Re: User Login

cz231
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:32:48 -0000

That still doesn''t work. Maybe I haven''t given you enough
info...I''m
using the LoginGenerator if that changes things...
http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/LoginGenerator
Thanks.
On Jun 4, 11:47 pm, Fredrik Thuresson
<fredrik.thures...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> <% if session[:uid].blank? %>
>     Login Form
> <% else %>
>     <%="Hello id: #{session[:uid]}" %>
> <% end %>
>
> -Fredrik
>
> cz231 wrote:
> > Hmm...that doesn''t work...Does anyone else know?
> > I''ll have to look into that plugin too...
>
> > Right now I''m trying
> > <% if session[:uid] != nil  -%>
> > Welcome User
>
> >                    <% else -%>
> >            Login Form
> > <% end -%>
>
> > Thanks for any help...
>
> > On Jun 2, 9:02 pm, Cayce Balara
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
> > wrote:
>
> >> cz231 wrote:
>
> >>> Oops, sorry about that, I accidentally sent it somehow...
>
> >>> Anyway, for the <% if session[:uid] = @user.id -%> , I
don''t know what
> >>> would go in there...
>
> >>> Thanks for your help...
>
> >> Really all you want to know is if there is a session[:uid] -
>
> >> <% if session[:uid] %>
>
> >> if there is then the user is logged in, otherwise it will be nil.
>
> >> However, there''s some more to it. I would recommend you
pull down the
> >> restful_authentication plugin, run the generator and then examine
the
> >> code to see how they do all this, which will teach you a lot.
>
> >> For instance, Restful_Authentication exposes the currently logged
in
> >> user with "current_user" and also methods like
"logged_in?" and
> >> "authorized?" that will assist with what you are trying
to do.
> >> --
> >> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.