Try this in your controller
my_item = MyItem.new my_item.user_id = current_user.id In your model attr_accessor :user_id acts_as_activity :user On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Chris <[email protected]> wrote: > This is related to adding the acts_as_activity to an object which does > not have a direct user relationship. > > I added this to the model > > attr_accessor :user > > > def user_id > @user = User.find(current_user) > return @user.id > end > > To avoid the undefined method I received when I add an new object. > When I hard code a value (return 10) everything works fine so I need > to have the current user ID available but with the above code I > receive this error. > > undefined local variable or method `current_user' > > Maybe I am going about this the wrong way? > > > On Jan 28, 8:10 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > Add the user as a attr_accessor and set it in the model? > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chris <[email protected]> > > Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:08:58 > > To: CommunityEngine<[email protected]> > > Subject: [CommunityEngine] Accessing Current User > > > > I need to access the current_user to pass the user ID of the current > > use to the activity tracking for a model not associated with a user. > > Does anyone know what I need to do to access the current user in a > > model or controller in my main app since the authentication is handled > > in the CE lib. > > > > Not sure where to go with this one. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CommunityEngine" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CommunityEngine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CommunityEngine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en.
