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I think I can have finally reduced my problem to something somebody can help me with. I am using auto_complete... specifically the form command is... <%= text_area_auto_complete_for :case_manager :name %> I need to use the value derived here in my controller... If I use... cm = CaseManager.find(:first, :conditions => "name = ''Thomas E Dewey''") it works.

I have been working on this for 3 days and haven''t been able to solve it. I have 2 tables... clients belongs_to: case_managers case_managers has_many: clients When entering new clients, I need to have some type of select box that allows me to pick the case_manager (by name) so that the ''id'' field from the case_manager table is inserted into clients.case_manager_id

Have 2 tables - clients & case_managers class Client < ActiveRecord::Base has_one :case_manager end app/views/clients/_form.html contains line... <p><% collection_select("client", "case_manager_id", \ case_manager.find_all, "name", "id") %></p> and this line generates error... undefined local variable or method

placement.rb has_one :client has_one :case_manager client.rb belongs_to :case_manager has_many :placements case_manager.rb has_many :clients has_many :placements I am trying to create a view file for placements. I can pull columns from clients table in this view by using... <%= @placement.client.wholename %> but if I use <% @placement.case_manager.wholename %>

I am trying to use auto_complete_for to reference a different table. in my clients_controller.rb file auto_complete_for :case_manager :case_manager.name ^^^^^^^^^^^^ this is not the clients table my models/clients.rb has: has_one: case_manager The above ''auto_complete_for'' line in clients_controller.rb

Hi folks, I''m curious how a lookup with a large group of values would be handled in Rails. For example, I have a (contrived) AnimalType filtering a list of many Animals--more than can be presented comfortably in a dropdown box. Therefore I need to either redirect to another screen to select an animal (returning after the selection is made), or show a dialog--modal or otherwise--to

I''ll try again... I am looking at this page...HowToUseFormOptionHelpers http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoUseFormOptionHelpers perhaps I should be using Ajax for this...I haven''t looked at Ajax yet. Have 2 tables - clients & case_managers I want the data from a column in case_managers to be the select list on a screen for adding/editing clients as I am pretty

I installed at least one gem since I thought I actually once was able to run ''rake appdoc'' command since there is an api for my models and the ez_where plugin that I installed earlier. I wanted to see the api for pdf-writer which is the gem that I installed most recently. (no, I haven''t given up the issue of ''looping'' that Kevin and some others replied

because I am a grasshopper... Now that I can sort my ''list''...is there a logical way of not repeating myself to having essentially the same list view with multiple sorts? i.e. def list_cl # ordered by clients last name @placement_pages, @placements = paginate( :placements, :include => [:client], :order_by =>

I can''t see how to use variables so I am using console to test things out... clients table - a column named first_name My very brief console session... >> clients = Client.find_by_sql("select * from clients where first_name = FN") ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: RuntimeError: ERROR C42703 Mcolumn "fn" does not exist Fparse_expr.c L1034

I simply can''t figure this out. I have been reading and re-reading Agile book and wiki.rubyonrails.org - all sorts of validation methods and still, it doesn''t work. Controller code def create @client = Client.new(params[:client]) if @client.save! flash[:notice] = ''Client was successfully created.'' redirect_to :action =>

I have reached a development plateau and now want to integrate some of the rails niceties that I passed over to get the system online. I am fooling with migrations. I am using postgresql. I put in my migration script (at the end of the ''up'' method, the following raw sql code... # set up primary key restratints for PostgreSQL execute ''ALTER TABLE ONLY

Hi: I''m looking to get a point clarified which i''m sure is obvious to everyone else but I haven''t been able to find the answer to. i''ve tried searching through the forums and the api pages and haven''t found anything. Is there a way with migrations to set up foregin key relationships? (beyond putting in the relevant foregin_id attributes) Is

In development and production, I''ve got postgresql constraints that prevent deleting a CaseManager if there is a Client that belongs to that CaseManager. In unit tests...and obviously in my testing db, those restrictions don''t get added. Is it wrong to test for deleting dependent records in unit tests? Craig --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received

Agile book lacks some basic information, perhaps I need to learn ruby as I am lacking information - some basic things - especially debugging. The following are stupid newbie questions and any portion of them answered would be great. 1. If I am viewing a page from app/views/clients/ and on this page, I want to put a ''link_to'' directive to say app/views/case_managers... how do I

have placements, clients and case_managers tables with relationships Trying to create new placement record...case_manager_id field exists in clients table. I need the value from related clients record in placements table in placements_controller.rb def create @placement = Placment.new(params[:placement]) case_manager_id = Client.case_manager_id # this doesn''t work if

Hi all ! I began to develop Rails applications with Aptana Radrails under Windows. For that I had successfully installed auto_complete plugin and succeeded to use it. Now I have an iMac and I''m trying to restart my developments under OS X. My problem is: when I run the command ''script/plugin install auto_complete'', the result is: Plugin not found:

I have been trying to write a selector function for Autocompleter.Local that will show a predefined Array and will scroll automatically to the first match. I have had success with with getting my list to populate and show all of the choices, however I cannot get it to scroll to the first match. Since I build the JS Array I can know exactly how many items are in the list going into my selector,

Trying to use Amy Hoy''s ajaxariffic auto_complete methodology and I am getting really close to the end. This is fairly complicated but I will simplify as best I can. My view code is simple... <%= text_field_with_auto_complete ''client'', ''wholename'' %> # wholename is not a column in ''clients'' but rather represents an

Folks, I am trying to upgrade code base from 1.3.x to 2.3.2 and not surprisingly, lot of things are broken. ''text_field_with_auto_complete'' is not working for me - it gives the following error: ActionView::TemplateError (undefined method `text_field_with_auto_complete'' for #<ActionView::Base: 0x7f0ceb6b8290>) I already have installed auto_complete - ruby