Attempts at scope

perpetrator.rb

  1 class Perpetrator < ActiveRecord::Base¬                                                          
  2   attr_accessible :name¬                                                                         
  3 ¬                                                                                                
  4   scope :active_reports, joins(:reports).where(['report.active = ?', true])¬                                                                                                                            
  5 ¬                                                                                                
  6   has_many :reports¬                                                                             
  7 ¬                                                                                                
  8   def to_s¬                                                                                      
  9     name¬                                                                                        
 10   end¬                                                                                           
 11 end¬ 

Report.rb

  1 class Report < ActiveRecord::Base¬
  2   attr_accessible :user_id, :evidence, :location, :time, :perpetrator_id, :new_perpetrator, :bounty, :active¬
  3   attr_accessor :new_perpetrator¬                                                                
  4 ¬  
  5   before_validation :create_new_perpetrator¬                                                     
  6 ¬  
  7   belongs_to :perpetrator¬
  8   belongs_to :user¬
  9 ¬  
 10   scope :active, where(active: true)¬
 11   scope :recent, order('created_at DESC')¬
 12   scope :for_perp, lambda{|perp_id| where(perpetrator_id: perp_id)}¬
 13   scope :for_author, lambda{|user_id| where(user_id: user_id)}¬
 14 ¬  
 15   def close¬
 16     self.active = false¬
 17     self.save¬
 18   end¬
 19 ¬     
 20   private¬
 21 ¬  
 22   def create_new_perpetrator¬
 23     unless perpetrator_id.present?¬
 24       return false unless new_perpetrator.present?¬
 25       self.perpetrator = Perpetrator.find_or_create_by_name(new_perpetrator)¬                    
 26     end¬                                                                                                                                                                                                
 27   end¬                                                                    
 28 end¬