similar to: Sharing function between helper and controller

I have a function i want to be used in both views and controllers: def year_to_fiscal_year(year) # converts, say, an integer 2003 into ''0304'' year.to_s[2,2] << (year+1).to_s[2,2] end Where should i put it ? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi, I have an array with objects and I want to generate an XML like: <objects> <object> <category_id>1</category_id> <helper-method>result 1</helper-method> </object> <object> <category_id>2</category_id> <helper-method>result 2</helper-method> </object> </objects> The helper

I want a method to be accessible from everywhere in my app (it''s a Gaussian RNG) - I''ve already put them as protected methods in application.rb but that would only allow them to be accessed from controllers. I have a method in a model that needs access to this too, and I''d prefer not performing the calculations outside the model. Copying the method definition into the

Hi all I know that I can define methods in e.g. the application controller and make them available to the helpers using helper_method(), but how can I make them available in the models? I have for example the following method, that I want to be able to call from any model I wish... def ApplicationController helper_method :member def member session[:member] end end Thanks for any

Hello, this have been debated few times in the forum but I didn''t found a satisfying solution : my problem is very simple, I have few methods dealing with cookies that are intended to be used in controllers and views. Let say I have the read_cookie() method. Because it deals with the response object putting this method in the /lib directory doesn''t fit nicely because I

I have added roles and roles_users table and updated the model so that my users can have multiple roles. ("Admin" role does always have id = 1). I have added these methods to my application controller. <code> helper_method :is_admin? helper_method :is_user? def is_admin? if @session[''user''] @session[''user''].roles.find(1)

Hi, I''m looking at the rails cookbook for uploading files[1]. At the bottom of the page it says that the sanitize_filename functioin would probably go in a helper or a library. I wonder where these files would be or what they would be called. Pehaps there are some conventions I need to know about? Thanks, Peter [1] http://manuals.rubyonrails.com/read/chapter/78

Hi, I have a Rails application sitting on my computer that works just fine with webrick. I would like to try to serve it locally with lighttpd I followed the instructions on the hivelogic site for installing lighttpd http://hivelogic.com/articles/2005/12/01/ruby_rails_lighttpd_mysql_tiger Then I looked on page 457 in the Agile Rails book for instructions about configuring the rails app for

Hi, I have a little .swf movie I''d like to have in my page. Is there a rails way of linking it? Thanks, Peter

Dear list, on Asterisk 1.4.21 which is being used in a callthrough scenario - callers call via PSTN to a DID coming in via SIP and then dialing outbound via DTMF and the outbound calls get routed via some SIP termination provider - lately I see that every now and then MusicOnHold gets triggered like this on outbound calls: Started music on hold, class 'default', on

Probably asked and answered, but... Why are controller private methods inaccessible inside the block passed to render :update ? This does not work: class MyController < ApplicationController def some_action render :update do |page| page.replace_html ''an_element'', some_private_method end end private def some_private_method return

Hi all, I am using rails v.2.3.2 and if I put following line to my ApplicationController: include LoginSystem and I moved my login_system.rb to lib folder: module LoginSystem protected def is_logged_in? @logged_in_user = User.find(session[:user]) if session[:user] end def logged_in_user return @logged_in_user if is_logged_in? end def logged_in_user=(user) if

Hi folks, I just released version 0.4.1 fixing several bugs and bringing the DRb server''s index versioning feature to the stable branch. Please see [1] for more changes. Cheers, Jens [1] http://projects.jkraemer.net/acts_as_ferret/query?status=closed&milestone=0.4.1 -- Jens Kr?mer http://www.jkraemer.net/ - Blog http://www.omdb.org/ - The new free film database

Hi all, Where do you store your non-Rails-specific configuration info? For instance, I want to be able to login to LDAP as a particular admin user. I don''t want the u/p combo in any of the models...does it go in environment.rb? database.yml? Set a constant in a lib file? When you''ve got it in a good location, how do you access it? Thanks! Sean

Hi , It comes to me that helper has some weaknesses: 1) It is hard to test . No easy way to write test code for it. (or Just i didn''t know?) 2) Not easy to reuse it on other controller/view/model. it looks like to that putting the helper code into a model (a fully helper model , or a mixed model) is good practice. However i agree that some html intensive

Can I set an application wide instance variable that is available for all actions...and their views? eg. class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base @current_user = User.find(session[:user_id]) end and everywhere I can call @current_user.id and I can get that object? Even down in the views? I could not get this to work... Thanks in advance, Jeff -------------- next part

Hi, What is the simplest way to validate a positive integer? validates_numericality_of :foo, :integer_only => true how do I add the positive part? Do I need another validation statement for pattern matching or do I have to write a validate() funciton for my model? Thanks, Peter

Hi, I have an online store and I would like to simulate a complete shopping trip which involves several controllers? How can I write a test that calls actions from different controllers in a particular sequence? Something like the following which involves department, product, cart_item, and cart controllers. get department 5 check it has a link to product 4 get product 4 post cartitem/create get

Hi I''m trying to use before_filter to allow access to a site. Only logged in users can view any object in the controller, but only users with a access_level higher than 2 can view specific objects. My code is: ----------------------------------------------------------- IN USER_CONTROLLER before_filter :login_required before_filter :access_granted, :only => [:destroy, :new , :edit]

Hi, there, I have some methods which I have written as helpers. They are in spec/support/controller_macros.rb (yes, I will change the name soon). The 2 methods, login_user and login_admin_user works in the controller specs BUT fail to work in the view specs when I call them in the view specs. ---------- spec/spec_helper.rb start -------------------------- # This file is copied to spec/