Rails thinks "faves" is referring to a model named "Fafe"

Question

I have a model named Fave. It belongs to another model named User.

I'm trying to find a User's Faves by calling @user.faves. My server gives me back the following error:

NameError: uninitialized constant User::Fafe

Why would it think the singular of "faves" is "fafe"? Is there some other plural form I can use that will point to "fave"?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 31 '16 at 03:29

3

You can pass the class name while setting up the association

has_many :faves, class_name: "Fave"

answered Oct 31 '16 at 03:29

Deepak Mahakale

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 31 '16 at 03:29

2

Can we try this in config/initializers/inflections.rb? This could work

ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections do |inflect|
  inflect.irregular 'fave', 'faves' #append this to the existing ones
end

edited Oct 31 '16 at 03:29

Deepak Mahakale

answered Oct 31 '16 at 03:26

Pragun

This seems likely. I know that the regexp that Rails depends on to find the plural inflection of "sleeve" will return "sleefe" rather than "sleeves." Check out [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32337665/table-pluralization/32337815#32337815) for more details on how inflections work in Rails. – MarsAtomic Oct 31 '16 at 04:03

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