Rails - Dec 2005 - Newbie Q: Controllers and lookup tables - when to initialise

Howdy Gang,
in a major controller that has many methods using the same lookup tables 
for option choices and such, what is the life expectancy of the list 
instances. Is it useful to set these up in the controller initialize 
method - or is that utterly dumb?
Cheers,
Eric

On Dec 15, 2005, at 8:37 PM, Eric Sloane wrote:
> Howdy Gang,
> in a major controller that has many methods using the same lookup  
> tables for option choices and such, what is the life expectancy of  
> the list instances. Is it useful to set these up in the controller  
> initialize method - or is that utterly dumb?
> Cheers,
> Eric
>
Take a look at ActiveRecord Enumerations on the plugins page:

http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/Plugins

Duane Johnson
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Looks like what I''m after Duane - Thanks - Eric
Duane Johnson wrote:
> 
> On Dec 15, 2005, at 8:37 PM, Eric Sloane wrote:
> 
>> Howdy Gang,
>> in a major controller that has many methods using the same lookup 
>> tables for option choices and such, what is the life expectancy of the 
>> list instances. Is it useful to set these up in the controller 
>> initialize method - or is that utterly dumb?
>> Cheers,
>> Eric
>>
> 
> Take a look at ActiveRecord Enumerations on the plugins page:
> 
> http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/Plugins
> 
> Duane Johnson
> (canadaduane)
> 
> 
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Hi again - Actually would that also answer my other question ;

HOW DO I populate options from previous option click?
> Hi,
> I have a form with three drop down option lists. Currently each of these 
contain full listings as instantiated in the controller on entering the edit
action. What I would like to do is filter the second list based on what the user
selected on the first and the third filtered to reflect the second.
> For example I have major_role, role and person_in_role = role is a subset
of major_role and person_in_role is one qualified to act in role
> Kind Regards,
> Eric
Thanks Mate,
Eric.


Duane Johnson wrote:
> 
> On Dec 15, 2005, at 8:37 PM, Eric Sloane wrote:
> 
>> Howdy Gang,
>> in a major controller that has many methods using the same lookup 
>> tables for option choices and such, what is the life expectancy of the 
>> list instances. Is it useful to set these up in the controller 
>> initialize method - or is that utterly dumb?
>> Cheers,
>> Eric
>>
> 
> Take a look at ActiveRecord Enumerations on the plugins page:
> 
> http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/Plugins
> 
> Duane Johnson
> (canadaduane)
> 
> 
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On Dec 15, 2005, at 10:42 PM, Eric Sloane wrote:
> Hi again - Actually would that also answer my other question ;
>
> HOW DO I populate options from previous option click?
>> Hi,
>> I have a form with three drop down option lists. Currently each of  
>> these  contain full listings as instantiated in the controller on  
>> entering the edit action. What I would like to do is filter the  
>> second list based on what the user selected on the first and the  
>> third filtered to reflect the second.
>> For example I have major_role, role and person_in_role = role is a  
>> subset of major_role and person_in_role is one qualified to act in  
>> role
>> Kind Regards,
>> Eric
>
> Thanks Mate,
> Eric.
>
I would use something like qForms for this.  It seems to do a nice  
job, and can interoperate with Rails conventions quite well.

http://pengoworks.com/index.cfm?action=get:qforms

Duane Johnson
(canadaduane)

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