On Sunday, July 29, 2012 12:08:09 AM UTC+1, Ruby-Forum.com User
wrote:>
> my app has user, photo, and state models. 
> a user belongs to a state and thusly has a state_id field, 
> a user has many photos. 
> I have the photos view set up as the home page. 
> I am trying to set up a select tag and form tag to filter through the 
> photos by which state is selected. 
> My files are: 
>
> view 
>
>   <%= form_tag photos_path, :method => ''get''
do%>
>
>           <%= select("state", "name",
State.all.collect(&:name)) %>
>     <%= submit_tag "State" %> 
>   <% end %> 
>
>
>
> controller 
>
>   if (params[:state] ) 
>         statesmen = State.find_by_name(params[:state][:name]).users 
>         statesmen.each do |person| 
>           @photos = Photo.where(:user_id => person.id) 
>         end 
>   else ..... 
>
> My questions are 1 
> Is there a better way to collect the photos?  Theres gotta be.  Should I 
> just give the photo a state_id field? 
>
>  
If you added a has_many :photos, :through => :users associations to State 
then you should be able to do state.photos
 
> and 2 
> Why can''t I do it this way 
>
> Well you haven''t said what''s not working, but at a guess
it''s because
you''re just assigning to @photos again and again rather than addinging
the
individuals results together
Fred
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