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I''m working on a simple CMS. The main data type are "listings" a listing habtm (has_and_belongs_to_many) categories and subcategories. Subcategories belong_to categories. Subcategories are basically the same as categories, but they are treated differently in a few situations. The problem is, I can''t seem to write the view/controller/model code that allows me to

I''ve got a model, "category" and another model "subcategory." Each subcategory belongs_to a category, and a category has_many subcategories. What I need to do is set it up so that I can search Category and Subcategory with one .find call. So: Category.find(:all, <etc) will find categories and subcategories. Now, I believe this can be done by making

I have a project I''m trying to decide if I want to use rails for. I''m new to rails, so I''m not sure how easy it would be to implement something like this using ActiveRecord. Here''s the situation: Category > subcategory > subcategory > product Category > subcategory > product Some categories will have many subcategories, others few. I want

I have a model, listings. Listings habtm categories and subcategories, which are seperate models. What I want to do is search categories for certain items, like so: @categories = Category.find(:all, :conditions => ["name LIKE ?", "#%{:search_string}%" and subcategories for the same: @subcategories = Subcategory.find(:all, :conditions => ["name LIKE ?",

I''m writing a simple CMS where every item ("listing") HABTM categories and subcategories (which themselves belong_to a category). What I''m trying to do now is create a UI effect for listing creation: when you go to create a listing, only the possible categories will be shown, but when you select a category a set of new categories will be displayed like so: Lions

Hi all, Merry X''mas first :-) I have "Product","Category","Subcategory" 3 Model, and when new "Product", I want to use "Dynamic Select Menus" just like Ryan mentioned in http://railscasts.com/episodes/88-dynamic-select-menus I have everything down. But when I visit the js file, I got following error Showing

I''ve got a menu in which I have all of my categories as links. Each category also has subcategories. I want to set it up so when you mouse over the category the subcategories will pop up (to the right of the main list, but that''s just CSS). This is what I have so far: <% for category in @categories %> <a href="#"

hi, there :) Consider a blogging application whereby a user is trying to add a new blog. He/she has to select a category. Upon selecting a category from a drop down box, a new sub categories drop down box will be created (hence an AJAX call). Got this implemented and it''s ok. Now, let''s assume that a given blog can have multiple categories (and subcategories). For example, a

Hi, I have two models: category and subcategory. (one to many relationship), and a controller ''home'' I''d like to display all the categories and their sub categories in the view: home\index.rhtml. I have a method in the ''home'' controller'' like this: def list_categories @categories = Category.find(:all) end This list all the categories

Hi, I am having problems with my page. I have a banner and navigation bar in controller_name.rhtml in app/views/layout. Can someone please help? Thanks In the navigation bar, I have the following links: Category1 Sub-Category1 Sub-Category2 Sub-Category3 Sub-Category4 Sub-Category5 Sub-Category6 In the main content, I have the following links: Sub-Category1 edit delete

Hello, I am trying to make the "switchover" to programming my apps in Rails and have a question about database structure. In the past i would structure a many to many like this: categories ---------------------------------------------------- | id | name | ---------------------------------------------------- 1 Some Category 2 Another

I''m trying to wrap my caffeine soaked brain around has_many :through following along at: http://rails.techno-weenie.net/tip/2005/12/23/teaching_your_blog_model_new_tricks_with_has_many_through I think my models are a little more complex than what fits this narrative. I have a directory of members, each member can belong to multiple categories. The category table references itself

I''m trying to create a dropdown list that''s populated from a model but which has the 2nd item in the model as the default selection. This is possible. Here''s the model snippet. PROPERTY_TYPES = [[''Choose'', ''''], [''Residential'', ''Residential''],

Guys, I searched this forum and found plenty of people having this problem, but I didn''t see any definitive solution. Usings Rails 1.0. When I edit an existing record, I can''t get the basic "select" helper to display the current value contained in the field of the record. All of my other (text) fields populate correctly with current field values. There appears

I''m using a dropdown on my form for a simple cms which displays the pages from the database. I want to add some options to the dropdown that are not in the database. Is there a way to do this? Here''s my code so far: <p><label for="navigation_link">Link</label><br/> <%= select("navigation", "link",

Hi, I have an advance search page and its code is as follows - I have written my code like this <div class="container"> <%= form_tag search_index_path, method: :get do %> <%= radio_button_tag ''user_type'', ''customer'' %><p>Customer</p> <%= radio_button_tag ''user_type'',

I''m listing bands playing shows. I want to be able to add and sort the lineup for each show in a single form. Users select a band playing from a dropdown list, which (using Ajax) adds the band to an unordered list which they can then re-arrange. Are these any tutorials online that cover this? Or can anyone shed any light on it? I''ve used a modified version of Cody Fausers code

What would be the best way to create a form select dropdown box and upon "submit" have it directly go to a controller method view? I have something that somewhat works, but I think there is probably a much easier way to do it. As of now, I have the dropdown list which when the form is submitted is handed to a controller method which basically I have my dropdown box: <%=

Hey everybody! I was just wondering if Rails'' javascript library includes something as simple as making a dropdown that jumps to the link when selected without needing a "submit" button. I see a bunch of AJAX effects and draggable-element stuff, but all i need is a simple dropdown... should I code it myself? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I have a collection of products that I am showing in a dropdown. Now at the first view it will show only first 10 products in the dropdown with an option "more..." at last. if user clicks the "more..." he can see all the following products in that dropdown list (this is not any ajax request, just javascript show/hide). Of course the more... option will hide when showing all