params is simply Rails' version of @input.
If you name your keys "user[id]" and "user[name]" in the HTML, then
@input.user should contain a Hash like { 'id' => ..., 'name' => ... } (maybe
the keys are Symbols; I don't remember at the moment)//Magnus Holm On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 15:50, David Susco <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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