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I realize thi may be more complex issue than can be asnwered in this post. But, what I need to do is create a simple query on my existing tables via a search form. I have half my app done (I can write all the info I want to my database), but pulling the data out dynamically is giving me trouble. I have both the "ruby for rails" book and the Agile Development book. They both give

Hi All, I''m working on building an app that can log and edit phone call information. I''ve got the creating and editing parting working great, and I''ve started an attempt to add searching. I can''t seem to figure out how to get an [:id] parameter from a form and passed between two controller methods. Right now I have a web page with a single text field in it

I can''t see how to use variables so I am using console to test things out... clients table - a column named first_name My very brief console session... >> clients = Client.find_by_sql("select * from clients where first_name = FN") ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: RuntimeError: ERROR C42703 Mcolumn "fn" does not exist Fparse_expr.c L1034

Yesterday I got the beta version of ROR recipes book and the recipes are great. For those of you still thinking about it, I highly recommend the book. The only thing I wish is that if there were some more recipes (greedy me), especially AJAX related and installing an application within your current application. For instance, it will be great to see how one can implement the typo blog

I copied the scaffolding edit and update and made it like this, Note: awnser is edit. Admin_contoller.rb def awnser @question = Question.find(params[:id]) end def update @question = Question.find(params[:id]) if @question.update_attributes(params[:question]) flash[:notice] = ''Question was successfully updated.'' redirect_to :action => ''list''

Hello * Obviously the rhtml below does not work, but it should be apparent what I try to achieve - I would like to give the user the choice to submit a form either to action1 or action2 but I cannot figure out how?! It would be great if someone could give some assistance. Thanks a lot, Alex <%= start_form_tag :action1 => ''save'', :action2 =>

I''m using Rails Recipes to create a login form but instead of username and password, my setup is firstname, lastname, password. I seemed to be gramatically challenged and not sure how to set up the parameter list. Can anyone offer up a suggestion. The book shows the method starting like: if request.post? user = User.find(:first, :conditions => [''username = ?'' ,

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''

Hey- I''m using ROR 1.0 and script.aculo.us 1.5.1. I''ve been trying unsuccessfully to render a partial in a DIV, but can''t seem to get the right combination of stuff to make it work. There seems to be a few different ways of going about it. Right now I can render a partial. What do I need to to render the partial in a div? Here is what it looks like so far: #

I''m having a problem getting this example from the book to work: class Cookbook attr_accessor :title, :author def initialize @recipes = [] end def method_missing(m, *args, &block) @recipes.send(m, *args, &block) end end cb = Cookbook.new cb << recipe_for_cake cb << recipe_for_chicken beef_dishes = cb.find_all {|recipes| recipe.main_ingredient ==

With the help of the Rails Recipes have got a self-referential HABTM relationship working, but I''m really struggling with getting a new entry from a form accepted. i should say here that the form is also submitting info for the join table too. So in my model I have: class Type < ActiveRecord::Base has_and_belongs_to_many :subtypes, :class_name => ''Type'',

First post/newbie post... bear with me. What I''m trying to achive (music site): A system containing tracks and moods with a HABTM relationship. I''ve got all that set up and functioning in the admin environment - i.e. admins can apply a variety of moods to a particular track via a series of checkboxes. Join table works just fine. I''m currently stuck on allowing

Hi all, New to the list, Ruby, & RoR. I''ve been going through the Rolling With Rails tutorial, but am getting the following error when the instructions tell you to add the @recipes = Recipe.find_all line to the RecipeController: Template is missing Missing template ./script/../config/..//app/views//recipe/index.rhtml The index.rhtml file is right where it''s supposed to

This works : class Recipe < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :category end But (when I add validation) this does not work : class Recipe < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :category validates_length_of :category, :within => 6..20 validates_uniqueness_of :category, :message => "already exists" end thank you -- View this message in context:

Hi .. I am new to Rails and it is not clear to me why I am getting the following error. Any help appreciated. -m. $cat app/views/admin/new.rhtml <% @page_title = "New member..." -%> <%= start_form_tag( :action => ''create'' ) %> <table> <tr> <td> First Name: </td> <td> <%= text_field(

Hi I''m new to this forum and new to Rails so excuse me if this is a daft question. I''m following the ONLamp.com tuturial and all has been well untill changing the template for the recipes. I have followed the instructions and added this code to the controller: class RecipeController < ApplicationController scaffold :recipe def list @recipes = Recipe.find_all end

Hi, I''ve been programming in RoR for about a week or 2-3, and I like it very much. Now, I have a certain problem that is very complicated, well for me at least :-) I have 3 database tables: recipes ingredients and another one which binds the previous 2 tables together Now, I want to have an input form where you can insert 1 recipe and a certain amount of ingredients, say 5. What do

I am having trouble getting error_messages_for to work. My controller(relevant parts) looks like def configure @account = session[:account] @user = User.new end def add_new_user_to_account @user = User.new(params[:user]) if @user.valid? session[:account].users << @user end redirect_to :action=> ''configure'' end end and my

I want to have a form to change a users password. I can''t figure out what the method in the controller should look like. I tried @user.save and @user.update_attributes, but can''t get it to work. My Form: ############################## <%= start_form_tag :action => "update_password", :id => @user.id %> <%= password_field ("user",

This is my first rails app and I am creating a Computer Inventory system as practice. The problem I am having seems trivial, but I can not figure out what exactly is going wrong, so this is where help from those of you who are more experienced is needed. I am having problems retaining the values in some of my forms. Everything works fine when I am creating or editing a Computer in the inventory