Arman/squawkem — Issue #1: Category search error
Author: Arman
Created: 2012-01-24 00:00:12+00:00
State: open

When a category link is clicked on home page the following is generated:

NoMethodError in SearchesController#new

You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
You might have expected an instance of Array.
The error occurred while evaluating nil.empty?

Rails.root: C:/Ruby/work/squawkem
Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace

app/models/business.rb:30:in `contains_keyword'
app/controllers/searches_controller.rb:16:in `find_businesses'
app/controllers/searches_controller.rb:5:in `new'

actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_controller/metal/implicit_render.rb:4:in `send_action'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:167:in `process_action'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb:10:in `process_action'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:18:in `block in process_action'
activesupport (3.1.3) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:416:in `_run__255424636__process_action__717066133__callbacks'
activesupport (3.1.3) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:386:in `_run_process_action_callbacks'
activesupport (3.1.3) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:81:in `run_callbacks'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:17:in `process_action'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_controller/metal/rescue.rb:17:in `process_action'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:30:in `block in process_action'
activesupport (3.1.3) lib/active_support/notifications.rb:53:in `block in instrument'
activesupport (3.1.3) lib/active_support/notifications/instrumenter.rb:21:in `instrument'
activesupport (3.1.3) lib/active_support/notifications.rb:53:in `instrument'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:29:in `process_action'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_controller/metal/params_wrapper.rb:201:in `process_action'
activerecord (3.1.3) lib/active_record/railties/controller_runtime.rb:18:in `process_action'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:121:in `process'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/abstract_controller/rendering.rb:45:in `process'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_controller/metal.rb:193:in `dispatch'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_controller/metal/rack_delegation.rb:14:in `dispatch'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_controller/metal.rb:236:in `block in action'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:65:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:65:in `dispatch'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:29:in `call'
rack-mount (0.8.3) lib/rack/mount/route_set.rb:152:in `block in call'
rack-mount (0.8.3) lib/rack/mount/code_generation.rb:96:in `block in recognize'
rack-mount (0.8.3) lib/rack/mount/code_generation.rb:82:in `optimized_each'
rack-mount (0.8.3) lib/rack/mount/code_generation.rb:95:in `recognize'
rack-mount (0.8.3) lib/rack/mount/route_set.rb:141:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:532:in `call'
warden (1.0.5) lib/warden/manager.rb:35:in `block in call'
warden (1.0.5) lib/warden/manager.rb:34:in `catch'
warden (1.0.5) lib/warden/manager.rb:34:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/best_standards_support.rb:17:in `call'
rack (1.3.5) lib/rack/etag.rb:23:in `call'
rack (1.3.5) lib/rack/conditionalget.rb:25:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/head.rb:14:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/params_parser.rb:21:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb:247:in `call'
rack (1.3.5) lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:195:in `context'
rack (1.3.5) lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:190:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/cookies.rb:331:in `call'
activerecord (3.1.3) lib/active_record/query_cache.rb:64:in `call'
activerecord (3.1.3) lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:477:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/callbacks.rb:29:in `block in call'
activesupport (3.1.3) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:392:in `_run_call_callbacks'
activesupport (3.1.3) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:81:in `run_callbacks'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/callbacks.rb:28:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/reloader.rb:68:in `call'
rack (1.3.5) lib/rack/sendfile.rb:101:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/remote_ip.rb:48:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/show_exceptions.rb:47:in `call'
railties (3.1.3) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:13:in `call'
rack (1.3.5) lib/rack/methodoverride.rb:24:in `call'
rack (1.3.5) lib/rack/runtime.rb:17:in `call'
activesupport (3.1.3) lib/active_support/cache/strategy/local_cache.rb:72:in `call'
rack (1.3.5) lib/rack/lock.rb:15:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb:53:in `call'
railties (3.1.3) lib/rails/engine.rb:456:in `call'
rack (1.3.5) lib/rack/content_length.rb:14:in `call'
railties (3.1.3) lib/rails/rack/log_tailer.rb:14:in `call'
rack (1.3.5) lib/rack/handler/webrick.rb:59:in `service'
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.1/webrick/httpserver.rb:138:in `service'
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.1/webrick/httpserver.rb:94:in `run'
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.1/webrick/server.rb:191:in `block in start_thread'

