I''m currently building a small app that''s going to be used to keep track of the amount of time spend on customers of the company I work for. This mainly consists of object with a begin time, an end time and a calculation of the difference between those timestamps (actual time spend on the job). I made a small form with a datetime_select helper for the begin and end time (the column type inside the DB is also dateselect). Because the actual time spend on the job can be less then the difference between begin and end I want this time to be selectable too. Because this attribute only holds hours and minutes I tried to use the select_time helper. Unfortunately there seems to be a small bug in this helper cause the fieldname that''s being parsed is always date["name you give to it using the :field_name option"]. I just tried the datetime_select using the :discard_year and -month options, but this helper always needs the year selection field (probably has something to do with the fact that Time.gm() requires at least the year argument). Although this works (the value inside the ''time'' column is nicely being mapped to the ''time'' field it just doesn''t look right with the year selection field being displayed. The question is: is there an easy and elegant way to solve this problem or will I have to build my own time_select helper using the hour and minute field? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Have you seen http://www.formassembly.com/time-tracker/ ? I think it is a nice solution to the problem you are trying to solve. Of course if you want it to be local or want to solve the problem for the purpose of learning, that is a different story. On 12/23/05, Arjen Roodselaar <arjen-GHLZCv3jjnasTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > I''m currently building a small app that''s going to be used to keep track > of the amount of time spend on customers of the company I work for. > This mainly consists of object with a begin time, an end time and a > calculation of the difference between those timestamps (actual time > spend on the job). > > I made a small form with a datetime_select helper for the begin and end > time (the column type inside the DB is also dateselect). Because the > actual time spend on the job can be less then the difference between > begin and end I want this time to be selectable too. Because this > attribute only holds hours and minutes I tried to use the select_time > helper. Unfortunately there seems to be a small bug in this helper cause > the fieldname that''s being parsed is always date["name you give to it > using the :field_name option"]. > I just tried the datetime_select using the :discard_year and -month > options, but this helper always needs the year selection field (probably > has something to do with the fact that Time.gm() requires at least the > year argument). Although this works (the value inside the ''time'' column > is nicely being mapped to the ''time'' field it just doesn''t look right > with the year selection field being displayed. > > The question is: is there an easy and elegant way to solve this problem > or will I have to build my own time_select helper using the hour and > minute field? > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >_______________________________________________ Rails mailing list Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
Eden Brandeis wrote:> Have you seen http://www.formassembly.com/time-tracker/ ?It looks like a nice standalone application, but I''m writing this app so it can be integrated in our intranet and ticketsystem. Besides that, I''m using this project to give myself a crash course RoR :) Anybody else who is experiencing my ''problem''? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Arjen Roodselaar wrote:> > It looks like a nice standalone application, but I''m writing this app so > it can be integrated in our intranet and ticketsystem. Besides that, I''m > using this project to give myself a crash course RoR :) > > Anybody else who is experiencing my ''problem''?Yes, I noticed the exact same thing using select_time and the :field_name option. I solved this by using the :prefix option to set the field name to something else (in my case ''starttime''). My html source now shows <select name="starttime[hour]"> and <select name="starttime[minute]">. In the create function in my controller I do the following to get the correct time (starttime is a mysql ''time'' column in a ''users'' table): @user.starttime = Time.gm(2005,1,1,@params[''starttime''][''hour''], @params[''starttime''][''minute'']) I''m a rails newbie, so I don''t know if this is the correct ''rails way'' to handle this, it worked for me but it seemed cumbersome. Is there any info anywhere on how I can make a select_time helper myself to work just like the datetime_select helper ? While doing this, being new to rails (and only hacked together a couple of lines of code in ruby), I wondered why params[:starttime][:minute] seemed to be the same as @params[''starttime''][''minute'']. Is it the same ? Which notation is preferred ? Piet. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Piet, thanks for your input. I was already thinking about doing it the same way, but I''m still having problems with my ''edit'' action (the values are not being put back into the form). If you happened to solve this problem, sharing your code would be appreciated! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Arjen Roodselaar wrote:> Piet, thanks for your input. I was already thinking about doing it the > same way, but I''m still having problems with my ''edit'' action (the > values are not being put back into the form). If you happened to solve > this problem, sharing your code would be appreciated!Well, I just did... here''s what I put in my form (or should I say view?): <p><label for="user_starttime">Start Time</label><br/> <%= select_time (@user.starttime, :prefix => ''starttime'') %></p> In my controller: def update @user = User.find(params[:id]) @user.starttime = Time.gm(2005,1,1, @params[''starttime''][''hour''], @params[''starttime''][''minute'']) if @user.update_attributes(params[:user]) Hope this helps. Since these are my first rails steps I really don''t know what I''m doing and can''t give you any decent explanation or even name things the way they''re called. I hope you realize I just handed over almost 100% of the rails code I made thus far ;) I just wished someone would be able to point at how to make a decent select_time helper function along the lines of how datetime_select works. It suprises me there''s no standard ActiveRecord way to handle ''time'' columns. I guess I''ll have to dig into the rails bowels myself... (or maybe I''m not seeing ''it'' yet?) Piet. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Piet, Sorry, you''re right you posted your code. I think I was sleeping yesterday. I managed to hack up the original datetime_select (wasn''t that hard after all) to allow just time selection. It''s still a bit messy, so I want to clean up first before posting. I''ll probably submit it as a patch to the developers so it can be included in the next release. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.