I have a rails application that completes a partial name search function.

Whenever I try to load a certain page I'm getting the error:

NoMethodError in Rx_search_requests#new

Showing /Users/kweihe/pmpaware-webapp/app/views/rx_search_requests/new.html.erb where line #40 raised:

undefined method `partial_last_name?' for #<RxSearchRequest:0x007f9705efeb08>

partial_last_name is an attribute in the rx_search_query.rb model

there's a couple of places in this particular model that call partial_last_name?

if @rx_search_request.partial_last_name?

there's also a couple of places in another model rx_search_partial_query.rb that call partial_last_name?

validates :last_name, length: {minimum: 3}, if: :partial_last_name?

and here

def partial_name_search? partial_last_name? || partial_first_name? end

Any idea why rails would be complaining about an undefined method that is an attribute? partial_last_name is a boolean attribute, so using the question mark just returns true or false.

also, just for reference here is the view snippet that the log is also complaining about

<legend>Patient Info</legend>
            <% FormField.active_roles = current_user.roles %>
            <% c = @rx_request -%>
            <% if FormFields[c].first_name.visible? %>

            <div class='controls <%= FormFields[c].first_name.required? ? 'required' : '' %>'>
              <div class="form-inline partial_checkbox">
                <%= f.label :first_name, 'First Name' %>
                <% if current_user.can? :access, ActionableItem.find_by_path("/RxSearch/Partial Name Search") %>
                <%= f.check_box :partial_first_name, :class => 'partial_search_name'    %> Partial spelling
                <% end %>
              </div>
              <%= f.text_field :first_name %>
            </div>
            <% end %>
            <% if FormFields[c].last_name.visible? %>
            <div class='controls <%= FormFields[c].last_name.required? ? 'required' : '' %>'>
              <div class="form-inline partial_checkbox">
                <%= f.label :last_name, 'Last Name' %>
                <% if current_user.can? :access, ActionableItem.find_by_path("/RxSearch/Partial Name Search") %>
                <%= f.check_box :partial_last_name,:class => 'partial_search_name' %>  Partial spelling
                <% end %>
              </div>
                <%= f.text_field :last_name %>
            </div>
            <% end %>