I have a user model and a bid model. I want the user to know what their rank is based upon a score stored as a method, i.e. "3/7" based upon user.score method. Currently, I'm trying to tuck this geek_rank method into the Bid model as: def user_rank(my_id) #Finds all bids associated with parent ticket object bids = Bid.find_by_tick...
I have a model called Vote that gets changed very frequently (people voting on stuff). I do other analytics after a vote is save, such as interpolating if the voter is male/female, what age etc. This results in updating counters in (adult votes, women votes etc) the same model. I wonder what's the best way to do this after save process...
I need to set an HTML class to this rails select and i have tried many variations and nothing <%= add.select :state, @states.map { |s| [ s.name, s.abbr ] }, :class => 'state', :include_blank => true %> ...
Here's my existing code: <% form_for(@match) do |f| %> <%= f.error_messages %> <fieldset> <p> <label>Name</label> <%= f.text_field(:name) %> </p> <p> <label>OR email address</label> <%= f.text_field(:email) %> </p> </fieldset> <p> <la...
I have 3 models GrandPa, Pa, Kid GrandPa => has_many :pas Pa => has_many kids, :polymorphic => true #dont ask why When I list GrandPa I would like to present the following 1 - GrandPa_Name 2 - List of Pas sorted by the number kids each pa has in descending order How do I accomplish #2? Thanks ...
Let's say I have methodA def methodA note = Note.find(params[:id]) note.link = params[:link] note.linktype = params[:linktype] note.save redirect_to(notes_url) end When I call this method from a view like this, it works fine <%= link_to image_tag(w.link, :border =>0), methodA_path(:linktype => w.linktype, :lin...
I got this question in a previous interview and couldnt do it , any idea? What does this return? Where would it be used? module ApplicationHelper def show_flash flash.map{|key, value| content_tag(:div, value, {:class => key})} end end ...
In my .html.erb file, I have a lot of lines of information to display. I am accomplishing this with a simple: (using blueprint css) <% for event in @user.events %> <div class="span-5 border">Descriptor:</div> <div class="span-5 last"><%=h event.foo%></div><br/> <% end %> How can I make it so that I can call some function that would re...
Hello! I am looking for a tutorial/how-to for uploading and storing images in rails. I searched google, but all I found was "...use imagemagick" or stuff like that. But I did not find any step by step tutorial (including installing imagemagick or a different image-plugin). Can you give me a step by step tutorial (including installing th...
In my rails application, I have two separate plugins that both call a alias_method_chain on a core method. Core Rails def some_method In PlugIn1 def some_method_with_extra_feature_one some_method_without_feature_one end alias_method_chain :some_method, :extra_feature_one In PlugIn2 def some_method_with_extra_feature_two some_...
Explain this regex used in RoR /\A([^@\s]+)@((?:[-a-z0-9]+.)+[a-z]{2,})\Z/i What does the \A tag do ? ...
The ids in RDBMS's are usually simple integers that go from 0 to whatever number, but typically you can keep them in the 5 digit range so that you can make urls that look like this myawesomeblog.com/posts/23456 but with mongodb the unique identifiers for each record look like this. 47cc67093475061e3d95369d and building and app based o...
i am including my own .rb(HintsHelper.rb) file on view. But it gives the following error. Why? uninitialized constant ActionView::Base::CompiledTemplates::HintsHelper then... i included HintsHelper.rb in Application Helper file. but still it is giving me the following error. uninitialized constant ApplicationHelper::HintsHelper How to...
I have a simple model: class User < ActiveRecord::Base has_and_belongs_to_many :roles end class Role < ActiveRecord::Base has_and_belongs_to_many :users end I have created a simple join table: class CreateUsersRoles < ActiveRecord::Migration def self.up create_table :users_roles, :id => false do |t| t.integer :user...
I just changed my Rails 2.3.8 project to load gems using Bundler, rather than the default Rails 2.3 loading mechanism. I followed the official instructions and the site runs fine in development. I use RVM for gem management, and have a specific gemset loaded for the application. My RSpec test suite is unable to run, however. I have trie...
My application has got a parent and child table with a 'has_many' relationship. Now I have created a nested form as described in the tutorials (using accept_nested_attributes_for) and this works fine. Some information about my environment: Rails 2.3.8, authlogic In my child table is a additional field "user" (the reference to the curr...
how to use Ajax validation on-submit event using prototype in rails application ...
I have a Note model, which can contain have either an image link attachment (linktype = "image" or some text (linktype = "text). When I display the notes, the method of display changes depending on the linktype. An example is: <% @notes.each do |q| %> <h2 class="title"><%= q.name %></h2> <% if q.linktype == "image"%> <im...
I'm looking at making a booking system and I need to display all the available users on a particular day/time. Thinking about it, I'm going to set up a table to keep note of when people AREN'T available, and assume that they are otherwise available. The structure I had in mind was to keep a note of the date_start of when they won't be a...
Hi folks, I want the check a belongs_to model for permission. A user should only create a blog, if he is the owner of the project Model Code User has_many :blogposts has_many :projects end Project has_one :blog belongs_to :user end Blog has_many :blogposts belongs_to :project end Blogpost belongs_to :user belongs_to ...