similar to: Inserting data to another DB table

Given this code (which renders rjs), I''m faced with the fixture- driven way of spec-ing or mocking. How the heck to you mock this so the code at line (2) and (4) work right? I''m still struggling with mocks but it seems like this can be done. Forgive the naivety of this question. 1. def change_quantity 2. @line_item = LineItem.find_by_id(params[:id]) 3. unless

I have an existing entry in my DB under the "users" table that has a column name "pic". I have a file column field when a new user signs up, and it work great. I am now trying to give existing users the ability to add or change their "pic". But, no matter what I do the entry comes up blank. Here''s what I have so far: View: <%= start_form_tag ({:action

My application needs to know if a user is an administrator, for security and aesthetic reasons. At the moment, I store true/false in the session by doing the following at login: session[:user_is_admin] = authenticated_user.is_admin? Is this OK to do? Or should I really be doing the following every time: User.find(session[:user_id]).is_admin? (user_id is always in the session too) Is there

Besides the hashed password, which is saved to db, I have two password-attributes in my User model: attr_accessor :password, :password_confirmation I have validations on these attributes, and I need them to work both on create and update, since I have pages for changing and resetting the password. Now when I want to update just the user''s login name, I guess I have the next

I''m trying to query one table to ultimately display the relate info from another table. I have 2 tables: "posts" and "numbers". I''m trying to do a query like this: @numbers = Number.find(:all, :conditions => [ ''(user_id) = :id'', {:id =>

I have 2 models right now: "users" and "posts". When a user creates a post I would like their id to be recorded under "user_id" in the "posts" table. Under the "user" model I have: class User < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :posts end And under the "posts" model I have: class Post < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :user

Hi all, I''ve put new code into my app so that an administrator will have extra privileges (administer users, edit pages). The error is: ''Couldn''t find User without an ID'' So the app is looking for a logged in user when the homepage is accessed. Heres my code: site/index view: <% if is_logged_in? and logged_in_user.has_role?(''Moderator'')

i found Ezra''s acl_system plugin yesterday and i am trying to figure it out. based on the simple instructions on the site, it does exactly what i need but i''m getting some errors when i try to use it: NoMethodError in UsersController#index You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it! The error occured while evaluating nil.roles i am pretty new to rails and

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 guys, I''ve got a problem here which i need help from the pro''s in this mailing list I have a legacy app where the User table has a custom structure where "User_id" (username) is the primary key as well as the username used to log in User.rb (model) class User < ActiveRecord::Base set_table_name "cmf901" set_primary_key "user_id" end

I am using active record sessions and everything works fine. I am integrating it with phpbb however so i need some extra fields populated in the session table. In application.rb i put a before_filter to update the session table I have a model for the sessions $ more app/models/session.rb class Session < ActiveRecord::Base set_primary_key "session_id" set_table_name

I''m trying to run a single worker that could perform a periodic task for a given user. >From a controller, I imagine something like: def start_job MiddleMan.ask_work(:worker => :foo_worker, :worker_method => :perform_task, :data => { :user_id = current_user.id }) end def check_job @status = MiddleMan.ask_status(:worker => :foo_worker)[current_user.id] end

I''m having trouble finding then displaying all items in my "posts" table that match a certain search string. I have a from field: <%= start_form_tag :action=> "search" %> <div title="Search" id="searchform" class="form"> <h3>Search</h3> <%= error_messages_for ''post''

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 =>

Rails is throwing this error C:/Ruby/Depot/app/views/products/index.html.erb:28: syntax error, unexpected tSTRING_BEG, expecting keyword_do or ''{'' or ''('' ...er.privilege == 50 ? {link_to ''Show'', product} : ''a'' );@out... in line <%= current_user.privilege == 50 ? {link_to ''Show'', product} :

I''m trying to use has_many :through, since my join model deserves being more than just an intersection table. But when I try to break the association, the break only seems "temporary": Let''s say my two tables are Users and Colors, and the join model is Favorites. user = Users.find(1) user.colors.length >> 2 c = user.colors.first >> #<Color:....>

Hello I am a Ruby newbie, thus a rather simple question. My list view shows table records and enables user to click a button in order to change value of one attribute in given record. I use this code to invoke a method from controller: <%= button_to "Change", { :action => "edit", :id => prog.id_prog } %> My method looks like this (just a simple one - to set the

Hi there, I''m still trying to wrap my head around when to use a stub and a mock. If I understand this right, I should be using a ''mock'' when imitating an object, but not its behavior. I should be using a stub when I want to imitate the behavior of an object. Does that sound about right? With that said, I''m struggling a little trying to spec out this instance

I have a web application that is getting larger all the time. There are now 3 separate models where I am storing the current find parameters in session hash and it''s beginning to seem to me that this might not be a good idea. Before I add another model to the mess - is there a better way? Do I have to create some table to store the current ''find'' criteria? It seems as

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