lib/hobo/scopes/automatic_scopes.rb in hobo-0.8.5 vs lib/hobo/scopes/automatic_scopes.rb in hobo-0.8.6

@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@
     module AutomaticScopes
 
       def create_automatic_scope(name)
         ScopeBuilder.new(self, name).create_scope
       rescue ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid => e
-        # Problem with the database? Don't try to create automatic scopes
-        ActiveRecord::Base.logger.warn "!! Database exception during hobo auto-scope creation -- continuing automatic scopes"
-        ActiveRecord::Base.logger.warn "!! #{e.to_s}"
+        # Problem with the database? Don't try to create automatic
+        # scopes
+        if ActiveRecord::Base.logger
+          ActiveRecord::Base.logger.warn "!! Database exception during hobo auto-scope creation -- continuing automatic scopes"
+          ActiveRecord::Base.logger.warn "!! #{e.to_s}"
+        end
         false
       end
 
     end
 
@@ -194,10 +197,10 @@
           def_scope do |time1, time2|
             { :conditions => ["#{column_sql(col)} >= ? AND #{column_sql(col)} <= ?", time1, time2] }
           end
 
          # active (a lifecycle state)
-        elsif @klass.has_lifecycle? && name.in?(@klass::Lifecycle.state_names)
+        elsif @klass.has_lifecycle? && name.to_sym.in?(@klass::Lifecycle.state_names)
 
           if @klass::Lifecycle.state_names.length == 1
             # nothing to check for - create a dummy scope
             def_scope :conditions => ""
             true