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Instead of the user entering a name, I want to pass their screen name along with supplied :title and :content fields. here is what I''ve got.. f.hidden_field :author, user.screen_name here is the create method from Posts controller: def create @title = "Gravity" @user = User.find(params[:id]) # this does not work, and I don''t know why if request.post?

I have a simple form , with a file field = form_for (Clip.new), :html => {:multipart => true} , :remote => true , do |f| = f.hidden_field :user_id, {:value => current_user.id} = f.text_field :name = f.text_area :description = f.file_field :image = f.submit I18n.t(:add) generating the html code <form accept-charset="UTF-8"

Please can someone show me the correct syntax for a hidden field in forms, this is my code <%= start_form_tag :action => ''create'' %> <div class="form1"> <table width="auto" boader="8" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5"> <% hidden_field ''line_item'', ''client_id'', :value

I guess you could call this a noobie problem as well. I''m trying to divide two numbers by each other... For example: <% for element in project.elements %> Element: <%= horizontal_bar_graph [element.name, ((element.completed_hours / element.hours) * 100)] %><br /> <% end %> element.completed_hours == 2 element.hours == 5 (2 / 5) * 100 == 40 However,

should be trivial but I can''t figure this out from api <%= hidden_field ''certifications'', ''personnel_id'', {value = #{@personnel.id}} %> I want to pass the value of ''id'' field in my form to the certifications controller as personnel_id Craig

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'',

I''m trying to construct a form that would request a page using GET and would like my variables to be simple like q,v, etc so that the URL it calls is something like: /controller/action?q=80&v=100 However, I''m having trouble using the basic form helpers (probably doing something wrong) cos expressions such as: <%= hidden_field "q", "v", {:value

Hello. I want to select an item from a select list and have that result in an ajax call that updates two sections on the page. Here is the code in the controller def create ... render :update do |page| page.replace_html ''list_items'', :partial => ''lists/list_items'' page.replace_html ''add_item'', :partial =>

Hi, This is my rHtml page & Corresponding actions & model pages:- ===listform.rHtml================= <h1>Products List</h1> <%= start_form_tag(:action => "add_to_cart")%> <table> <tr> <% i=0 %> <th> Product No. </th> <th> Unit Price </th> <th> Available Qty. </th> <th> Demand Qty. </th>

Hi, I want to insert onto database the Current DateTime Value into database field "Store_date" with datatype (DATETIME). How to do tihs? I am usiing hidden variable into my form as follows:- ======================= <%= hidden_field("store", "store_date", :value =>:datetime ) %> ======================= But when I m submmittng form I couldn''t find

In the example below, what is the dash doing between the class attribute and array: (field_helpers - [:label, :check_box, :radio_button, :fields_for, :hidden_field, :file_field]).each do |selector| -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to

Warning: I am as green as #00FF00 with rails :-) I have an rhtml view that shows a survey: /views/survey/show.rhtml. I have a Survey model, helper and controller. I''m using the acts_as_commentable plugin to collect comments, and trying to save user comments from users who have taken a survey (don''t ask -- it''s just a test). To save the comment, I need the id of the

I''m uploading files to a mysql database, using a mediumblob size. Following the wiki here: http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoUploadFiles , I got past the first mysql 500kb limitation with the max_allowed_packet = xM trick, setting it to 1000M. However, as the person at the very bottom of the wiki notes, I too cannot upload more than around 10mb. I also tried the suggested

How does one generate a form within a view using javascript? Specifically, assume views/premise/new.html.erb looks like this: <%= form_for(Premise.new) do |f| %> <%= f.hidden_field :full_address, :value => $FULL_ADDRESS %> <%= f.hidden_field :geocoding, :value => $GEOCODING %> <%= f.submit :value => "use this address" %> <%= f.label

I am getting this error when trying to use the remove link explained in the Railscast: http://railscasts.com/episodes/197-nested-model-form-part-2 error: $(link).previous("input[type=hidden]") is undefined remove_fields()applic...1065175 (line 6) function onclick(event) { remove_fields(this); return false; }()1 (line 2) [Break on this error]

Hello All, We use a different custom form builder for our app, but I wanted to use facebooker''s typeahead widget in side the other form builder. I don''t know much about form builders, but I created a file in lib/ doing this: http://pastie.caboo.se/178776 It works great, except that the id''s and class names get messed up. Instead of school_name, I get

I want to use javascript to display the categories that the post is filed under when a icon/image is clicked. The list of categories should expand at the bottom of the post under the icon(s). This works great on the single post page, but the index (main) page lists 10 posts, and it will only work on the first post. No matter what post icon is clicked the first post expands. I think I understand

I have a simple object, Article, which has_one :parent of the same time. On my Show page for a given article there will be a "new child" button which will pass the current :id (or the current Article itself) to the new form. What is the proper way to hide a reference to this parent in the form so that when it is submitted back, the create method knows what to do with it?

Hi I have been struggling to get a foreign key in a list map to a readable value in a lookup table I have a list of projects and each project has a project_manager. Project.rb class Project < ActiveRecord::Base has_one :project_manager, :class_name => "Users", :foreign_key => "manager_id" end The association above sais that a project_manager is in

I have following tables with following models: users(id, role_id) *has_many :entries* categories(id, category_name) *has_many :entries* entries(id, category_id, user_id) *belongs_to :user, belongs_to :category, has_one :storage* storages(id, title, content, entry_id)* belongs_to :entry*, *has_one :vote* votes(id, count, storage_id) *belongs_to :storage* Now,