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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

At present, I use an update like this to set the user''s last login time: authenticated_user.update_attribute(:last_login, Time.now) However, this calls the following, updating all fields: UPDATE users SET `last_login` = ''2006-05-02 13:27:41'', `hashed_password` = .... Is there any way I can tell ActionRecord to only update the one field? I don''t really want

Does anyone know of a way to update individual attributes with validation? update_attribute disables the validation checks in the record model, so I''m wondering if there''s a workaround for this. In my application, I want to allow the user to update some or all the attributes without having to enter :password and :password_confirmation, both of which are subject to

This may be a dumb noob issue, but I haven''t found any answers while seaching the forum-- I have a controller method def edit @user = User.find params[:id] @user.password_confirmation = @user.password end The User class has an "attr_accessor :password_confirmation" definition (so "password_confirmation" doesn''t exist in the users table). My spec

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, in the past few months someone posted an entry on their blog about how to do validations in non-AR classes and I cant find it any more. Anyone have a link? Thanks, Trevor -- Trevor Squires http://somethinglearned.com

Im using a customs processor to run ffmpeg on a video to create a thumbnail. So far so good. Except when I do: cmd = "-i #{@file.path} -f flv -s 320x240 ~/Downloads/foobar/q.flv" success = Paperclip.run(''ffmpeg'', cmd) Console is reporting: ffmpeg ''-i /var/folders/uL/uL0bYOOZEZaJH5E+BmDJVE+++TI/-Tmp-/stream, 16824,1.mpeg -f flv -s 320x240

I''m going though the paper back edition of agile development with Rails. On page #128 I encountered following lines of code: attr_accessor :password attr_accessible :name,:password What''s the difference between attr_accessor and attr_accessible? -=- Neeraj _______________________________________________ Rails mailing list

Studying the RoR 3 Tutorial book by Michael Hartl and on page 345 there''s the code inside the SessionsHelper: _________________________________________________________ module SessionsHelper def sign_in(user) cookies.permanent.signed[:remember_token] = [user.id, user.sault] self.current_user = user end end __________________________________________________________ What is the purpose

I''m trying my best to follow the skinny controller/fat model concept, and I''ve got a series of callbacks (that I''m about to move into observers) running on a few models. Based on what these callbacks do to the data (it''s implementing business rules), I''d like to add some type of message on the state of the model *without* invalidating it. For example:

I have a user table, and it has forty columns, including name, gender, address, email, phone... So my @user object will have forty attributes. I divide these attributes into 4 groups... namely ''general info'', ''personal info'', ''contact info''... and I make separate forms to edit these 4 different group attributes. The problem is when I update

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

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

Greetings, I have a problem with attr_accessor and create seemingly being at odds with each other in my environment. Here is the setup: A simple class representing a US State (say, Maine for example): class State < ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessor(:name, :code) end In an IRB session, I type the following and receive the response included below: >>

I have more or less the same problem. I''m trying to build a system where users can enter their friends. But the solutions seems not to work for me. I used same sql: CREATE TABLE `friends` ( `user_id` int(11) NOT NULL default ''0'', `friend_id` int(11) NOT NULL default ''0'', KEY `user_id` (`user_id`), KEY `friend_id` (`friend_id`),

I know the debate of whether this should validate has been rehashed many times. My question is, what are the consequences of overriding this method to force validation? Will this break fundamental things? Will it break plugins? Is there a reason not to have a strict validation option? In my code I will never use this as I consider it a terribly broken method, but some gems use it and in one case

somple question here but pretty confusing on my side. i have a model towns that is mapped to my towns table. can i add an extra variable to the class and access it in my view? basicall what i am trying to do is return a list of towns, and next to each town, display a total number of what i have in each town. ive tried both attr_reader and @total but no avail. here is my view <% for

i''m still new to rails and working on digesting everything i come across. recently i came across these two. what is the difference between attr_accessor and attr_accessible? -- 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

Just in case it saves someone else the several hours of insanity I just went through, update_attributes will not save unless the model validations are satisfied, but update_attribute (the singular form) will save the attribute to the database even if the model validations would fail! This appears to be a feature, not a bug (http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActiveRecord/Base.html) although

Can''t get this?...I''m close I think, my calculation appears to be working, but.... when i access duration = <%= @enquiry.course_duration %><br> in my final view it''s blank.. course_duration is getting set to null but works for the calculation? controller.. ---------- class EnquiriesController < ApplicationController layout ''welcome''