Re: Issue displaying user posts

RubyonRails_newbie
Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:11:21 -0000

** RESOLVED **

If anyone else experiences something like this,

Original line of code: @posts = Post.find_by_user_id( session
[:user_id], :order => "created_at DESC")

change it to:

@posts = Post.find_by_user_id( @user.id, :limit => 1, :order =>
"created_at desc")

On 28 Nov, 19:57, RubyonRails_newbie
<craigwest...-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> On my site I have a list of users, each of which can post status
> updates on their profile. Each user can search for other users and
> view their profiles too.
>
> The odd thing is, if I log in and out of each user and look at their
> status, their posts are specific to them (which is what i want)
> However...... If I search for a user and click to view their profile,
> it seems to display the posts of the logged in user which is what i
> dont want.
>
> Below is the show method which is what the profile page uses.
> I have tried limiting it to 1 post for a user, and also tried to set
> the initial param before the find to try and get around the issue.
> Unfortunately these didn''t work..
>
>   def show
>     username = params[:username]
>     @user = User.find_by_username(username)
>   if @user
>       @title = "Profile page of: #{username}"
>       @info = @user.info ||= Info.new
>       @posts = Post.find_by_user_id( session[:user_id], :order =>
> "created_at DESC")
>         respond_to do |format|
>         format.html
>       end
>   else
>       flash[:notice] = "No user #{username} found!"
>       redirect_to :action => "index"
>     end
>   end
> Can anyone see why a: It displays the users status updates correctly
> when i''m logged in as each user and b: why the posts seem to stay
as
> per the logged in user when i click on another user''s profile??
>
> Any suggestions, or ways round this appreciated.
>
> Thanks for reading.

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