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I am trying so learn how to do custom validations. The validation works as expected, but I can''t get "error_messages_for" to display. How is the name of the object supposed to be formated? Where is this object created, the model or controller? What am I doing wrong here? #### Model ######################## class MyFolder < ActiveRecord::Base def validate # validation

Hi, has anyone successfully used the acts_as_threaded plugin with postgresql? I''m using rails 1.0 and ruby 1.8.4 on linux. Following the screencast on http://www.railtie.net/articles/2006/02/05/rails-acts_as_threaded-plugin , I got to where we''re ready to create our first post, having made the changes to controllers/posts_controller.rb, views/posts/_form.rhtml,

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

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'',

Hello, The following view: <%= start_form_tag %> Enter term to find <p> <%= text_field_tag :name, params[:name] %> </p> <%= link_to "Find", { :action => ''find_term''} %> <%= end_form_tag %> does not appear to pass back the value of :name to the action: def find_term term =

Hello all, I would like to be able to update the "amount" of a certain item in me order list. The problem I run into is how to define the text_field element. @order is the current order, which has_many :order_item which in turn belongs_to :order. order_item has a field "amount" which should be modified... What I tried is this below, but I get a undefined method

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>

I want to override the ''tag'' method in ActionView::Helpers::TagHelper to do some generalized error handling similar to the way scaffolding puts a red border around fields that fail validation. I''ve created a file lib/rails_patches/tag_helper.rb which contains the following. module ActionView module Helpers module TagHelper alias_method :orig_tag, :tag

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 am new to Rails and it is not clear to me why I am getting the following error. Any help appreciated. -m. $cat app/views/admin/new.rhtml <% @page_title = "New member..." -%> <%= start_form_tag( :action => ''create'' ) %> <table> <tr> <td> First Name: </td> <td> <%= text_field(

Does anyone have advice on how to go about locating the cause of this error message: ActionView::TemplateError (wrong number of arguments (3 for 1)) on line #4 of app/views/products/search.rhtml: 4: <%= start_form_tag :action => ''search'' %> I don''t see anything wrong with line 4 above. Some background: I''ve made a number of changes to Controllers,

Hi all, I have a simple question about start_form_tag. It default generates method=post. I was wondering how you could use start_form_tag to generate method=get. Probably a simple question but one I can''t answer with the API doc. Thanks in advance, Onno

I''ve got a form that should post to user/login. The code to start the tag is: <%= start_form_tag { :controller => "user", :action => "login" } %> That gives me this exception: compile error script/../config/../app/views/user/login.rhtml:1: parse error, unexpected tASSOC, expecting ''}'' _erbout = ''''; _erbout.concat((

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 =>

Hiall, I want to give the action of a form an additional parameters but can''t figure out how to do it. My code looks like this <%= start_form_tag :action => ''create'', next_step => true %> <%= render :partial => ''user_form'' %> <%= render :partial => ''community_form'' %> <%= submit_tag

Please could someone suggest what might be wrong here. In my view I''m displaying a series of check boxes and when the form is submitted I want the controller to iterate over the values and contatenate them all into a string "1" if the box was checked and "0" if it wasn''t. I''m new to Ruby and Rails and I can''t seem to get any values out of

How do I use... <%= link_to "All Facilities", :action => ''fac_log_all'' %> if I add :target => "_new" that is just a parameter and not a directive. I just want reports to print into a separate window. How do I do that? It''s not clear at all to me Craig

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Hi there, I have this form code in a view: <%= start_form_tag :action => "listByArtist", :id => artist.id %> <p><b>List by Artist:</b> <select id="artist_id" name="artists[id]"> <%= options_from_collection_for_select(@artists, "id", "name") %> </select> <%= submit_tag "List"

Hi All, I''m working on building an app that can log and edit phone call information. I''ve got the creating and editing parting working great, and I''ve started an attempt to add searching. I can''t seem to figure out how to get an [:id] parameter from a form and passed between two controller methods. Right now I have a web page with a single text field in it