I''m having trouble getting a singular class name to work with rails.
We have a table, software, that lists all the software. We want a
SoftwareController, Software model, and then REST paths like
new_software_path
I''ve tried using the Inflector in config/environment.rb, but neither
of these works:
Inflector.inflections do |inflect|
inflect.uncountable %w(software) # Nope
inflect.irregular ''software'', ''software''
# Nope
end
I can only get it to work by explicitly linking to :controller =>
''software'', and even then it wants to force-load
SoftwaresHelper from
helpers/softwares_helper.rb
Any hints?
-Nate
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Thinking out loud here: Assuming that your model is defined like this: class Software < ActiveRecord::Base set_table_name "software" end Then that will take care of the plural Softwares stuff... I think that the RESTFul routing might expect plural controllers... but rails 1.2.2 (released yesterday) can help solve that problem - see singular resources in the following post: http://weblog.rubyonrails.com/2007/2/6/rails-1-2-2-sqlite3-gems-singular-resources On 2/7/07, Nate Wiger <nwiger-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > > I''m having trouble getting a singular class name to work with rails. > We have a table, software, that lists all the software. We want a > SoftwareController, Software model, and then REST paths like > new_software_path > > I''ve tried using the Inflector in config/environment.rb, but neither > of these works: > > Inflector.inflections do |inflect| > inflect.uncountable %w(software) # Nope > inflect.irregular ''software'', ''software'' # Nope > end > > I can only get it to work by explicitly linking to :controller => > ''software'', and even then it wants to force-load SoftwaresHelper from > helpers/softwares_helper.rb > > Any hints? > > -Nate > > > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On Feb 7, 7:15 am, "Nate Wiger" <nwi...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> I''ve tried using the Inflector in config/environment.rb, but neither > of these works: > > Inflector.inflections do |inflect| > inflect.uncountable %w(software) # Nope > inflect.irregular ''software'', ''software'' # Nope > endAfter the inflections, add this line: ActionController::Routing::Routes.reload However, also look into Brian''s comment about the singular resources. Dan Manges --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
A couple of thoughts on this:
Singular resources aren''t useful when you''re using an
Inflector#uncountable object in a has_many relationship. In my case,
I''ve got Personnel. The singular and plural form of Personnel remains
the same, so in config/environment.rb, I set up
Inflector.inflections do |inflect|
inflect.uncountable %w( personnel )
end
then I ran my script/generate scaffold_resource Personnel. After
adding
self.table_name = ''personnel''
to the model, I still had to monkey the routes around.
In Rails 1.2.1, this works just fine:
map.resources :personnel, :controller => ''personnel'',
:singular =>
''personnel''
After a mongrel_rails restart, everything was working as expected.
In Rails 1.2.2, this same code falls apart and fails. In my case, I
don''t want to use a singular resource, because the following URL:
http://example.com/personnel
should give me the index action, the list of personnel available.
With singular resource, that URL is mapped to the show action.
- Jared
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> A couple of thoughts on this: > > Singular resources aren''t useful when you''re using an > Inflector#uncountable object in a has_many relationship. In my case, > I''ve got Personnel. The singular and plural form of Personnel remains > the same, so in config/environment.rb, I set up > Inflector.inflections do |inflect| > inflect.uncountable %w( personnel ) > end > > then I ran my script/generate scaffold_resource Personnel. After > adding > self.table_name = ''personnel'' > to the model, I still had to monkey the routes around. > > In Rails 1.2.1, this works just fine: > map.resources :personnel, :controller => ''personnel'', :singular => > ''personnel'' > > After a mongrel_rails restart, everything was working as expected. > > In Rails 1.2.2, this same code falls apart and fails. In my case, I > don''t want to use a singular resource, because the following URL: > http://example.com/personnel > should give me the index action, the list of personnel available. > With singular resource, that URL is mapped to the show action. > > - JaredSingular resources are for resources that don''t have index actions. For instance, an app like Basecamp has some notion of Accounts. Yet, perhaps you want users to view and modify their own account from http://rick.foo.com/account. /account maps to the show action and gets the id value from somewhere else. In this case, it would probably do something like Account.find_by_name(''rick''). Other use cases include: /settings /users/5/avatar etc. I have no clue if Basecamp does this, I just use that as an example... -- Rick Olson http://weblog.techno-weenie.net http://mephistoblog.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
I''d been hoping to get a good explanation of Singular Resources, thanks Rick! On another note, the following does fall apart on Rails 1.2.1: map.resources :personnel, :controller => ''personnel'', :singular => ''personnel'' Because the url_for helper can''t distinguish between: personnel_path - Plural, should map to Index personnel_path(@personnel) - Singular should map to show. If I''m looking at a ''show'' page, such as http://example.com/personnel/ 1, the following helper <%= link_to ''Back'', personnel_path %> still generates http://example.com/personnel/1, since it''s picking up the params[:id] value of the current page. My workaround was to change the singular name, since the plural name looks singular: map.resources :personnel, :controller => ''personnel'', :singular => ''person'' and use <%= link_to ''Show'', person_path(@personnel) %> for all my singular-style link_to helpers. On Feb 9, 4:44 pm, "Rick Olson" <technowee...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > A couple of thoughts on this: > > > Singular resources aren''t useful when you''re using an > > Inflector#uncountable object in a has_many relationship. In my case, > > I''ve got Personnel. The singular and plural form of Personnel remains > > the same, so in config/environment.rb, I set up > > Inflector.inflections do |inflect| > > inflect.uncountable %w( personnel ) > > end > > > then I ran my script/generate scaffold_resource Personnel. After > > adding > > self.table_name = ''personnel'' > > to the model, I still had to monkey the routes around. > > > In Rails 1.2.1, this works just fine: > > map.resources :personnel, :controller => ''personnel'', :singular => > > ''personnel'' > > > After a mongrel_rails restart, everything was working as expected. > > > In Rails 1.2.2, this same code falls apart and fails. In my case, I > > don''t want to use a singular resource, because the following URL: > >http://example.com/personnel > > should give me the index action, the list of personnel available. > > With singular resource, that URL is mapped to the show action. > > > - Jared > > Singular resources are for resources that don''t have index actions. > For instance, an app like Basecamp has some notion of Accounts. Yet, > perhaps you want users to view and modify their own account fromhttp://rick.foo.com/account. /account maps to the show action and > gets the id value from somewhere else. In this case, it would > probably do something like Account.find_by_name(''rick''). Other use > cases include: > > /settings > /users/5/avatar > > etc. > > I have no clue if Basecamp does this, I just use that as an example... > > -- > Rick Olsonhttp://weblog.techno-weenie.nethttp://mephistoblog.com--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---