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What do I need to do to be able to use an acts_as_authenticated current_user in a model? Is there some sort of include or require I can do some where that would allow this? ********************************************************** Here is what I am trying to do: ********************************************************** class Setting < ActiveRecord::Base before_create :created_by_user #

We are using Rails for a project that must integrate with a legacy database. Is there a way to get Rails to automatically set the timestamp for a column named something other created_on or updated_on ? Also, how does one manipulate the size of the database connection pool? Dennis Byrne -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Hi you all, I have a model simulating an ActiveRecord model, according to the tips stated in [1]. It is simulated because even though I am gonna save the attributes in a file, not in a DB, I still want the validations made by ActiveRecord::Base (see code below). Well, the thing is that I also want the behaviour of the created_on and updated_on columns, that get modified automatically before

Hi, I want to automate somewhat the addition of created_by/updated_by fields on my models (i.e. to include username). What''s the best/recommended way to do this? Would it be to: a) Find out how to extend the ActiveRecord::Base itself (I haven''t extended a class before yet) b) Use a plugin type approach where you have to add a tag manually to each model file which then

Hello, Thank you all in advance for your help with this. Environment: Windows XP Pro (Development only) Ruby 1.84 Rails 1.1.0 SaltedHashLoginGenerator Plugins: file_column, userstamp I have a user table per the salted_hash_login generator. I have an orders table that has a column named created_by that is updated by the userstamp plugin. I am trying to retrieve all of the orders for a single

Hi, I have two types of users; normal user and admin. I have a field called priority in the table task. This priority field is invisible to the normal user, but not to the admin. The admin has to fill in the priority field when he adds a record via filling a form. Thus, i need to add validates_presence_of :priority to the model task. But, if i do this, then the normal user can''t add a

Hi everyone. This is a real noob question that I''m hoping someone out there can help me with. I have followed the tutorial How to Ad created_by and updated_b<http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/show/Howto%20Add%20created_by%20and%20updated_by>y and it works ok for retrieving the data. I''m using the Login_Generator. I cannot get it to work on create or update. I think

Hi, Can anyone spot why the below doesn''t work? * I have a "created_by" column in my create table in the dB * I have a "before_create" line, which definitely gets called * I tried a few different ways to set the "created_by" attribute in the model but it doesn''t seem to work, i.e. doesn''t appear in the database

I have a model with a belongs_to association. The first model is called Thing and the associated model is User. I''m attempting to assign the user to the thing. To accomplish this I used a before_save method, like this: class Thing < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :created_by, :class_name => "User", :foreign_key => "created_by_user_id" def before_create

I have the following ActiveRecord objects: class Recipe < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :ratings, :dependent => true . . . end class Rating < ActiveRecord::Base validates_uniqueness_of :created_by, :scope => :recipe_id belongs_to :recipe, :counter_cache => true . . . end The created_by field on Rating is implemented as a "magic" field similar to this:

I have two problems. I have a comment that has_many uploads. Before saving the comment, I want to be sure that the upload(s) has passed validation, but I also need to validate in other ways. For example, I do not want to save the comment if there is no comment or upload. Or, I do not want to save the comment if the image has been uploaded previously (comparing md5s with past upload md5s

I know this has got to be a really dumb question, but here goes anyway. I''ve got a model with an associated table. One of the columns in the table is ''date_created'', which I want to be set to the date/time each row was added to the table. Seems to me that setting this in the initialize method for the model would be the right thing to do,... class MyThing <

Hello all, I''m creating a many-many join table between ''homes'' and ''users''. Can it contain created_on? will AR update created_on, updated_on on this table? CREATE homes_users ( home_id int not null, user_id int not null, created_on datetime null, updated_on datetime null ) Thanks for your advice! -- ------------------------------ Apple MacBook.

All, My initial list is rather busy. I would like to shorten the created_on and updated_on fields to just display the date, not the time. Best wold be a simple 12/28/05 type of presentation. I''ve found the format helpers in rdoc. (ie. distance_of_time_in_words_to_now ), but none seem to be what I''m looking for. How do I control the date format of a timestamp field? Thanks

All of my HABTM tables receive the parent created_on/last_update_on dates whenever a record is inserted into these join tables. I don''t have any defaults in the database or anything else populating these tables. I assumed rails would populate these automagically. Is there something that needs to be done to get this to populate with the correct current timestamp instead of

Hello all, Rails 1.0.0 created_on is being set to 2000/01/01 00:00:00 Any ideas on this ? Thanks! Schema is create table user_login_history ( id int identity(1,1) not null, user_id int not null, created_on datetime default(getdate()) not null, created_at datetime default(getdate()) not null, updated_on datetime default(getdate()) not null, constraint pk_user_login_history primary key clustered

I have an easy question that I can''t seem to find an answer to. When I have a table with a created_at or created_on column I''ve read that Rails will automatically update these because they are "magic" column names. I assumed that since this was all supposed to be done in the background that these columns would not show up in the standard forms that are created by the

Greetings, This, I hope, is a simply answered question. Based on Agile Web Development with Rails (depot application), I''m developing a single table application for contact info. There is only an admin side to this, so there''s always authentication. Part of the info record (member) is changed_by and changed_at which I automatically want updated. Changed_at looks after

Hi all, I am exploring using RoR for a new project but have run into a problem with ActiveRecord and SQL Server''s timestamp datatype. We have a NOT NULL timestamp column in a table and ActiveRecord keeps trying to update it, which promptly causes it to blow up. I have tried making the value NULL for insert and update in the model, but SQL Server doesn''t like that

If I have several models which exhibit the same functionality, it seems makes sense to create a mixin, ''include'' it in each model and save myself some work and repeated code. Where can I define a module which will be available to all models? I can''t seem to find a documented place for them. Alternatively, is there a Rails-standard way of achieving the effect? Ben