[ undefined method `category` for nil:NilClass rails 4 ]

In views/offers/index:

<%= f.collection_select :catId_get, Category.order(:name), :id, :name, 
  { include_blank: true },
  {data:{
    dynamic_selectable_url: dynamic_select_offers_path(':catId_get'),
    dynamic_selectable_target: '#offer_menu_id'
  }} %>     


<%= f.collection_select :menuName_get, @offer.Category.try(:menus) || [], :id,:menu_item_name, :include_blank => true  %>

In views/dynamic_select/offers/index.json.jbuilder:

json.array!(@menus) do |menu|
  json.extract! menu, :menu_item_name, :id
end

In controllers/dynamic_select/offers_controller.rb:

module DynamicSelect
class OffersController < ApplicationController
  respond_to :json
  def index
    @menus=Menu.where(:category_id=>params[:catId_get])
    respond_with(@menus)
   end
end
end

In javascripts/dynamic_selectable.js.coffee:

$.fn.extend
  dynamicSelectable: ->
    $(@).each (i, el) ->
      new DynamicSelectable($(el))

class DynamicSelectable

  constructor: ($select) ->
    @init($select)

  init: ($select) ->
    @urlTemplate = $select.data('dynamicSelectableUrl')

   @$targetSelect = $($select.data('dynamicSelectableTarget'))

    $select.on 'change', =>
      @clearTarget()

      url = @constructUrl($select.val())

      if url
        $.getJSON url, (data) =>
          $.each data, (index, el) =>

            @$targetSelect.append "<option value='#{el.id}'>#{el.name}</option>"

          @reinitializeTarget()
      else
        @reinitializeTarget()

  reinitializeTarget: ->
    @$targetSelect.trigger("change")

  clearTarget: ->
    @$targetSelect.html('<option></option>')

  constructUrl: (id) ->
    if id && id != ''
      @urlTemplate.replace(/:.+_id/, id)

In javascripts/init.js.coffee:

window.initApp = ->
  $('select[data-dynamic-selectable-url][data-dynamic-selectable-target]').dynamicSelectable()

document.addEventListener 'page:load', initApp

$ initApp

In db/migrate:

create_table :menus do |t|
  t.integer 'hotel_id'    
  t.string 'menu_item_name'
  t.integer 'price'
  t.string 'item_type'
end
add_index("menus","hotel_id")#index is used to search 
end

create_table :categories do |t|
  t.string 'name'
  t.integer 'hotel_id'
end
add_index("categories","hotel_id")
end

I am new in rails.I want to populate data on the menu_item dropdown when i select a category from its parent dropdown. Please help me, i have been stucked in this for 2 days.

Started GET "/offers/index" for 127.0.0.1 at 2014-10-29 16:25:57 +0530
Processing by OffersController#index as HTML
 ←[1m←[35mCategory Load (15.6ms)←[0m  SELECT `categories`.*
FROM `categories`   ORDER BY `categories`.`name` ASC
  Rendered 
offers/index.html.erb within layouts/application (15.6ms)
Completed 

500 Internal Server Error in 32ms

ActionView::Template::Error 

(undefined method `Category' for nil:NilClass):
    316:                           
     <div>
    317:                                        <%= f.label "Select Menu:" %> 

 
    318:
    319:                                        <%= f.collection_select 

:menuName_get, @offer.Category(:menus) || [], :id,:menu_item_name,
:include_blank => true  %>
    320:
    321:
    322:                                

</div>
  app/views/offers/index.html.erb:319:in `block in 

_app_views_offers_index_html_erb___717332836_61645344'


app/views/offers/index.html.erb:303:in 

`_app_views_offers_index_html_erb___717332836_61645344'

Answer 1

You have not set @offer in your controller, something like:

@offer = Offer.first

Then you can use:

@offer.categories

Not @offer.Category note the down case and plural.