method 'name' for Nil:NilClass
My Code
#Link on views/users/show.html.erb:
<%= link_to "Customer Account", :action => "home", :controller => "customers", :id => @user.user_type_id %>
#Regular Route:
map.connect 'customers/home/:id', :controller => 'customers', :action => 'home'
#Rake Routes, first entry:
/customers/home/:id :controller=>:"customers", :action=>"home"
#Customers Controller:
def home
render :layout => 'home'
@customer = Customer.find(params[:id])
@user = @current_user_session.user
flash[:error] = "Customer not found" and return unless @customer
@jobs = @customer.jobs
end
#views/customers/home.html.erb:
<%= @customer.name %>
I have absolutely no idea why this seemingly clear sequence of events is resulting in a NilClass. Search the console for Customer.find(2) returns the correct customer. What is this noob missing? Thank you very much.
