Hi
I am having issues with getting my pretty urls to work.
routes.rb:
map.connect '':user'' , :controller =>
''front'' ,
:action => ''list'' ,
:filter => ''user''
front_controller.rb:
def list
@advert_pages, @adverts = paginate :adverts, :per_page => 10
@user = User.find(params[:id])
@userAdverts = @user.adverts.find(:all)
end
http://localhost:3009/dawie
where dawie is one of the users
gives me an error: Couldn''t find User without an ID
which makes sense.
My problem is that I don''t know how to set up my controller so it knows
that
http://localhost:3009/dawie
should route to or act the same as:
http://localhost:3009/front/list/12
Do I have to change the way my list function works? So it doesn''t need
the parameter. How does the userId(12) get mapped to the
username(dawie)?
David
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David Smit wrote:> routes.rb: > map.connect '':user'' , :controller => ''front'' , > :action => ''list'' , > :filter => ''user'' > > front_controller.rb: > def list > @advert_pages, @adverts = paginate :adverts, :per_page => 10 > > @user = User.find(params[:id]) > @userAdverts = @user.adverts.find(:all) > endYou want @user = User.find_by_name(params[:user]) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Chris Carter wrote:> David Smit wrote: >> routes.rb: >> map.connect '':user'' , :controller => ''front'' , >> :action => ''list'' , >> :filter => ''user'' >> >> front_controller.rb: >> def list >> @advert_pages, @adverts = paginate :adverts, :per_page => 10 >> >> @user = User.find(params[:id]) >> @userAdverts = @user.adverts.find(:all) >> end > > You want @user = User.find_by_name(params[:user])Do I have to write a find_by_name function in the user Model? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> Do I have to write a find_by_name function in the user Model?Nope! It''s magic. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> Do I have to write a find_by_name function in the user Model?If you have a ''name'' column, ''find_by_name'' will work automatically - it''s a dynamic finder and is a neat feature of active record. Have a look at: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Base.html under ''Dynamic attribute-based finders''. Steve -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Stephen Bartholomew wrote:>> Do I have to write a find_by_name function in the user Model? > If you have a ''name'' column, ''find_by_name'' will work automatically - > it''s a dynamic finder and is a neat feature of active record. > > Have a look at: > http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Base.html under ''Dynamic > attribute-based finders''. > > SteveThanks guys. This is an awsome forum. My issue was that I had to use find_by_login (because my db colum is called login and not name) This blog post really helped me: http://quirks.exposured.com/ruby/find_by_-methods-in-rails/ Thanks David -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.