Rails - Jul 2007 - Putting environment variables in DB

Hi!

I have another small question.  I have an environment variable set in
environment.rb.  The line looks like...

ENV[''username''] = ''mike''

What I would like to do is store ''mike'' in the database in my
''login''
column.  In the controller, if I add this...

    @response = Response.new
    @response = Response.new(params[:response])
    @response.login = ENV[''username'']
    @response.save

It will add one record that''s the username and all the other columns
blank.  Then, it''ll add another record with all the data.
Essentially, it''s adding two records.  I used an example on this forum
and it obviously didn''t work very well.  :)

I was wondering if anybody had an idea of why I''m getting two
records....and if there is a better way to do this.


Thanks!


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wiz561-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I have another small question.  I have an environment variable set in
> environment.rb.  The line looks like...
> 
> ENV[''username''] = ''mike''
> 
> What I would like to do is store ''mike'' in the database
in my ''login''
> column.  In the controller, if I add this...
> 
>     @response = Response.new
>     @response = Response.new(params[:response])
>     @response.login = ENV[''username'']
>     @response.save
> 
> It will add one record that''s the username and all the other
columns
> blank.  Then, it''ll add another record with all the data.
> Essentially, it''s adding two records.  I used an example on this
forum
> and it obviously didn''t work very well.  :)
> 
> I was wondering if anybody had an idea of why I''m getting two
> records....and if there is a better way to do this.
> 
> 
> Thanks!
why is the #new method called twice? it''s sufficient enough to call it 
once with the params[:response] hash
?

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Beats me.  I tried to take out the first one (@response Response.new), but then
it didn''t work and popped up with an error
message.

What I''ve done instead was just place a hidden field in my view and
have it record the username.  I found a message in this group saying
how you shouldn''t do this and how you should use the method that I
used.  But, unfortunately, it doesn''t work for me, and I can''t
find
the thread that explained what it was doing now.  :(


Mike

On Jul 11, 2:42 am, Shai Rosenfeld
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> wiz...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org wrote:
> > Hi!
>
> > I have another small question.  I have an environment variable set in
> > environment.rb.  The line looks like...
>
> > ENV[''username''] = ''mike''
>
> > What I would like to do is store ''mike'' in the
database in my ''login''
> > column.  In the controller, if I add this...
>
> >     @response = Response.new
> >     @response = Response.new(params[:response])
> >     @response.login = ENV[''username'']
> >     @response.save
>
> > It will add one record that''s the username and all the other
columns
> > blank.  Then, it''ll add another record with all the data.
> > Essentially, it''s adding two records.  I used an example on
this forum
> > and it obviously didn''t work very well.  :)
>
> > I was wondering if anybody had an idea of why I''m getting two
> > records....and if there is a better way to do this.
>
> > Thanks!
>
> why is the #new method called twice? it''s sufficient enough to
call it
> once with the params[:response] hash
> ?
>
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

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