Cant found model with out an ID in rails 3.2.12 - ruby-on-rails

Question

i ve this method. I m not at all able to understand the error which is
Couldn't find Company without an ID
in ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound in CustomersController#bulk_create
This method is written to create customers for a company in bulk by taking their name and numbers in format name:number.
The method is as follows:
def bulk_create
res = ""
comp_id = params[:customer][:selected_companies].delete_if{|a| a.blank?}.first
comp = Company.find(comp_id)
s = SentSmsMessage.new
s.set_defaults
s.data = tmpl("command_signup_ok", customer, comp) unless params[:customer][:email].length > 0
s.data = params[:customer][:email] if params[:customer][:email].length > 0
s.company = comp if !comp.nil?
s.save
unless comp_id.blank?
params[:customer][:name].lines.each do |line|
(name, phone) = line.split(/\t/) unless line.include?(":")
(name, phone) = line.split(":") if line.include?(":")
phone = phone.gsub("\"", "")
phone = phone.strip if phone.strip.to_i > 0
name = name.gsub("\"", "")
name = name.gsub("+", "")
phone = "47#{phone}" if params[:customer][:active].to_i == 1
customer = Customer.first(:conditions => ["phone_number = ?", phone])
if customer.nil?
customer = Customer.new
customer.name = name
# customer.email
# customer.login
# customer.password
customer.accepted_agreement = DateTime.now
customer.phone_number = phone
customer.active = true
customer.accepted_agreement = DateTime.now
customer.max_msg_week = params[:customer][:max_msg_week]
customer.max_msg_day = params[:customer][:max_msg_day]
customer.selected_companies = params[:customer][:selected_companies].delete_if{|a| a.blank?}
res += "#{name} - #{phone}: Create OK<br />" if customer.save
res += "#{name} - #{phone}: Create failed<br />" unless customer.save
else
params[:customer][:selected_companies].each do |cid|
new_company = Company.find(cid) unless cid.blank?
if !new_company.nil?
if !customer.companies.include?(new_company)
customer.companies << new_company
if customer.save
res += "#{name} - #{phone}: Customer exists and the customer was added to the firm #{new_company.name}<br />"
else
res += "#{name} - #{phone}: Customer exist, but something went wrong during storage. Check if the client is in the firm.<br />"
end
else
res += "#{name} - #{phone}: Customer exists and is already on firm #{new_company.name}<br />"
end
end
end
end
s.sms_recipients.create(:phone_number => customer.phone_number)
end
s.save
s.send_as_sms
#result = res
respond_to do |format|
format.html { render "bulk_create"}
end
else
#result = "You have not selected any firm to add these users. Press the back button and try again."
respond_to do |format|
format.html { render "bulk_create"}
end
end
end
I want to update one situation here. That when i submit the form blank then it gives this error. Also if i filled the form with the values then its show the situation which the method is returning in case of fail.
res += "#{name} - #{phone}: Create failed <br />"
The tmpl method
private
def tmpl(setting_name, customer, company = nil)
text = ""
if customer.companies.count > 0
sn = "#{setting_name}_#{#customer.companies.first.company_category.suffix}".downcase rescue setting_name
text = Setting.value_by(sn) rescue ""
end
textlenth = text.length rescue 0
if textlenth < 3
text = Setting.value_by(setting_name) rescue Setting.value_by("command_error")
end
return fill_template(text, customer, company)
end
From the model customer.rb
def selected_companies=(cmps)
cmps.delete("")
# Check the old ones. Make a note if they are not in the list. If the existing ones are not in the new list, just remove them
self.companies.each do |c|
self.offer_subscriptions.find(:first, ["customer_id = ?", c]).destroy unless cmps.include? c.id.to_s
cmps.delete c.id.to_s if cmps.include? c.id.to_s
end
# Then create the new ones
cmps.each do |c2|
cmp = Company.find(:first, ["id = ?", c2])
if cmp && !c2.blank?
offerSubs = offer_subscriptions.new
offerSubs.company_id = c2
offerSubs.save
end
end
end
def selected_companies
return self.companies.collect{|c| c.id}
end
The association of customer is as follows:
has_many :offer_subscriptions
has_many :companies, :through => :offer_subscriptions
This code is written by the some one else. I m trying to understand this method but so far not being able to understand this code.
Please help.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You are getting 'Couldn't find Company without an ID' error because your Company table doesn't contain record with id = comp_id
Change comp = Company.find(comp_id) to comp = Company.find_by_id(comp_id).
This will return nil instead of an error.
Add comp is not nil condition is already handled in your code.

Answer 2

Your comp_id line is returning nil.
comp_id = params[:customer][:selected_companies].delete_if{|a| a.blank?}.first
Post the params that get passed to this function and we could hopefully find out why. In the meantime you could enclose the block in a begin - rescue block to catch these errors:
begin
<all your code>
rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
return 'Unable to find a matching record'
end

Answer 3

try this:
comp = ""
comp = Company.find(comp_id) unless comp_id.nil?
instead of comp = Company.find(comp_id)
further nil checking present in your code.

Answer 4

Reason being
params[:customer][:selected_companies].delete_if{|a| a.blank?} = []
so [].first = nil
therefor, params[:customer][:selected_companies].delete_if{|a| a.blank?}.first = nil
and comp_id is nil
So check the log file and check what is coming in the parameter "selected_companies"
when you will find the parameter, everything will be understood well....