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I''m trying to figure out how to change the order of a list view and it''s obvious to me that I don''t understand what I get from a simple scaffold to know enough to alter it. If someone would be so kind to tell me what this means ... def list @placment_pages, @placements = paginate :placements, :per_page => 10 end @placement_pages, # I am guessing that this

because I am a grasshopper... Now that I can sort my ''list''...is there a logical way of not repeating myself to having essentially the same list view with multiple sorts? i.e. def list_cl # ordered by clients last name @placement_pages, @placements = paginate( :placements, :include => [:client], :order_by =>

I''m trying to create a paginated list that will take note of the "end_date" field in my table. This is what I have: @post_pages, @posts = paginate(:posts, :per_page => 10, :order_by => ''end_date'') in the controller. And for the view: <h1>Posts ending soon</h1> <ul><% for post in @posts do %> <strong>Post Title:

Hi Guys, I am trying to paginate the results from a search. When I use actual constants in the search conditions, it works fine: def query @k2_result_pages, @k2_results = paginate (:k2_results, :conditions => [''e_date >= ? AND e_date <= ?'', ''2006-07-12'', ''2006-08-12''],

Hey all, I''m using a simple search function. It''s working great except for foreign keys. I have one table pets (id,name,owner_id) and another table people(id,name) owner_id being a foreign key of pet pointing to people name. here it is on the pet controller: @paginator, @pets= paginate(:pets, :conditions =>["name OR owner_id like

> Unfortunately I still get the same error. Here is my code now (the > commented line works): > > def list > @upload_pages, @uploads = paginate(:uploads, :per_page => > 20, :order > => ''id'') > # @upload_pages, @uploads = paginate(:uploads, :per_page => 20) > end You may have an older version, try using the order_by clause

Hi there, I know this is be a very minor issue, but considering @users = User.find :all, :order => ''name'' _AND_ @user_pages, @users = paginate :user, :order_by => ''name'' by simplicity, shouldn''t the symbols :order and :order_by be the same or both to both cases ? I stumbled on them a couple of times yet :) Thanks, Andre --

Hi there! I have a folder model which can contain sub-folders. I want to save the sub-folders in a variable ordered by the name of the subfolders: folder = Folder.find(1) sub_folders = folder.folders # ... how can I order the sub folders by name here??? Thanks, Mischa.

Ahoy, I checked the API and did some forum searches but didn''t find anything good on table sorting. Is there a "railish" way to do this? My current method really is lacking (i''m on like rails day 2) <th><%= link_to ''Name'', :action => ''list'', :order => ''name'' %></th>

I have: @pictures=@c.pictures How do I add limit and order_by conditions. I have tried the following: @c.pictures.find_all(:limit=>5) @c.pictures, :limit=>5 @c.pictures :limit=>5 None of these work. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Evening folks, I''m new to RoR, and have found some very useful info on this site, thanks. I have a select box that I need to sort. <select name="people[peoplekind_id]"> <% @peoplekinds.each do |peoplekind| %> <option value="<%= peoplekind.id %>" <%= '' selected'' if peoplekind.id == @people.peoplekind_id %>> <%=

Hi there, Is there a neat and easy way to implement pagination with letters rather than numbers eg : A B C D ... Z Rob

Hi, I have the following find statment @client_pages, @clients = paginate :clients, :per_page => 20, :order => "organisation_id, surname" currently im ordering by organisation_id however I need to order by the field in the organisation table organisations.name how can this be done? Thanks Scott -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

i''ve figured out how to use the next and previous links with the paginator class but now i''m trying to figure out how to display all the page numbers in between. looking through the rails api, i found paginator.each() but i''m not sure how to use it, or if that''s even what i am looking for. also, is there a way to limit the amount of pages like some sites

To get error messages for my form to show up I have to repeat myself in the controller so that the render of the view including error messages show up. ------------------------- My Controller: ------------------------- class ClientsController < ApplicationController #---- index -------------------------------- def index list render :action => ''list'' end

Hi, There are many companies. Each company has many departments. Each department has many employees. The following find_by_sql method seems awful. What is the best way to get all the employees of a company? class Company < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :departments def employees Employee.find_by_sql("SELECT employees.* FROM companies, departments, employees

Hi, I am currently trying to move my rubyonrails app from Linux to Windows server utilizing MS SQL instead of MySQL due to "business" reason. All my listing screen utilize a drop down list in each column to allow user to "filter" the listing based upon the value chosen from the drop down list. In the controller, I used find() method but with customized parameters such as

Hi, I am trying to implement a few queries now. What are good ways to do this? Right now, I have a list page that does sorting and can carry out a generic pagination request. @user_result_pages, @user_results = paginate(:user_results, :per_page => 20, :conditions => @condition, :order_by => @sort_order) I create @sort_order earlier in the list function. The problem I am having is

Hi! I''m looking for a good tutorial that explains the main points of performing queries with Rails. I do have AWDWR and have read the section on ''find'' but I''m looking for something that goes into more detail on how to perform queries across tables. Abstracted from my current application, this is an example: * person has_many sites * site has_one room *

I have a nice hierarchical table structure like this: divisions has_many groups groups belongs_to division has_many subgroups subgroups belongs_to group has_many units units belongs_to subgroup I have a report which is based on units, but i want to be able to filter the units by which subgroup, or which group, or which division. I also want to sort them by division.name,then group.name,