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I have been playing with the cookbook type of tutorials building a fish tournament scoring piece and am having a bit of a problem with a DB field called "points" in my "catch" table that is not input by the user but is calulated based on a "size" field that is input by the user. I have the following in my catch_controller.db def new @catch = Catch.new @fish =

I''ve added a drop-down list of first and last names of borrowers to a form. How do I sort them by LastName, FirstName in the drop-down? I''m using code based on the cookbook example: <select name="borrower[borrower_id]"> <% @borrowers.each do |borrower| %> <option value="<%= borrower.id %>"> <%= borrower.FirstName <<

I put some code in a before_save callback in the model file to alter some fields that have dependencies in the DB. I''d like to call a method in the controller file but I continually get undefined method errors. I have specified Controller::methodname as well to no avail. What am I missing? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I''m attempting to wrestle an old DB into Rails. This relationship is giving me trouble: class Show < AR::Base has_many :segments end class Segment < AR::Base belongs_to :show has_one :media #this has no PK/FK relation end A Segment is "linked" to Media by Media.name, which is the result of concatenating Segment.name and Segment.part. As I said there are is no

I am designing an application to run a fishing tournament I am hosting. Each fish entered will be given a point total based on the length of the fish and the species of fish. Each species has a point multiplier. For Example Trout have a multiplier of 10 so a 20 inch Trout would have a score of 200. My conundrum is in where and when do I calculate the points. The options I have come up

Hi, I just put together a little mixin to provide pseudo-RESTful services in camping apps. Basically, it looks for a hidden _verb field in form posts, and sets the @method to the supplied value (e.g. put or delete - which browsers don''t support). This lets you define put and delete methods in your controllers. Groovy. Code: http://pastie.caboo.se/22613 Is there any permanent repo of