similar to: Updating an attribute in db

Hiall, I want to give the action of a form an additional parameters but can''t figure out how to do it. My code looks like this <%= start_form_tag :action => ''create'', next_step => true %> <%= render :partial => ''user_form'' %> <%= render :partial => ''community_form'' %> <%= submit_tag

Something is getting lost here. def create @home = Team.find_by_user_id(current_user.id) for player in @home.players player.update_attribute(:game_id, @game.id) end end def show @players = Player.find_all_by_game_id(params[:id]) end view <%= @players.size %> # mistakenly equals zero Played with the console and everything should be working fine...

I''m working on a RESTful app, and I''ve hit a snag. Here''s a simplified example of the problem. (Excuse me if this example code isn''t strictly correct; I''m typing from memory.) Suppose I have a table which models a simple counter. It has a single column, "count": class CreateCounters < ActiveRecord::Migration def self.up

I have a photographers app that requires giving access to galleries for users. in one part, I want to be able to define gallery access for a user seperate from updating any of the user info. I have this function: def edit_access @user = User.find(params[:id]) @user.galleries = Gallery.find(params[:gallery_ids]) if params[:gallery_ids] if @user.update_attributes(params[:user])

I''ve got a table of events, and each event has a boolean attribute is_ten_event. On each row of the table is a chekbox to edit the value of is_ten_event, so that multiple rows can be edited with one submit. In order to allow boxes to be un-checked as well, the logic in the controller works like this get array of events from checkboxes that are ticked. make all events.is_ten_event =

Good morning All - I am working on a time tracking application as a learning excercise and have run into an error neither I nor Google can remedy. When loading my view, I get an error: ''undefined method ''true_class_path'' for #<ActionView::Base:......... Context: I have controllers for Project, Worktrack and ''Workbench'', among others. Workbench is

hello, i am writing a simple user login system. when registering a user account, i have two field: password password_confirmation which are validated using validates_presence_of validates_confirmation_of and these are then used to generate a password hash which is stored in my database when i want to update the record (without changing the password and entering new values for password and

Easy one: Let''s say I have a table called ''employees'' with a column called salaries, how can I add Employee.salaries_total to the model? Thanks! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I really need your help guys... I spent 6 hours on this simple update command today that should work. It works fine in my other controller, but doesn''t work in this one for some reason. Here is my controller code for the list view, and then the update command: ====== def edit @user = User.find(params[:id]) end def update @user = User.find(params[:id]) if

Hi all, I wrote a simple code to set up the "pit_id" from a village table from 1 to 2, from 2 to 3 and so on. It works fine without .delay . But i need it so whats wrong with that code? #village_controller def post_info @village = Village.find(params[:id]) @village.delay.upgrade flash[:notice] = "Upgrading" redirect_to village_url(@village) end

Part of my application counts the number of times a link was clicked. The Link.click function should increment the @link.clicks attribute. I assumed def click @link = Link.find(params[:id]) if @link.increment(''clicks'') redirect_to @link.url else flash[:error] = ''Could not update clicks'' redirect_to :action =>

Hi gang, Im having my first stab at ActionMailer and not having any luck. Perhaps someone could help me out. I generated a a mailer called ItemMailer - its purpose is to take some information that I''ve already gathered in a ToDo list form and to mail it out to the person who is nominated for the task In environment.rb I have; ActionMailer::Base.server_settings = { :address =>

Is there an addition to the Rails Recipe or the method in AWDWR to allow a user to change his/ her password? I have put something together that does all the work again - mostly because I''m not sure how to leverage on methods like ''password='' that are defined in the model. Has anyone got a ready sample that I could learn from? Right now, I''m basically

I''m just learning Rails and have encountered a problem trying to set a field in a DB record based on the value of another form input field. Using the scaffold code, the create works as expected and the update (edit) also works. However, one of the DB fields (amount) is supposed to be computer from another (units): if the category field is "Mileage", amount= units *

Using my application i can able to save a new record into my db but i cannot update a existing record into my db. using update query i can able to update my records. but using update_attributes it doesnot update my records. even i cant find any errors in logs or something. throughout my application i can able to save a new record but unable to update my existing records. actually i have changed

Hi, I am using Matt McCray''s theme generator. http://rubyforge.org/projects/theme-generator/ Everything works fine, but rendering an action in a controller using the AppMailer raises this: undefined method `current_theme'' for #<AppMailer:0x39df950> Is there someone who could help me ? Thanks ! Mickael. Traces:

How can I change some parameters in a function of the controller. I have a User_Controller, who''s responsible for update the information fields in the database. The parameters are "id", "firstname" and "lastname". Now, I want to manipulate parameter "lastname", because I would like to add at the end a point. >> Thomas Miller

I have a form under one controller/model called "billing" using the "bills" table. When this form completes I want it to change the "has_billing" field for the user under the "users" table from "0" to "1". I''ve almost got it. I put: user = User.new user.update_attribute("has_billing", "1") under the

I am trying to make a barebones login system based on this example (which in turn is just standard RoR login) but when I enter a user name and password, it says the login is unsuccessful every time. I am not sure where I am going wrong. Here is all relevent information CREATE TABLE `users` ( `id` int(6) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, `login` varchar(20) NOT NULL default

If I want to do this but not save to the database, how can I go about it? things.each do |thing| changed = someotherqueryresult thing.update_attribute :testattrib, changed end Essentially I want to create a collection called things with some extra attributes that are not saved into the database, as they are just used for sorting in a view and should not be saved (in fact saving them wastes