Rails - Nov 2008 - when/where does Rails convert "params" used to populate a model object from a form, into their correct types in the model object??? (i.e. from "string")

Hi,

When/where does Rails convert "params" used to populate a model object
from a form, into their correct types in the model object??? (i.e.
from "string")   What part of rails does this?

I have a form upload and in my create method where I go
:@graph_options = GraphOptions.new(params[:graph_options])" it is not
doing the type conversion, as the attributes remain as strings.

Note I am using BaseWithoutTable

------------------
class GraphOptions < ActiveRecord::BaseWithoutTable
  column :label_title, :string
  column :start_date, :date
  column :end_date,   :date
  column :granularity, :integer
  column :chart_type, :integer
.
.
.
------------------

thanks

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On Nov 26, 9:43 pm, "Greg Hauptmann"
<greg.hauptmann.r...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When/where does Rails convert "params" used to populate a model
object
> from a form, into their correct types in the model object??? (i.e.
> from "string")   What part of rails does this?
>
Well it''s the call to column.typecast here:
http://github.com/rails/rails/tree/2-2-stable/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb
Which is defined here:
http://github.com/rails/rails/tree/2-2-stable/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb

(but possibly overriden by individual connection adapters).

How that interacts with BaseWithoutTable I have no idea.

Fred
> I have a form upload and in my create method where I go
> :@graph_options = GraphOptions.new(params[:graph_options])" it is not
> doing the type conversion, as the attributes remain as strings.
>
> Note I am using BaseWithoutTable
>
> ------------------
> class GraphOptions < ActiveRecord::BaseWithoutTable
>   column :label_title, :string
>   column :start_date, :date
>   column :end_date,   :date
>   column :granularity, :integer
>   column :chart_type, :integer
> .
> .
> .
> ------------------
>
> thanks
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thanks - I''ll have a look at the code - so would it be correct to say
then that the Rails framework does effectively cast the params strings
to their type prior to any saves to the data?  (i.e. its not like it
leave this up to the database to do itself is it, i.e. like if there
was a date it doesn''t just pass the string representation of the data
through to the database to store in it''s Date field)


On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Frederick Cheung
<frederick.cheung-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
>
>
> On Nov 26, 9:43 pm, "Greg Hauptmann"
<greg.hauptmann.r...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> When/where does Rails convert "params" used to populate a
model object
>> from a form, into their correct types in the model object??? (i.e.
>> from "string")   What part of rails does this?
>>
> Well it''s the call to column.typecast here:
>
http://github.com/rails/rails/tree/2-2-stable/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb
> Which is defined here:
>
http://github.com/rails/rails/tree/2-2-stable/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb
>
> (but possibly overriden by individual connection adapters).
>
> How that interacts with BaseWithoutTable I have no idea.
>
> Fred
>> I have a form upload and in my create method where I go
>> :@graph_options = GraphOptions.new(params[:graph_options])" it is
not
>> doing the type conversion, as the attributes remain as strings.
>>
>> Note I am using BaseWithoutTable
>>
>> ------------------
>> class GraphOptions < ActiveRecord::BaseWithoutTable
>>   column :label_title, :string
>>   column :start_date, :date
>>   column :end_date,   :date
>>   column :granularity, :integer
>>   column :chart_type, :integer
>> .
>> .
>> .
>> ------------------
>>
>> thanks
> >
>
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On Nov 27, 7:54 am, "Greg Hauptmann"
<greg.hauptmann.r...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> thanks - I''ll have a look at the code - so would it be correct to
say
> then that the Rails framework does effectively cast the params strings
> to their type prior to any saves to the data?  (i.e. its not like it
> leave this up to the database to do itself is it, i.e. like if there
> was a date it doesn''t just pass the string representation of the
data
> through to the database to store in it''s Date field)
Actually it doesn''t (minor exception in that a blank string is turned
into nil for numbers). typecasting happens in read_attribute (check
the source for read/write_attribute.


Fred
>
> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Frederick Cheung
>
> <frederick.che...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > On Nov 26, 9:43 pm, "Greg Hauptmann"
<greg.hauptmann.r...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> > wrote:
> >> Hi,
>
> >> When/where does Rails convert "params" used to populate
a model object
> >> from a form, into their correct types in the model object??? (i.e.
> >> from "string")   What part of rails does this?
>
> > Well it''s the call to column.typecast here:
>
>http://github.com/rails/rails/tree/2-2-stable/activerecord/lib/active...
> > Which is defined here:
>
>http://github.com/rails/rails/tree/2-2-stable/activerecord/lib/active...
>
> > (but possibly overriden by individual connection adapters).
>
> > How that interacts with BaseWithoutTable I have no idea.
>
> > Fred
> >> I have a form upload and in my create method where I go
> >> :@graph_options = GraphOptions.new(params[:graph_options])"
it is not
> >> doing the type conversion, as the attributes remain as strings.
>
> >> Note I am using BaseWithoutTable
>
> >> ------------------
> >> class GraphOptions < ActiveRecord::BaseWithoutTable
> >>   column :label_title, :string
> >>   column :start_date, :date
> >>   column :end_date,   :date
> >>   column :granularity, :integer
> >>   column :chart_type, :integer
> >> .
> >> .
> >> .
> >> ------------------
>
> >> thanks
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ohhh, thanks.  Things make sense now when I look at my object state in
debug & see the strings..

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Frederick Cheung
<frederick.cheung-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
>
>
> On Nov 27, 7:54 am, "Greg Hauptmann"
<greg.hauptmann.r...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
>> thanks - I''ll have a look at the code - so would it be correct
to say
>> then that the Rails framework does effectively cast the params strings
>> to their type prior to any saves to the data?  (i.e. its not like it
>> leave this up to the database to do itself is it, i.e. like if there
>> was a date it doesn''t just pass the string representation of
the data
>> through to the database to store in it''s Date field)
>
> Actually it doesn''t (minor exception in that a blank string is
turned
> into nil for numbers). typecasting happens in read_attribute (check
> the source for read/write_attribute.
>
>
> Fred
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Frederick Cheung
>>
>> <frederick.che...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>> > On Nov 26, 9:43 pm, "Greg Hauptmann"
<greg.hauptmann.r...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
>> > wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>>
>> >> When/where does Rails convert "params" used to
populate a model object
>> >> from a form, into their correct types in the model object???
(i.e.
>> >> from "string")   What part of rails does this?
>>
>> > Well it''s the call to column.typecast here:
>>
>http://github.com/rails/rails/tree/2-2-stable/activerecord/lib/active...
>> > Which is defined here:
>>
>http://github.com/rails/rails/tree/2-2-stable/activerecord/lib/active...
>>
>> > (but possibly overriden by individual connection adapters).
>>
>> > How that interacts with BaseWithoutTable I have no idea.
>>
>> > Fred
>> >> I have a form upload and in my create method where I go
>> >> :@graph_options =
GraphOptions.new(params[:graph_options])" it is not
>> >> doing the type conversion, as the attributes remain as
strings.
>>
>> >> Note I am using BaseWithoutTable
>>
>> >> ------------------
>> >> class GraphOptions < ActiveRecord::BaseWithoutTable
>> >>   column :label_title, :string
>> >>   column :start_date, :date
>> >>   column :end_date,   :date
>> >>   column :granularity, :integer
>> >>   column :chart_type, :integer
>> >> .
>> >> .
>> >> .
>> >> ------------------
>>
>> >> thanks
> >
>
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