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2008 Dec 02
2
Does a method string.to_class exist?
I have A Definition model, is it possible to do something like this in Rails 2.1.0, Ruby 1.8.6 : foo = "Definition" @definition = foo.to_class.find(:all) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@...
2007 Feb 23
2
[RoR],[C.L.R] How I convert a string object into a class?
People, Lately I''ve been using the .name() method of classes. For example: Person.name => "Person" Today... I''d like to do the inverse: "Person".to_class => Person How do I transform a string into a class? I''m working with a Rails app where I need to get names of AR classes at run-time. -Peter --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on...
2005 Dec 20
10
Multiple screens before save called
Is there a clever rails way to chain multiple forms together to collect all the info that I need before finally calling "save"? For example consider an app which needs to create a "Order" object which is tied to a "Contact" object which may or may already exist. Lets pretend we don''t want to save the order to the DB until the contact info is known and