Thanks, I've gotten it to work. On this part though: @user = User.new params[:user
Is the closing bracket missing? Is params something from Rails that allows you to create the user instance variable all in one line instead of doing something like this: @user = User.new( :id => input.id, :name => input.name, ... ) Can I use it in a camping app relatively easily? Dave On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Eric Mill <[email protected]> wrote: > In my create actions, I customarily do like > > @user = User.new params[:user > if @user.save > ... > else > ... > end > > But update_attributes should also return true or false, I believe. > > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 4:42 PM, David Susco <[email protected]> wrote: >> So, in my crud controllers, should I be using calls to save instead of >> create and update_attributes? As those just return the object, and not >> true of false based on my validations. >> >> Dave >> >> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Eric Mill <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Yeah, but in practice, you'd call @user.save, which internally calls >>> #valid?, and returns true or false on whether the object was saved or >>> not. If the object wasn't saved, @user.errors is populated with the >>> error messages. >>> >>> -- Eric >>> >>> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Magnus Holm <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I'm a little rusty on AR at the moment, but I think it looks something like >>>> this: >>>> In the controller: >>>> if @user.valid? >>>> # everything is fine >>>> else >>>> # ops! @user.errors contains the errors >>>> end >>>> //Magnus Holm >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 19:43, David Susco <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Can ActiveRecord::Validations::ClassMethods be used to provide >>>>> feedback to the user? I noticed the tepee example uses >>>>> "validates_uniqueness_of ". If the title isn't unique however nothing >>>>> is written and the user is never notified. >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone have an example or two of how I could go about informing >>>>> the user that the title they entered was not unique and they need to >>>>> enter another? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Dave >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Camping-list mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Camping-list mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Camping-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dave >> _______________________________________________ >> Camping-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list >> > _______________________________________________ > Camping-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list > -- Dave _______________________________________________ Camping-list mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list
