Rails - Feb 2011 - How to transfer a javascript value into a symbol used in Ruby on Rails

Hi,

I am currently using Rails 2.0.2 with Ruby 1.8.7. My Prototoype.js
version is 1.7(if required). I am basically trying to integrate the
calendar_date_select plugin in my app.

The link/tutorial I am referring is:
http://ianli.com/site/HowTo/UseCalendarDateSelectRailsPlugin

I am trying to save the date I receive through the date select plugin
and store in a rails symbol :publishing_date.

I am selecting the date using the calendar_date_select plugin. The
selected date gets uploaded into the text field, but I am not sure how
to transfer that returned value onto my publishing_date
attribute(:publishing_date symbol) of my books table.


On manually entering a date I am able to see it reflected in the DB. I
am getting stuck when I am trying to save it through the plugin.

       <%= f.text_field :publishing_date %>

On clicking on the create button I get a null value for the date
selected via the calendar_date_select plugin. I am able to properly
insert values for name of book and author.

My code for a new book looks like this:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

    <%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %>


    <script
src=''/javascripts/calendar_date_select/calendar_date_select.js''
type=''text/javascript''></script>


    <h1>New book</h1>

    <%= error_messages_for :book %>

    <% form_for(@book) do |f| %>
      <p>
        <b>Title</b><br />
        <%= f.text_field :title %>
      </p>

      <p>
        <b>Author</b><br />
        <%= f.text_field :author %>
      </p>


    <p>
        <b>Publishing Date</b><br />


     <%=calendar_date_select_tag f.text_field :publishing_date %>
<!--This way of save/assigning doesn''t work -->

    </p>

       <br />
       <br />
       <br />
       <br />

       <p>
        <%= f.submit "Create" %>
      </p>
    <% end %>

    <%= link_to ''Back'', books_path %>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------



Also once I save it perfectly, could you also please tell me how would I
be able to display this date it in my index.html.erb

My current index.html.erb looks like this:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    <h1>Listing books</h1>

    <table>
      <tr>
        <th>Title</th>
        <th>Author</th>
        <th>Publishing Date</th>
      </tr>

    <% for book in @books %>
      <tr>
        <td><%=h book.title %></td>
        <td><%=h book.author %></td>
        <td><%= book.publishing_date %></td> <!-- Will this
work? -->
        <td><%= link_to ''Show'', book %></td>
        <td><%= link_to ''Edit'', edit_book_path(book)
%></td>
        <td><%= link_to ''Destroy'', book, :confirm
=> ''Are you sure?'',
:method => :delete %></td>
      </tr>
    <% end %>
    </table>
    <%= will_paginate @books %>

    <br />

    <%= link_to ''New book'', new_book_path %>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

An interesting excerpt from the aforementioned tutorial link is given
below:

    The value of the selected date can be accessed by getting the value
of the text field named calendar.

    Using the Prototype Javascript Library, you can do the following to
get the value.

    $F(''calendar'')

The roadblock I am facing is how to call the
`$F(''publishing_date'')` in
my new.html.erb file using the rails `<%=>` tag and then assign that to
my :publishing_date symbol which will eventually be use to update the
publishing_date attribute in my books table.

Thanks for your support.

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On Feb 3, 4:36 pm, Mohnish G j
<li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> An interesting excerpt from the aforementioned tutorial link is given
> below:
>
>     The value of the selected date can be accessed by getting the value
> of the text field named calendar.
>
>     Using the Prototype Javascript Library, you can do the following to
> get the value.
>
>     $F(''calendar'')
>
> The roadblock I am facing is how to call the
`$F(''publishing_date'')` in
> my new.html.erb file using the rails `<%=>` tag and then assign that
to
> my :publishing_date symbol which will eventually be use to update the
> publishing_date attribute in my books table.
>
You can''t. Javascript is client side <%= is server side. You
don''t
need to though. When the form containing the calendar gets submitted,
there will be a calendar parameter (the first argument passed controls
the name).

Fred

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Frederick Cheung wrote in post #979492:
> On Feb 3, 4:36pm, Mohnish G j
<li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> The roadblock I am facing is how to call the
`$F(''publishing_date'')` in
>> my new.html.erb file using the rails `<%=>` tag and then assign
that to
>> my :publishing_date symbol which will eventually be use to update the
>> publishing_date attribute in my books table.
>>
> You can''t. Javascript is client side <%= is server side. You
don''t
> need to though. When the form containing the calendar gets submitted,
> there will be a calendar parameter (the first argument passed controls
> the name).
>
> Fred
HI Fred,

If I can''t call the `$F(''publishing_date'')`, how else
do you think can I
assign the calendar parameter value to the :publishing_date symbol such 
that the value is then stored in the database on submitting via the 
create button. It''s taking a NULL value currently and not the value 
selected via the plugin date interface.


