Hi,
thanks in adavance for any help/insights.
i have just finished creating a Magazine model class, that is it''s own
little object, not backed by a db. altogether i have 20 magazines or so,
and they won''t change throughout the application, so there is no need
for a table to back these up. hence, i created the following:
class Magazine
attr_accessor ...
def initialize(mag_id, title, description)
@mag_id = mag_id
@title = title
@description = description
end
end
mag0 = Newsletter.new(0, ''cosmo'', ''description of the
cosmo mag goes
here'')
mag1 = Newsletter.new(1, ''pc magazine'', ''description
of the pcs and all
the computers and stuff goes here, ya '')
mag2 = Newsletter.new(2, ''road trips are good'',
''description of other
trips'')
mag3 = Newsletter.new(3, ''blahs and yas'',
''description of the pcs and
all the computers and stuff goes here, ya '')
mag4 = Newsletter.new(4, ''moo papa'', ''gulu is a
article sombrero'')
the above objects work fine when i put them straight into the rhtml i
want to display them, but i was hoping that there was a conventional
place that i''m not aware of on where to put these, as when i put them
in
the model, the app didn''t recognize these objects.
i can''t put this in enviornment.rb, although for some reason, i feel as
if i should...how should i go about this issue?
many thanks,
harp
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harp wrote:> Hi, > > thanks in adavance for any help/insights. > i have just finished creating a Magazine model class, that is it''s own > little object, not backed by a db. altogether i have 20 magazines or so, > and they won''t change throughout the application, so there is no need > for a table to back these up. hence, i created the following: > > class Magazine > > attr_accessor ... > > def initialize(mag_id, title, description) > @mag_id = mag_id > @title = title > @description = description > end > > end > > mag0 = Newsletter.new(0, ''cosmo'', ''description of the cosmo mag goes > here'') > mag1 = Newsletter.new(1, ''pc magazine'', ''description of the pcs and all > the computers and stuff goes here, ya '') > mag2 = Newsletter.new(2, ''road trips are good'', ''description of other > trips'') > mag3 = Newsletter.new(3, ''blahs and yas'', ''description of the pcs and > all the computers and stuff goes here, ya '') > mag4 = Newsletter.new(4, ''moo papa'', ''gulu is a article sombrero'') > > > the above objects work fine when i put them straight into the rhtml i > want to display them, but i was hoping that there was a conventional > place that i''m not aware of on where to put these, as when i put them in > the model, the app didn''t recognize these objects. > > i can''t put this in enviornment.rb, although for some reason, i feel as > if i should...how should i go about this issue? > > many thanks, > > harpI''m assuming that the code you''ve shown above is all in one file. If this is the case then those mag0,1,2,4 variables are only scoped to that file. Putting the Magazine class file in the models directory is the right thing to do. You could try... class Magazine def self.all_magazines end mag0 = Newsletter.new(0, ''cosmo'', ''description of the cosmo mag goes here'') mag1 = Newsletter.new(1, ''pc magazine'', ''description of the pcs and all the computers and stuff goes here, ya '') mag2 = Newsletter.new(2, ''road trips are good'', ''description of other trips'') mag3 = Newsletter.new(3, ''blahs and yas'', ''description of the pcs and all the computers and stuff goes here, ya '') mag4 = Newsletter.new(4, ''moo papa'', ''gulu is a article sombrero'') -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
harp wrote:> Hi, > > thanks in adavance for any help/insights. > i have just finished creating a Magazine model class, that is it''s own > little object, not backed by a db. altogether i have 20 magazines or so, > and they won''t change throughout the application, so there is no need > for a table to back these up. hence, i created the following: > > class Magazine > > attr_accessor ... > > def initialize(mag_id, title, description) > @mag_id = mag_id > @title = title > @description = description > end > > end > > mag0 = Newsletter.new(0, ''cosmo'', ''description of the cosmo mag goes > here'') > mag1 = Newsletter.new(1, ''pc magazine'', ''description of the pcs and all > the computers and stuff goes here, ya '') > mag2 = Newsletter.new(2, ''road trips are good'', ''description of other > trips'') > mag3 = Newsletter.new(3, ''blahs and yas'', ''description of the pcs and > all the computers and stuff goes here, ya '') > mag4 = Newsletter.new(4, ''moo papa'', ''gulu is a article sombrero'') > > > the above objects work fine when i put them straight into the rhtml i > want to display them, but i was hoping that there was a conventional > place that i''m not aware of on where to put these, as when i put them in > the model, the app didn''t recognize these objects. > > i can''t put this in enviornment.rb, although for some reason, i feel as > if i should...how should i go about this issue? > > many thanks, > > harpObjects you want available in the view should be set up in the controller action. Having a model file for the Magazine object is the right way to go. Once you''ve got it you can do this... class Magazine def self.find_all # this method returns an array of all magazines, if that''s what you want. end end Then in the controller action where you want to be able to use the magazines in the view... def list_magazines @magazines = Magazines.find_all # The rest of the controller code goes here. end And in the view you can do... <% @magazines.each do |magazine| %> <%= magazine.title %> <% end %> or whatever else you need. I''m still learning this stuff myself, so apologies for any mistakes or misunderstandings. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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