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At present, I use an update like this to set the user''s last login time: authenticated_user.update_attribute(:last_login, Time.now) However, this calls the following, updating all fields: UPDATE users SET `last_login` = ''2006-05-02 13:27:41'', `hashed_password` = .... Is there any way I can tell ActionRecord to only update the one field? I don''t really want

Forgive my ignorance ya''ll. I''m trying to extract a username from a table using the user id. I''ve tried: @authenticated_user = User.find(:first, :select => "login", :conditions => "id = ''1''") AND: @authenticated_user = User.find_by_sql("select login from users where id=''1''") within an action that

Hi, i used the rick olson''s restful_authentication plugin rails 1.2.6 i wanted to check for authenticated user so i wrote this in my application.rb # Filters before_filter :authenticate # Sets @authenticated_user if the user provides valid # credentials. May be used to deny access or customise the view def authenticate @authenticated_user = nil

Ive followed the rail engines doc to the letter and I get this error message It is in the proper direcotry vendor/plugins/login_engine/lib/login_engine What could be wrong?? Clayton Cottingham WinterMarket Networks Phone: (604) 417-3254 Vancouver, B.C. Canada http://www.wintermarket.net MSN:drfrog666@hotmail.com AIM:drfrogrx -------------- next part -------------- An

Hi, I''m trying to get the UserEngine running. I have installed the LoginEngine, added the essential lines to environment.rb / application.rb and application_helper.rb. Worked fine. Then I did the same with the UserEngine and when trying to set up the db: rake engine_migrate ENGINE=user I get: Migrating engine ''user_engine'' rake aborted! stack level too deep But...

My authentication (signup/login) is up and running in my app, now I need to implement an authorisation system. Its not going to be a complex one. One admin (me) and then normal members and premium members. Any tutorials or tips on a simple way to get this running? Thanks. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Why am I now getting these errors? expected redirect to {:action=>"index"}, got redirect to "http://test.host/authenticated_users" I know in the AuthenticatedUsersController, the redirect call is redirect_to :action => ''index'' So why should I have to convert this to a url in my specs?

Okay, I download login generator and I used it on my new app but, it''s not working correctly. If the user logins on the same session as he created he will login if it isn''t the same session it fails. What''s going on? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I''ve got a User model, which holds the following (excerpt): def try_to_authenticate User.authenticate(self.username, self.password) end .. private def self.hash_password(password) Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(password) end def self.authenticate(username, password) @user = User.find(:all, :conditions => ["username = ? AND password = ?",

My application needs to know if a user is an administrator, for security and aesthetic reasons. At the moment, I store true/false in the session by doing the following at login: session[:user_is_admin] = authenticated_user.is_admin? Is this OK to do? Or should I really be doing the following every time: User.find(session[:user_id]).is_admin? (user_id is always in the session too) Is there

Any ideas what would cause the following exception (using the login engine): -------------------------------------- Full executation backtrace: -------------------------------------- [RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb:1697:in `execute_callstack_for_multiparameter_attributes'' [RAILS_ROOT]/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb:1677:in

Hi everybody, I am new to rails. I get the following error when run the rake engine:migrate for the engine login_engine. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gbalaji:~/projects/test/vendor/plugins/login_engine gopalbalaji$ rake engine_migrate ENGINE=log --trace (in /Users/gopalbalaji/Projects/test) ** Invoke engine_migrate (first_time) ** Invoke