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Hello, Is there some built-in facility for fetching the Previous or Next record from a table? Assume the command find_by_name has been issued, and the variable @name contains the name "John Doe". I''m looking for something like find_next(@name) and find_previous(@name). What''s a good way to pursue if one has to roll their own methods? Thanks for the help, gk --

Hello, I generated a controller, using the command: ruby script/generate controller my_kontroller my_model The generated controller file, however, contains an empty class definition. The default controller code is missing. Any idea what went wrong? Thanks, gk -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi, I have the following view: <%= start_form_tag ( { :action => ''find'' }, :method => ''get'') %> <p> <%= text_field_tag :lemma, params[:lemma] %> </p> <%= link_to "Find It", :class => "submit" %> <%= end_form_tag %> And the following find action in the controller:

I am having trouble rendering a partial called ''names'' through a submit tag located within that partial. The form data is saving with my current code. However, the existing data is not loading into the form and the partial is not being re-rendered upon submission to reveal the changes to this data.What might I do to fix this? show.rhtml <%= javascript_include_tag :defaults

Hi, I have a simple program that tries to do something really basic. First, I have a company Model : ------------------------------------- class Company < ActiveRecord::Base has_one :billingAddress, :foreign_key=>"id", :class_name=>"Address" end Then I have the address Model : -------------------------------------- class Address< ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to

Hello, The following view: <%= start_form_tag %> Enter term to find <p> <%= text_field_tag :name, params[:name] %> </p> <%= link_to "Find", { :action => ''find_term''} %> <%= end_form_tag %> does not appear to pass back the value of :name to the action: def find_term term =

Hi, Quick question (which means that I think there should be an easy answer)... When I am in the "show" view, I''d like to add 2 links, one for previous and one for next record so that the user can go on to the next "result" without having to go back to the ''list'' of results. However, I can''t find my way about this problem :-S

Hi, I''m trying to implement password confirmation, based on the Agile example, but just can''t make any progress. User DB has these fields: ========================= t.column :name, :string, :limit => 40 t.column :hashed_password, :string t.column :salt, :string User model has: =============== attr_accessor :password_confirmation

I got a following error. NoMethodError in Book#new Showing /home/amrit/boook/app/views/book/_form.html.erb where line #1 raised: undefined method `model_name'' for NilClass:Class The content of _form.html.erb file are: <%= form_for(@post) do |f| %> <% if @post.errors.any? %> <div id="error_explanation"> <h2><%=

I have an HTML form on the screen, that is connected to a database (standard Ruby way). I found that there are people that would rather not fill in this information, but would rather search Amazon for the info. Therefore, I added a link to the right of one of the fields that, when pressed, will search Amazon for what ever you typed into that field. So, how can I do that? At first I tried

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(

I''m trying to create a form where a collection is created, using the example from the Rails 0.9.5 weblog posting: http://weblog.rubyonrails.com/archives/2005/01/26/rails-095-a-world-of- fixes-and-tweaks/ I''m having a bit of trouble. The controller currently looks like this: class StudentController < ApplicationController def new render_text @params.inspect

Currently I have a registration form that is built like this: <label for="First name">First name</label> <%= text_field "user", "first_name" %><br> <label for="Last name">Last name</label> <%= text_field "user", "last_name" %><br> <label for="Email">Email</label>

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

I can''t figure out why I am getting a failure. It renders out fine in the browser. <h1>New member</h1> <%= error_messages_for :member %> <% form_for(:member, :url => members_path) do |f| %> <fieldset> <legend>Member Info</legend> <p><label for="member[first_name]">First Name:</label> <%=

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 = ?'' ,

Hi guys, I just started using Ruby on Rails. After implementing the RoR blog tutorial I started with my own data model. Sadly I am not able to get my create page running. Model: class Activity < ActiveRecord::Base validates :activity, :presence => true validates :forKids, :presence => true validates :start_date, :presence => true end Controller: class ActivitiesController <

Hi, i got search which shows following error ActionView::Template::Error (undefined method `model_name'' for NilClass:Class): 1: <%= form_for(@employee) do |e| %> 2: EMP ID<%= e.text_field :id %><br> 3: <%= e.submit ''search'', :controller => ''employees'', :action => ''search1'' %>

I am struggling to understand the methodology here... I have a find.rhtml <%= start_form_tag :action => ''list2'', :first_name = client %> <%# render :partial => ''form'' %> <p><label for="client_first_name">First name</label><br/> <%= text_field ''client'', ''first_name''

I''ve searched and searched and searched again, and I cannot find any help with this problem. There''s an identical problem on this forum, but it was never resolved. I''ll try to re-open the subject with a bit more information. Problem: The form_remote_tag() method in my "list" view is not passing the params[] hash of the values stored within my form.