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John Marsan

2005-Feb-16 04:23 UTC

Beginners Question

I''m just picking up rails...I''ve got a few questions.

First, I''d like to get some input and parrot it back.   I''m
trying the following in my .rhtml file but it isn''t working.  What am I
missing here?

<html>
<head>
<title>Search</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Search for Filings</h1>
<p>
Use this page to find filings from a given company or organization.
</p>
<form action="" method="POST">
<p><b>Search for Companies Filings: </b><input
type="text" name="companyName" value="<%=
@companyToSearchFor %>" size="50"/>
</form>
<p>
Searching for...<%= @companyToSearchFor %>
</p>

</body>
</html>

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Brian L.

2005-Feb-16 05:08 UTC

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Re: Beginners Question

It would be good to know what your controller/model code looks like,
what you expect for this code to do, and what it does in practice
(errors, etc). Also whether you''re using layouts, what the rhtml file
is, etc. There''s a number of people here who are glad to help if
enough information regarding the problem is given.

Brian



On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:23:50 -0600, John Marsan
<jmarsan-JxUet7QE5mQXhy9q4Lf3Ug@public.gmane.org>
wrote:>  
> I''m just picking up rails...I''ve got a few questions. 
>   
> First, I''d like to get some input and parrot it back.  
I''m trying the
> following in my .rhtml file but it isn''t working.  What am I
missing here?
>   
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>Search</title>
> </head>
> <body>
> <h1>Search for Filings</h1>
> <p>
> Use this page to find filings from a given company or organization.
> </p>
> <form action="" method="POST">
> <p><b>Search for Companies Filings: </b><input
type="text"
> name="companyName" value="<%= @companyToSearchFor
%>" size="50"/>
> </form>
> <p>
> Searching for...<%= @companyToSearchFor %>
> </p> 
> 
> </body>
> </html> 
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> 
> 

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John Marsan

2005-Feb-16 05:28 UTC

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Re: Beginners Question

The controller looks like:

class FilingController < ApplicationController

        scaffold :filing

        def search
                @filings = Filing.find_all("company_name =
''''")
        end
end

The .rhtml was posted below.  What I''m trying to do is get some input
and
use it as a filter/search on a simple database with just two fields, one 
being company name.  So, I''d like to get the user to type in a company
name
and then display just those records matching the name.  I''m not getting
any
errors with this code - it just doesn''t do what I''d expect
which is to print
out what ever was entered into the text box - the data I enter is not 
printed out.

Thanks for the help.

John

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> It would be good to know what your controller/model code looks like,
> what you expect for this code to do, and what it does in practice
> (errors, etc). Also whether you''re using layouts, what the rhtml
file
> is, etc. There''s a number of people here who are glad to help if
> enough information regarding the problem is given.
>
> Brian
>
>
>
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:23:50 -0600, John Marsan
<jmarsan-JxUet7QE5mQXhy9q4Lf3Ug@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> I''m just picking up rails...I''ve got a few questions.
>>
>> First, I''d like to get some input and parrot it back.  
I''m trying the
>> following in my .rhtml file but it isn''t working.  What am I
missing
>> here?
>>
>> <html>
>> <head>
>> <title>Search</title>
>> </head>
>> <body>
>> <h1>Search for Filings</h1>
>> <p>
>> Use this page to find filings from a given company or organization.
>> </p>
>> <form action="" method="POST">
>> <p><b>Search for Companies Filings: </b><input
type="text"
>> name="companyName" value="<%= @companyToSearchFor
%>" size="50"/>
>> </form>
>> <p>
>> Searching for...<%= @companyToSearchFor %>
>> </p>
>>
>> </body>
>> </html>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Rails mailing list
>> Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org
>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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>
> then nothing.
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> bluczkie-OM76b2Iv3yLQjUSlxSEPGw@public.gmane.org, don''t be
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> but mail will be forwarded here indefinitely)
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Jarkko Laine

2005-Feb-16 07:03 UTC

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Re: Beginners Question

John,

On 16.2.2005, at 07:28, John Marsan wrote:
> The controller looks like:
>
> class FilingController < ApplicationController
>
>        scaffold :filing
>
>        def search
>                @filings = Filing.find_all("company_name =
''''")
>        end
> end
1. You have to separate the process between normal page load (get) and 
a form post (post) since you''re using the same action for both (which 
is not a bad idea at all).
2. You don''t set the var @companyToSearchFor anywhere.
3. You don''t have an action specified for the form. I''m not
sure if
that defaults to the current page, tho.
4. Where do you want the results to show up, and how?

Here''s a bit of help to get you further:

def search
	case @request.method
		when :get
			# this is the normal page load
			@companyToSearchFor = ""
			render
		when :post
			# this is what happens after you post the form
			@companyToSearchFor = @params["companyName"]
			@filings = Filing.find_all(["company_name = ?",
@companyToSearchFor])
	end
end

I don''t fully get what you''re trying to accomplish with the
view below
but it should now more or less work. You probably want to show the 
filings in there, too, tho.

You might also want to take a closer look at helper functions that help 
you build form and input tags:
http://rails.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Helpers/TagHelper.html
http://rails.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html


//jarkko
>>>
>>> <html>
>>> <head>
>>> <title>Search</title>
>>> </head>
>>> <body>
>>> <h1>Search for Filings</h1>
>>> <p>
>>> Use this page to find filings from a given company or organization.
>>> </p>
>>> <form action="" method="POST">
>>> <p><b>Search for Companies Filings: </b><input
type="text"
>>> name="companyName" value="<%= @companyToSearchFor
%>" size="50"/>
>>> </form>
>>> <p>
>>> Searching for...<%= @companyToSearchFor %>
>>> </p>
>>>
>>> </body>
>>> </html>



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John Marsan

2005-Feb-17 02:17 UTC

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Re: Beginners Question

Jarkko - Thanks for the help! 

John,

On 16.2.2005, at 07:28, John Marsan wrote:
> The controller looks like:
>
> class FilingController < ApplicationController
>
>        scaffold :filing
>
>        def search
>                @filings = Filing.find_all("company_name =
''''")
>        end
> end
1. You have to separate the process between normal page load (get) and 
a form post (post) since you''re using the same action for both (which 
is not a bad idea at all).
2. You don''t set the var @companyToSearchFor anywhere.
3. You don''t have an action specified for the form. I''m not
sure if
that defaults to the current page, tho.
4. Where do you want the results to show up, and how?

Here''s a bit of help to get you further:

def search
 case @request.method
  when :get
   # this is the normal page load
   @companyToSearchFor = ""
   render
  when :post
   # this is what happens after you post the form
   @companyToSearchFor = @params["companyName"]
   @filings = Filing.find_all(["company_name = ?",
@companyToSearchFor])
 end
end

I don''t fully get what you''re trying to accomplish with the
view below
but it should now more or less work. You probably want to show the 
filings in there, too, tho.

You might also want to take a closer look at helper functions that help 
you build form and input tags:
http://rails.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Helpers/TagHelper.html
http://rails.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html


//jarkko
>>>
>>> <html>
>>> <head>
>>> <title>Search</title>
>>> </head>
>>> <body>
>>> <h1>Search for Filings</h1>
>>> <p>
>>> Use this page to find filings from a given company or organization.
>>> </p>
>>> <form action="" method="POST">
>>> <p><b>Search for Companies Filings: </b><input
type="text"
>>> name="companyName" value="<%= @companyToSearchFor
%>" size="50"/>
>>> </form>
>>> <p>
>>> Searching for...<%= @companyToSearchFor %>
>>> </p>
>>>
>>> </body>
>>> </html>

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