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I have a user model and a status model. Each user has a specific status (accepted, rejected, declined, etc). I have a form that allows the adminstrator to change certain options for a user, including their status. I''m using a drop down menu populated with the different status values, and a default option that says "Choose a new status" with a value of "". I want to

The code that comes with the plugin uses a method that looks like this: def password_required? crypted_password.blank? or not password.blank? end with validations that look like this: validates_presence_of :password, :if => :password_required? validates_presence_of :password_confirmation, :if => :password_required? validates_length_of

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

hi all, i''m learning rspec and i can''t figure out how to test if a callback is executed in a model. my model code is: class User < ActiveRecord::Base before_save :encrypt_password ... def encrypt(password) self.class.encrypt(password, salt) end thanks a lot, cs. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I''m doing some work where I want to rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotSaved from a save! call nested deep in the code. The thing is there could theoretically be failures here I want to pass through, and I want to inspect the record in order to decide. I figure a custom initializer on the exception class and a couple quick patches here and there in the code would make it minimally

i seem to be experiencing a bug where rails tells me that my organization object''s associated credit card is invalid (activerecord validation-wise invalid), when i know it to be valid. this happens only if i tell the organization to validate_associated :credit_card. i know the associated credit card is valid, because a) that credit_card object itself throws no validation errors, and b)

2 quick questions regarding authentication ... 1) the flash[:notice] on successful login looks completely wrong to me. How should it be done? def index if request.post? @user = User.new(params[:user]) authentic_user = @user.attempt_login if authentic_user session[:user_id] = authentic_user.id flash[:notice] = ''Login successful! Welcome

I am having a problem finding the best way to make a "before_save :encrypt_password" conditional. I have to at times update user model attributes but each time I do this the password is reencrypted because of the above. I need to differentiate between when the user is first logging in and the password does need to be encrypted, and when they are already logged in and the

Hi. I get a RecordNotSaved exception when trying to create a user record. The error: User Columns (0.005930) SHOW FIELDS FROM users SQL (0.000465) BEGIN SQL (0.000466) COMMIT ActiveRecord::RecordNotSaved (ActiveRecord::RecordNotSaved): ... As you can see, there''s no INSERT SQL generated, which is the root cause of the problem. In my user model, I have the following

Hi all, I have a multi model form (Project with many tasks) and I want to prevent a task from being saved to the DB if it is empty ie. if there is no i/p for that task from the user. I tried the following class Task < ActiveRecord::Base before_save :check_if_empty ... def check_if_empty self.destroy if description.blank? end but i get this TypeError in ProjectsController#create

Hello, I need to have this for :create and :login how do I do so validates_presence_of :login, :password, :password_confirmation, :user_name, :email, :on => :create I do need it to be off in a number of places though -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi everyone, I just need a quick help :) What is the best way to write some code in :presence option? I have a Question model and one of the fields is question_type: - example question - static question Each question has alternatives, and each of them has scores What I want is to validate the presence of :score, but when its only on the static question. I dont want to validate the presence

Hi all, Short of hacking the code apart, is there a method making the login_engine authenticate against email address rather than username? I find that people rarely remember usernames, and would prefer to use email addresses as the identifier. Thanks! Tom

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

I''m working on user authentication system to get familiar with rails, and have basically solved most of my apps problems till now. I keep getting the NoMethodError, and can''t understand why. Model: customer.rb class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base ... def self.password=(pass) @password=pass salt = Customer.random_string(10) if !salt? self.hashed_password =

Hello, I''m currently stunk on this issue for few days and I do not know how to get it fixed. The system always raises this error message : order is closed and here is my order.rb: class Order < ActiveRecord::Base include ActiveMerchant::Billing before_validation :set_status attr_protected :id, :customer_ip, :status, :error_message, :updated_at, :created_at attr_accessor

Hello, I''m trying to cut down the errors if the guy already getting the empty nickname, so he doesn''t get anything about the nickname is short. validates_presence_of :nickname This below is not working ? validates_length_of :nickname, :within => 4..40, :if => Proc.new { |user| user.nickname.length > 1 } nor this one below? validates_length_of :nickname, :within

I''m using validates_format_of and the validation I want to do works, but I can''t get an error message to be displayed if the data is invalid: validates_format_of :mobile, :with => /\A[\+0-9]+\Z/, :message => " - Wrong" I have another validation some where else that does display the error message: " - Name is too long" validates_length_of :name,

Hello guys, I''m trying to validate the input of an integer from a form, here is a bit of code: This is the definition of the offending column in the migration: t.column :position, :integer, :default => 0, :limit => 3, :null => false And here is how I try to validate it inside de model: validates_length_of :position, :within => 1..3 And this is the exception I get when I

I am unable to get ActiveRecord session support to work under 2.x against a SQL Server database. I''m starting to wonder if anyone is running 2.x against SQL Server? Is anyone running under the following configuration: Rails 2.x SQL Server 2000 DB (using AR adapter in ODBC mode) AR store for ActionController session store. I''d like to chat with you if you are. Thanks, Wes --