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Ruby

Nathaniel Smith
Nathaniel Smith
17,927 Points
Posted by Nathaniel Smith
Nathaniel Smith
17,927 Points

Does any one know what I'm getting this. Mysql2::Error: Unknown column 'employees_projects.project_id' in 'where clause'

SELECT accounts.* FROM accounts INNER JOIN employees_projects ON accounts.id = employees_projects.employee_id WHERE accounts.type IN ('Employee') AND employees_projects.project_id = 1 Mysql2::Error: Unknown column 'employees_projects.project_id' in 'where clause': SELECT accounts.* FROM accounts INNER JOIN employees_projects ON accounts.id = employees_projects.employee_id WHERE accounts.type IN ('Employee') AND employees_projects.project_id = 1 ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: Mysql2::Error: Unknown column 'employees_projects.project_id' in 'where clause': SELECT accounts.* FROM accounts INNER JOIN employees_projects ON accounts.id = employees_projects.employee_id WHERE accounts.type IN ('Employee') AND employees_projects.project_id = 1

1 Answer

Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points
Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points

Seems to be an error in one of your associations. (has_many :accounts, belongs_to :employee, etc)

The error seems to be here:

ON accounts.id = employees_projects.employee_id

Somehow the account_id is being set equal to the employee_id, which doesn't make sense. We would need to see more of your code to help you diagnose it further.