similar to: Define methods for controllers, helper AND models?

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 am trying to teach my models how to render themselves, i.e. <%= my_model_object.render() %> Let me explain my reasoning and proposed method before this gets shot down as anti-MVC. Let''s say I am writing a contact-management application. I have a class Contact. I will need to display this class all over the application. My first choice is to use a partial. Now I can

Hi there I need to store additional attributes on join table. Searching the Wiki [1] revealed two possible methods: 1) push_with_attributes, as described by Justin Palmer [2]. Unfortunately, "this method is now deprecated" [3]. Even if it wasn''t, there seem to be inherent problems with that approach, for example with updating those additional attributes, though Joshua Muheim

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)

Should I create a separate controller for each model or should I use 1 controller for all models? Having 1 "admin" controller for all backend stuff seems logic to me, but when I scaffold it rather makes 1 controller per model. I''m fairly new to the MVC pattern, so what''s the prefered way of doing it? I''m also wondering if the API is up to date? When

I was thinking today, it would be nice if a view could tell a model how to format it''s data for that particular view. Kind of like, the view is bestowing instant, and temporary knowledge on the model for the duration of the views run. It seemed to me that this would be more objecty than say a helper that formats a string format_my_string( my_string ) Instead, in my view. Lets assume I

Hi everybody! The class ActiveRecord::Base have a atribute named type and if my table have a column with the same name i get an error if i use model.finde, model.save and more... I dont know what i can do to solve this problem! Someone know? Thanks -- _________ Noel R. Morais

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

So, I have a plugin that adds a method to ActiveRecord::Base, let''s call the method is_encrypted. class MyModel < ActiveRecord::Base is_encrypted end So, my question is, how do I write a spec to show that is_encrypted is called here? I would rather not write specs that say that the behavior is there, since I have tested the behavior already in my plugin. Thanks. -Corey --

Hi, I have a utility function repeated in both my helper and my controller. Not DRY. I have this repetition because other functions in the helper and in the controller both use the utility function. Where do I put this function so that both the helper and controller can access the function? Mayber there is a different solution? Thanks, Peter

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''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 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

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

Or better yet, a named route? Tried lots of searches and ugly hacks ... Thanks in advance.

Hi all All my forms should look the same, so I think always putting the right div etc. tags around them is a violation of the DRY principle. Until now my forms look like that: <div class="text_field"> <label for="news_item_subject">Subject:</label> <%= text_field "news_item", "subject" %> </div> Now I want the default

Is there any general guidelines for accessing model objects directly in the view? It seems like it would be a potential problem - that it would be better to keep model objects out of the view entirely. Instead, the controller should extract whatever data is needed from the model and put it into temporary objects, thus protecting the views from any changes in the models and keeping them from

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

All, This is more of a theoretical question I suppose - I''m looking for what the consensus is for the "correct" approach in Rails/MVC. I have a standard security model where a User can have many Roles. There is a User model, a Role model, and in the db, a linking table, etc. Each role has a name as well as a category (say, name="waiter", category="restaurant

All, Is it possible for a view to call back to a controller method? If so, what is the syntax? === details I have a list view that I want to filter out inactive rows based on several table fields being zero, old, etc. It would seem I should create a "filtered" method in the controller (which I have done). Then invoke if from the view like: for row in @rows continue if row.filtered