Rails - Feb 2008 - Problem displaying author's name on the post assigned

hi all,

newb still learning here, i''m having problems displaying the
author''s
login name and instead it''s displaying the author''s id# in
mysql. i''m
currently using the acts_as_authenticated plug in which seems to be
working fine and i''ve assigned the posts to the authors by: @post.user
current_user

the user login is stored as login but i have no idea how to call the
user''s login field in the controller i was thinking using something
like
@user = @user.login but it didn''t work so i gues i''m doing
something
wrong.

here is the code:

in the controller:
def show
    store_location
    @post = Post.find(params[:id])

  end

in the view:
<span>
Posted by : <%= link_to @post.user_id -%>
<%= distance_of_time_in_words_to_now(@post.created_at) %> ago
</span>

<span>
<%= @post.location %></span>


thank you alll
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Richard Yoo wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> newb still learning here, i''m having problems displaying the
author''s
> login name and instead it''s displaying the author''s id#
in mysql. i''m
> currently using the acts_as_authenticated plug in which seems to be
> working fine and i''ve assigned the posts to the authors by:
@post.user > current_user
> 
> the user login is stored as login but i have no idea how to call the
> user''s login field in the controller i was thinking using
something like
> @user = @user.login but it didn''t work so i gues i''m
doing something
> wrong.
> 
> here is the code:
> 
> in the controller:
> def show
>     store_location
>     @post = Post.find(params[:id])
> 
>   end
> 
> in the view:
> <span>
> Posted by : <%= link_to @post.user_id -%>
> <%= distance_of_time_in_words_to_now(@post.created_at) %> ago
> </span>
> 
> <span>
> <%= @post.location %></span>
> 
> 
> thank you alll
Try this:


Posted by: <%= link_to @post.user.login, :controller =>
''users'', :action
=> ''show'', :id => @post.user %>


Assuming you have a UsersController with a show action, this should 
work. You could clean it up a bit with name routes.
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