app/models/business.rb:30:in `contains_keyword'
app/controllers/searches_controller.rb:16:in `find_businesses'
app/controllers/searches_controller.rb:5:in `new'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_controller/metal/implicit_render.rb:4:in `send_action'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:167:in `process_action'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb:10:in `process_action'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:18:in `block in process_action'
activesupport (3.1.3) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:416:in `_run__255424636__process_action__717066133__callbacks'
activesupport (3.1.3) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:386:in `_run_process_action_callbacks'
activesupport (3.1.3) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:81:in `run_callbacks'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:17:in `process_action'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_controller/metal/rescue.rb:17:in `process_action'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:30:in `block in process_action'
activesupport (3.1.3) lib/active_support/notifications.rb:53:in `block in instrument'
activesupport (3.1.3) lib/active_support/notifications/instrumenter.rb:21:in `instrument'
activesupport (3.1.3) lib/active_support/notifications.rb:53:in `instrument'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:29:in `process_action'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_controller/metal/params_wrapper.rb:201:in `process_action'
activerecord (3.1.3) lib/active_record/railties/controller_runtime.rb:18:in `process_action'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:121:in `process'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/abstract_controller/rendering.rb:45:in `process'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_controller/metal.rb:193:in `dispatch'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_controller/metal/rack_delegation.rb:14:in `dispatch'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_controller/metal.rb:236:in `block in action'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:65:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:65:in `dispatch'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:29:in `call'
rack-mount (0.8.3) lib/rack/mount/route_set.rb:152:in `block in call'
rack-mount (0.8.3) lib/rack/mount/code_generation.rb:96:in `block in recognize'
rack-mount (0.8.3) lib/rack/mount/code_generation.rb:82:in `optimized_each'
rack-mount (0.8.3) lib/rack/mount/code_generation.rb:95:in `recognize'
rack-mount (0.8.3) lib/rack/mount/route_set.rb:141:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:532:in `call'
warden (1.0.5) lib/warden/manager.rb:35:in `block in call'
warden (1.0.5) lib/warden/manager.rb:34:in `catch'
warden (1.0.5) lib/warden/manager.rb:34:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/best_standards_support.rb:17:in `call'
rack (1.3.5) lib/rack/etag.rb:23:in `call'
rack (1.3.5) lib/rack/conditionalget.rb:25:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/head.rb:14:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/params_parser.rb:21:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb:247:in `call'
rack (1.3.5) lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:195:in `context'
rack (1.3.5) lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:190:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/cookies.rb:331:in `call'
activerecord (3.1.3) lib/active_record/query_cache.rb:64:in `call'
activerecord (3.1.3) lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:477:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/callbacks.rb:29:in `block in call'
activesupport (3.1.3) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:392:in `_run_call_callbacks'
activesupport (3.1.3) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:81:in `run_callbacks'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/callbacks.rb:28:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/reloader.rb:68:in `call'
rack (1.3.5) lib/rack/sendfile.rb:101:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/remote_ip.rb:48:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/show_exceptions.rb:47:in `call'
railties (3.1.3) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:13:in `call'
rack (1.3.5) lib/rack/methodoverride.rb:24:in `call'
rack (1.3.5) lib/rack/runtime.rb:17:in `call'
activesupport (3.1.3) lib/active_support/cache/strategy/local_cache.rb:72:in `call'
rack (1.3.5) lib/rack/lock.rb:15:in `call'
actionpack (3.1.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb:53:in `call'
railties (3.1.3) lib/rails/engine.rb:456:in `call'
rack (1.3.5) lib/rack/content_length.rb:14:in `call'
railties (3.1.3) lib/rails/rack/log_tailer.rb:14:in `call'
rack (1.3.5) lib/rack/handler/webrick.rb:59:in `service'
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.1/webrick/httpserver.rb:138:in `service'
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.1/webrick/httpserver.rb:94:in `run'
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.1/webrick/server.rb:191:in `block in start_thread'

Request

Parameters:

{"category_id"=>"260"}