Comments on: Rails and the initialize() method http://jamescrisp.org/2006/09/10/rails-and-the-initialize-method/ C#, JRuby, Ruby on Rails, .NET, book reviews, film reviews, mind hacks, Wing Chun and the occasional personal bit. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:26:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: James Crisp http://jamescrisp.org/2006/09/10/rails-and-the-initialize-method/#comment-22 James Crisp Thu, 28 Dec 2006 02:21:00 +0000 http://jamescrisp.org/2006/09/10/rails-and-the-initialize-method/#comment-22 Agreed, sounds like after_initialize would work fine:<br /><br />http://one.textdrive.com/pipermail/rails/2004-December/000681.html<br /><br />and avoid requiring the more complex constructor. Agreed, sounds like after_initialize would work fine:

http://one.textdrive.com/pipermail/rails/2004-December/000681.html

and avoid requiring the more complex constructor.

]]> By: Anonymous http://jamescrisp.org/2006/09/10/rails-and-the-initialize-method/#comment-21 Anonymous Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:49:00 +0000 http://jamescrisp.org/2006/09/10/rails-and-the-initialize-method/#comment-21 I think you should be using ActiveRecord's after_initialize callback for what you want to do. I think you should be using ActiveRecord’s after_initialize callback for what you want to do.

]]> By: James Crisp http://jamescrisp.org/2006/09/10/rails-and-the-initialize-method/#comment-20 James Crisp Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:27:00 +0000 http://jamescrisp.org/2006/09/10/rails-and-the-initialize-method/#comment-20 Thanks very much for your comment. I'm really glad to have helped. Thanks very much for your comment. I’m really glad to have helped.

]]> By: kedoin http://jamescrisp.org/2006/09/10/rails-and-the-initialize-method/#comment-19 kedoin Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:20:00 +0000 http://jamescrisp.org/2006/09/10/rails-and-the-initialize-method/#comment-19 Thank you! I was just banging my head on a similar problem and couldn't figure out from the error message what was wrong!<br /><br />I redid the initialize method as you suggested and everything's working! Thank you! I was just banging my head on a similar problem and couldn’t figure out from the error message what was wrong!

I redid the initialize method as you suggested and everything’s working!

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