metamaps--metamaps/app/models/user_preference.rb

class UserPreference
  attr_accessor :metacodes

  def initialize
    array = []
    %w(Action Aim Idea Question Note Wildcard Subject).each do |m|
      begin
        metacode = Metacode.find_by_name(m)
        array.push(metacode.id.to_s) if metacode
      rescue ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid
        if m == 'Action'
          Rails.logger.warn("TODO: remove this travis workaround in user_preference.rb")
        end
      end
    end
    @metacodes = array
  end
end