Thanks for your time..

Mohnish

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hey,
i would suggest two checks -
-check of published date column to be of the type datetime.
- check your log files for parameters beimg sent after submitting new
book form. in your case date shpuld be sent as book[published_date]

i am sure second check should help.

On Friday, February 4, 2011, Mohnish G j
<lists-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Frederick Cheung wrote in post #979492:
>> On Feb 3,w 4:36pm, Mohnish G j
<li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> The roadblock I am facing is how to call the
`$F(''publishing_date'')` in
>>> my new.html.erb file using the rails `<%=>` tag and then
assign that to
>>> my :publishing_date symbol which will eventually be use to update
the
>>> publishing_date attribute in my books table.
>>>
>> You can''t. Javascript is client side <%= is server side.
You don''t
>> need to though. When the form containing the calendar gets submitted,
>> there will be a calendar parameter (the first argument passed controls
>> the name).
>>
>> Fred
>
> HI Fred,
>
> If I can''t call the `$F(''publishing_date'')`, how
else do you think can I
> assign the calendar parameter value to the :publishing_date symbol such
> that the value is then stored in the database on submitting via the
> create button. It''s taking a NULL value currently and not the
value
> selected via the plugin date interface.
>
>
> Thanks for your time..
>
> Mohnish
>
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On Feb 4, 1:36 am, Mohnish G j
<li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Frederick Cheung wrote in post #979492:
>
> > On Feb 3, 4:36pm, Mohnish G j
<li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> >> The roadblock I am facing is how to call the
`$F(''publishing_date'')` in
> >> my new.html.erb file using the rails `<%=>` tag and then
assign that to
> >> my :publishing_date symbol which will eventually be use to update
the
> >> publishing_date attribute in my books table.
>
> > You can''t. Javascript is client side <%= is server side.
You don''t
> > need to though. When the form containing the calendar gets submitted,
> > there will be a calendar parameter (the first argument passed controls
> > the name).
>
> > Fred
>
> HI Fred,
>
> If I can''t call the `$F(''publishing_date'')`, how
else do you think can I
> assign the calendar parameter value to the :publishing_date symbol such
> that the value is then stored in the database on submitting via the
> create button. It''s taking a NULL value currently and not the
value
> selected via the plugin date interface.
>
According to the examples at http://2007.electronicholas.com/calendar,
you can do calendar_date_select_tag :publishing_date

Fred
> Thanks for your time..
>
> Mohnish
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ratnadeepdeshmane-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org wrote in post
#979552:
> hey,
> i would suggest two checks -
> -check of published date column to be of the type datetime.
> - check your log files for parameters beimg sent after submitting new
> book form. in your case date shpuld be sent as book[published_date]
>
> i am sure second check should help.
>
> On Friday, February 4, 2011, Mohnish G j
<lists-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>> need to though. When the form containing the calendar gets
submitted,
>> create button. It''s taking a NULL value currently and not the
value
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Hi Ratna,

Thanks for your reply,

The publishing_date variable is of type "date" and not
"datetime", I
just observed that the built in attributes(like created_at,updated_at)
are of type "datetime". Could you please tell me how would this make a
difference or how could it impact the value retrieved from the plugin
which will be eventually stored in the DB.

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Frederick Cheung wrote in post #979561:
> On Feb 4, 1:36am, Mohnish G j
<li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> > need to though. When the form containing the calendar gets
submitted,
>> create button. It''s taking a NULL value currently and not the
value
>> selected via the plugin date interface.
>>
>
> According to the examples at http://2007.electronicholas.com/calendar,
> you can do calendar_date_select_tag :publishing_date
>
> Fred
Hi Fred,

it doesn''t work. I have tried it out earlier also.

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On Feb 4, 10:05 am, Mohnish G j
<li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Fred
>
> Hi Fred,
>
> it doesn''t work. I have tried it out earlier also.
What happens? What do the parameters look like in the log file?

Fred
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Hi Fred,

I am really sorry for replying late..

In the parameters wrt the development.log for books doesn''t consider
publishing_date to be as part of books.

Have a look at this:

