search for: event_dates

I have wrote this: EventDate.find(:all, :include => [:container,{:event => [:photo,:event_type_names]},{:place=>:location}], :joins =>" RIGHT JOIN (SELECT event_dates.id,date_add(event_dates.date, INTERVAL i DAY ) AS date FROM (select 0 as i union all select 0 union all select 1 union all select 2) as integers CROSS JOIN event_dates WHERE i<= number_days AND (event_dates.days_of_week=''8'' OR conc...

When run from the console, the following code works, when run through the WEBrick server I get a "You have a nil object where you didn''t expect it!" class Competition < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :comp_dates, :order=>:position def initial_date comp_dates.first end def display_dates i_d = initial_date if i_d.nil? return "unknown"

Howdy Folks, I want to use form_for to allow a user to submit a form that contains two instances of the same model. They are entering calendar dates and I want them to be able to submit 2 from the same form. Ok, so, using form_for, what is the best way to do this? form_for seems to be setup to handle a single instance in that it wants a name for the variable, etc... Has someone else done this?

I''m very new to rails. I have on "main" model class "Competition" with a supporting model class "CompDates" arranged in a 1:m relationship. In my "list" action, I would like to order the competitions by earliest date. In other languages, I probably would have simply created a view in the database. If I''m trying to limit myself to

I''ve created the following associations using :through: class Person < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :attendees, :dependent => :destroy has_many :events, :through => :attendees, :uniq => true end class Event < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :attendees, :dependent => :destroy has_many :people, :through => :attendees, :uniq => true