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The example doesn''t work as described for me; not sure if I haven''t followed it right, or there''s a problem with the code. Can someone help me to determine what the problem is. Specifically, after adding the authentication code to the PostsController, with this line: before_filter :authenticate, :except => [:index, :show] The guide says that "we want the user

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''

Suppose I have three tables - authors, posts and topics. Every post have a topic and every topic has an author, so I have posts.topic_id and topic.author_id. When the author is guest (not registered), author_id is nil. I need to find all the posts (in one query) where every post have all the information of the topic and the auther, so if p is one of those posts I could get the name of the

Hi there, I have a question on what would be the best way to save a HABTM model. A posting habtm categories, and a category habtm postings. class Category < ActiveRecord::Base has_and_belongs_to_many :postings end class Posting < ActiveRecord::Base has_and_belongs_to_many :categories end In my blog_controller, where the actual posting is saved, is where I think I''...

I have three tables. users, posts, users_posts. This last one is to mark a post as read. How do I write to the users_post table? Here''s what I have: In model ''User_Post'' belongs_to :post belongs_to :user In post/view/show: <%= link_to "Mark As Read", :controller => ''post'', :action => ''post_read'', :user =>

Hi, I am creating a blog to learn ruby on rails. I have 2 different views/models/controllers, 1 called post and 1 called comments. How do i link a post from the views/post directory to the comments that belong to the post in the views/comment directory. This is the code in the post/show.rhtml <%= render :partial => "post", :object => @post %> <%= link_to

I''m having trouble using an application helper and understanding how I should make it work throughout my application - so if you can help me with this I''ll be overcoming a big hurdle in my learning. Here''s the helper method; [code=]# application_helper.rb def user_photo if @user.photo? return @user.photo.public_filename(:thumb) else return

I''ve been creating my own message board in rails as a learning exercise. I''m currently trying to implement posting using AJAX, so the topic page as a whole doesn''t need reloading. What I''ve written works as epected in IE6 and Safari, but the AJAX call fails silently in Firefox 1.5 -- although the server has logged the request, the "success" callback event seems never to trigger, and...

Does anyone know if Rails is supposed to validate associated objects on creation? Say you have a User model, with has_many posts, and a Post model which belongs_to user. Further, the Post model has a validates_uniqueness_of :title. u = User.find(1) # this should pass u.posts.create :title => ''my new post title'' # this should fail u.posts.create :title => ''my

trying to do my first rails app (surprise, it''s a blog!) anyhow. in list.rhtml, i have this: <% for post in @posts render(:partial => "post", :object=>post) end %> and in _post.rhtml, i have: <tr> <td><%= post.title%> <br /> <%= post.body%> <br /> problem is, no content shows up -- displays a

Hi, So i''m trying to use acts_as_taggable with the acts_as_ferret plugin, where I have Post.rb model, which has a method tag_list made available through acts_as_taggable, as returns a string of associated tag words from the tags table (tag.rb). I''ve set up my Post.rb model in the following way. class Post < ActiveRecord::Base acts_as_taggable acts_as_ferret

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:

I have 2 models right now: "users" and "posts". When a user creates a post I would like their id to be recorded under "user_id" in the "posts" table. Under the "user" model I have: class User < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :posts end And under the "posts" model I have: class Post < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :user

Very bizarre behavior has cropped up in a few spots. # the action for viewing a blog post def posts @post = BlogPost.find_by_slug(params[:id], :include => :commentary) # a breakpoint here shows @post and @post.commentary with appropriate data redirect_to :action => ''archive'' unless @post end # posts.rhtml <%= @post.inspect %> => nil <%= render :partial

Hi all, I''m sure this is really simple, but I can''t seem to figure it out. I want to let users preview their messages before submitting. Something in the form of: def new @post = Post.new end def preview #preview message text here #@post = Post.new(params[:post]) <--? end def create #save message on user''s confirmation ... @post.save end Have any

This time i read scaffold tutorial very carefully and finally try to generate a form without using the scaffold(just used a controller and view ).what i have done till now ,is as follow.Using rails 3.0.7. "rails generate controller posts index" 1) post_controller.rb class PostsController < ApplicationController def index @post=Post.new

I am using: if @post.empty? render_text "Post does not exist." end But it gives me this error: NoMethodError in Posts#view undefined method `empty?'' for #<Posts:0x39598d0> However, if the method list empty? apears and stuff so I am confused. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi i am getting following error ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid in Blog#index Showing app/views/blog/index.rhtml where line #10 raised: Mysql::Error: #42S22Unknown column ''posts.user_id'' in ''where clause'': SELECT * FROM posts WHERE (posts.user_id = 4) Extracted source (around line #10): 7: <div class="separator">&nbsp;</div> 8:

Hi there, I''ve been working on this for awhile and have finally decided to ask for a little guidance.I have a slight problem trying to save a selection. I have two models: A "Posting" has_many "Categories", and a "Category" belongs_to one "Posting". With that said, in the posting model I have "has_many :categories" and within the category model I have "belongs_to :posting". That part I ''believe'' is correct...

I''ve got a share method in my controller, and I have the following spec: describe PostsController do describe "#share" do it "doesn''t blow up" do post :share, :id => @post.id end # ... etc And... It blows up! Failures: 1) PostsController#share shares Failure/Error: post :share