Hi all,
Im working on a copy contact info into project method. Nosing aroundwith IRB I
see a hex value. Named Contact:0x40ca01cc
#<Contact:0x40ca01cc @attributes={"name"=>"GP-net",
"id"=>"7",
"lastname"=>"Petersen",
"firstname"=>"Gerard"}>
Why is it there like that and not in a human readable way?
-- Method:
@project = Project.new
@project_contact = ProjectContact.new
@contacts_list = Contact.find_by_sql(''select t1.name, t2.firstname,
t2.lastname, t2.id from companies AS t1, contacts AS t2 where t1.id =
t2.company_id order by t1.name'')
@project_contacts = @contacts_list.collect { |c| [ c.name + " - " +
c.firstname + " " + c.lastname, c.id ] }
render_action ''edit_project''
-- Models:
class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
has_one :project_contact
has_many :project_products
end
class ProjectContact < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :project
end
class ProjectProduct < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :project
end
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Triple-Iso-Bifurcated-Krypton-Gate-MOS process ..."
My $Grtz =~ Gerard;
~
:wq!
Gerard wrote:> Hi all, > > Im working on a copy contact info into project method. Nosing aroundwith IRB I > see a hex value. Named Contact:0x40ca01cc > > #<Contact:0x40ca01cc @attributes={"name"=>"GP-net", "id"=>"7", > "lastname"=>"Petersen", "firstname"=>"Gerard"}> > > Why is it there like that and not in a human readable way?That *is* the human readable way :-) It''s Ruby''s internal ID for that specific Contact instance, rather than anything related to the database. if you did another Contact.find(7), you''d get the same DB info, but that hex number would be different. I don''t know how it''s implemented internally, but I wouldn''t be surprised if it was a hash key, or an address lookup of some form. -- Alex
Alex, Thanx. I just thought I was asking my app the wrong questions. Regards, Gerard. On Friday 06 January 2006 13:20, Alex Young tried to type something like:> Gerard wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Im working on a copy contact info into project method. Nosing aroundwith > > IRB I see a hex value. Named Contact:0x40ca01cc > > > > #<Contact:0x40ca01cc @attributes={"name"=>"GP-net", "id"=>"7", > > "lastname"=>"Petersen", "firstname"=>"Gerard"}> > > > > Why is it there like that and not in a human readable way? > > That *is* the human readable way :-) It''s Ruby''s internal ID for that > specific Contact instance, rather than anything related to the database. > if you did another Contact.find(7), you''d get the same DB info, but > that hex number would be different. > > I don''t know how it''s implemented internally, but I wouldn''t be > surprised if it was a hash key, or an address lookup of some form.-- "Who cares if it doesn''t do anything? It was made with our new Triple-Iso-Bifurcated-Krypton-Gate-MOS process ..." My $Grtz =~ Gerard; ~ :wq!