[SOLVED] undefined method `name_cont' for Ransack::Search<class: error?

undefined method `name_cont' for Ransack::Search<class: error?

I have a very simple Rails app on which I want to use Ransack search.

I get the following error though:

  undefined method `name_cont' for Ransack::Search<class: Post, base: Grouping     
  <combinator: and>>:Ransack::Search

I only need the basics and as per instructions in my posts controller and posts index page I put in the following code:

Posts controller:

def index
  @q = Post.search(params[:q])
  @posts = @q.result(:distinct => true)

  respond_to do |format|
    format.html # index.html.erb
    format.json { render json: @posts }
  end
end

Index View:

<%= search_form_for @q do |f| %>
  <div class="field">
    <%= f.label :name_cont, "Name contains" %>
    <%= f.text_field :name_cont %>
  </div>
  <div class="actions">
    <%= f.submit "Search" %>
  </div>
<% end %>

Solution

I believe your issue is that the method name_cont has not been defined in your controller. I believe whats happening here is that the search form gets an object that doesn't have name_cont defined which is why your getting this error. My suggestion is to define a variable name for searching the post.