AASM Gem broken by Rails 2.3.2?

Question

Has anyone had any problems using the AASM state machine Gem with Rails 2.3.2? It was working fine for me but is now giving a NoMethodError :

NoMethodError (undefined method `state' for #<Comment:0x25cb8ac>):
  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubyist-aasm-2.0.5/lib/persistence/active_record_persistence.rb:231:in `send'
  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubyist-aasm-2.0.5/lib/persistence/active_record_persistence.rb:231:in `aasm_read_state'
  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubyist-aasm-2.0.5/lib/persistence/active_record_persistence.rb:135:in `aasm_current_state'
  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubyist-aasm-2.0.5/lib/persistence/active_record_persistence.rb:156:in `aasm_ensure_initial_state'
 app/controllers/comments_controller.rb:12:in `create'

Here's the relevant code from my model that uses AASM:

class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
  include AASM
  belongs_to :post          
  after_create :spam_check

  aasm_column :state
  aasm_initial_state :submitted
  aasm_state :submitted
  aasm_state :approved
  aasm_state :rejected

  aasm_event :ham do
    transitions :to => :approved, :from => [:submitted, :rejected]
  end

  aasm_event :spam do
    transitions :to => :rejected, :from => [:submitted, :approved]
  end     

  private          
  def spam_check
    # Invoke Askismet to see if the comment is spam...
  end
end

Note that I have the state column in my comments table.

• Any ideas why it no longer works?

Answer 1

Uh, you need a field in your comments table called 'state'. You defined it using aasm_column :state . This is not a Rails 2.3.2 bug! :D

Answer 2

From the aasm home page it appears that, as at time of writing, there's an update coming...

There's a little discussion on the Ruby on Rails group - I don't know if any of that helps.

Executing

gem list .*aasm --remote

threw up a bunch of references:

aasmith-yodlee (0.0.1.20090301132701)
bloom-aasm (2.0.3)
bloom-bloom-aasm (2.0.3)
caleb-aasm (2.0.2)
dunedain289-aasm (2.1.3)
dvdplm-aasm (2.0.6)
eric-aasm (2.0.4)
factorylabs-aasm (2.0.5.2)
gvaughn-aasm (2.0.4)
lostboy-aasm (2.0.5.1)
mikowitz-aasm (2.0.6)
netguru-aasm (2.0.6)
notch8-aasm (2.0.5)
rubyist-aasm (2.0.5)
runcoderun-aasm (2.0.5.1)
snoozer05-aasm (2.0.2)
spicycode-aasm (2.0.0)

It suspect that some or all of the "dvdplm-", "factorylabs-" and "runcoderun-" ones may be git forks. You may find that one or more fixes your problem.