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Is there any known problem in inheriting a Controller from another controller (that is to say having an Admin::PostController < PostController, with PostController < ApplicationController)? It is something I haven''t seen done in tutorials or books, however in my opinion (and as far as I can see from my tests) it should work.

Hi all, I have a question about this method in my User model: # Returns true for the (saved) user called "admin" def is_the_administrator true if save and name == "admin" end The method returns true if the user''s name is admin. However, I only want to return true if the state of the object is "saved", so I call the save method first. I''m

I''m using LoginEngine + UserEngine for web application. 1. I have some controllers under and admin subdirectory (Admin::PostController etc). The auto-fill permission in UserEngine does not work correctly with those controllers. Right at the moment this is not a problem, since I kind like having the Admin section separated and available only for god users. However, I could use Something::Controller somewhere else, and I would...

One of these days I''ll figure this out, but in the meantime help me be a better programmer by eliminating some excess code: I''m trying to check to see if somebody trying to view/edit/update a product is the owner. In my scaffold I have this code that works: def edit @owner = Product.find(params[:id].to_i) if @owner.user_id == @user.id @product =

I''m trying to use acts_as_nested_set, as modifed by Bob Silva to add threaded functionality. I''m getting the following error: undefined method `display_threads'' for #<PostController:0x3ae9828> ... #{RAILS_ROOT}/app/controllers/post_controller.rb:18:in `list'' Line 18 in post_controller.rb shows: [post_controller.rb] def list display_threads @posts <= line 18 @post_pages, @posts = paginate :posts, :per_page => 10, :order => "root_id d...

...ion is built on top of, but it can be used with any user authentication system that has the two features mentioned above. Lets see the candy here fist. This is what it looks like to use this to protect your controller actions using roles and & | ! to define complex permissions. class PostController < ApplicationController before_filter :login_required, :except => [:list, :index] access_control [:new, :create] => ''(admin | user | moderator) & ! blacklist'', [:update, :delete] => ''(admin | moderator) & !blac...

Hi, When I try to run a controller that connects to my project''s sqlite database, I get the following exception: SQLite3::CantOpenException in PostController#index could not open database config/database.yml correctly points to my database, like so: development: adapter: sqlite3 database: db/dev.db I''ve had Rails projects working with sqlite3 before (recently), but starting any new projects has always lead to this error. I can''t...

I''m having trouble finding then displaying all items in my "posts" table that match a certain search string. I have a from field: <%= start_form_tag :action=> "search" %> <div title="Search" id="searchform" class="form"> <h3>Search</h3> <%= error_messages_for ''post''

I have been looking at the LoginGenerator gem. Looks great and can be easily modified. However in my app I have two places where people can login, one is for in my case "employees" the other is for "users". They are seperate tables in my database and have many different fields. I have an admin area located at ./sysadmin/ where only "employees" can login, they

How can I call render_to_string outside of a controller. I''m stuck on this. I''ve nearly got my plugin finished but I can''t seem to get this to work. The method is in ActionController::Base but it is protected. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Can someone point me to a reference or tutorial that shows how to map foreign key relationships in the model? For example given: Users id name email Posts id user_id title How do I associate user_id with users.id in the Post and User models? has_many and belongs_to don''t seem to do it. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.