Processing BooksController#create (for 127.0.0.1 at 2011-02-07 13:39:33)
[POST]
  Session ID:
BAh7BzoMY3NyZl9pZCIlZWI5YTUwYzBjY2E1NDdhNGI3OTc2M2YyNWFkZDkw%0AMGIiCmZsYXNoSUM6J0FjdGlvbkNvbnRyb2xsZXI6OkZsYXNoOjpGbGFzaEhh%0Ac2h7AAY6CkB1c2VkewA%3D--0abacbbecbc5fbb17e945b639dcbbe7f7520532a
  Parameters: {"commit"=>"Create",
"authenticity_token"=>"8265666eb9501a997981c9c35c6ebc296b0d21b7",
"action"=>"create",
"publishing_date"=>"February 12, 2011",
"controller"=>"books",
"book"=>{"title"=>"abcd8",
"author"=>"defg8"}}
  Book Columns (0.001384)   SHOW FIELDS FROM `books`
  SQL (0.000088)   BEGIN
  Book Create (0.000392)   INSERT INTO `books` (`created_at`, `author`,
`title`, `updated_at`, `publishing_date`) VALUES(''2011-02-07
13:39:33'',
''defg8'', ''abcd8'', ''2011-02-07
13:39:33'', NULL)
  SQL (0.001896)   COMMIT
Redirected to http://localhost:3000/books/1054583410
Completed in 0.01805 (55 reqs/sec) | DB: 0.00376 (20%) | 302 Found
[http://localhost/books]

I had a question, is it because that the calendar_date_select plugin 
takes the date in the format "Month dd, year" and not as of the
standard
attributes like created_at which take "year-month-date", there is a
null
being inserted for publishing_date while creating a new books record?

Thanks

Mohnish

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On Feb 7, 8:17 am, Mohnish G j
<li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hi Fred,
>
> I am really sorry for replying late..
>
> In the parameters wrt the development.log for books doesn''t
consider
> publishing_date to be as part of books.
>
> Have a look at this:
>
> Processing BooksController#create (for 127.0.0.1 at 2011-02-07 13:39:33)
> [POST]
>   Session ID:
> BAh7BzoMY3NyZl9pZCIlZWI5YTUwYzBjY2E1NDdhNGI3OTc2M2YyNWFkZDkw%0AMGIiCmZsYXNo
SUM6J0FjdGlvbkNvbnRyb2xsZXI6OkZsYXNoOjpGbGFzaEhh%0Ac2h7AAY6CkB1c2VkewA%3D--
0abacbbecbc5fbb17e945b639dcbbe7f7520532a
>   Parameters: {"commit"=>"Create",
>
"authenticity_token"=>"8265666eb9501a997981c9c35c6ebc296b0d21b7",
> "action"=>"create",
"publishing_date"=>"February 12, 2011",
> "controller"=>"books",
"book"=>{"title"=>"abcd8",
"author"=>"defg8"}}
>   Book Columns (0.001384)   SHOW FIELDS FROM `books`
>   SQL (0.000088)   BEGIN
>   Book Create (0.000392)   INSERT INTO `books` (`created_at`, `author`,
> `title`, `updated_at`, `publishing_date`) VALUES(''2011-02-07
13:39:33'',
> ''defg8'', ''abcd8'', ''2011-02-07
13:39:33'', NULL)
>   SQL (0.001896)   COMMIT
> Redirected tohttp://localhost:3000/books/1054583410
> Completed in 0.01805 (55 reqs/sec) | DB: 0.00376 (20%) | 302 Found
> [http://localhost/books]
>
> I had a question, is it because that the calendar_date_select plugin
> takes the date in the format "Month dd, year" and not as of the
standard
> attributes like created_at which take "year-month-date", there is
a null
> being inserted for publishing_date while creating a new books record?
>
It''s because the publishing_date parameter is being sent at the top
level (ie params[:publishing_date], much as if you''d written
text_field_tag ''publishing_date''.
Either change the name to ''book[publishing_date]'' or I seem to
recall
there is another form of the helper (analogous to text_field) that
does that for you

Fred
> Thanks
>
> Mohnish
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Frederick Cheung wrote in post #980025:
> On Feb 7, 8:17am, Mohnish G j
<li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> [POST]
>> ''defg8'', ''abcd8'',
''2011-02-07 13:39:33'', NULL)
>>  SQL (0.001896)  COMMIT
>> Redirected tohttp://localhost:3000/books/1054583410
>> Completed in 0.01805 (55 reqs/sec) | DB: 0.00376 (20%) | 302 Found
>> [http://localhost/books]
>>
>> I had a question, is it because that the calendar_date_select plugin
>> takes the date in the format "Month dd, year" and not as of
the standard
>> attributes like created_at which take "year-month-date",
there is a null
>> being inserted for publishing_date while creating a new books record?
>>
> It''s because the publishing_date parameter is being sent at the
top
> level (ie params[:publishing_date], much as if you''d written
> text_field_tag ''publishing_date''.
> Either change the name to ''book[publishing_date]'' or I
seem to recall
> there is another form of the helper (analogous to text_field) that
> does that for you
>
> Fred
Hi Fred,

Good idea:), I didn think of it.. but..

I am able to now get publishing_date in my parameters for book by using
''book[publishing_date]''. But while inserting it inserts a null
value
still.

I figured another way to tackle my issue which worked, In the controller
of books , I gave @book.publishing_date = params[:publishing_date], this
would take the publishing_date at the top level and assign it wrt a
particular book in the controller create action/method.

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