Thanks for the reply Ben,
I'd suggest:
> def released_on=date
> super(Date.parse(date).iso8601)
> end
that certainly looks more elegant, but I get an 'invalid date' argument
error for that if I try to enter the date in the format "10/09/2012", any
ideas?
cheers,
DAZ
On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 9:17:07 PM UTC+1, benlovell wrote:
>
> Hi Daz,
>
> On 9 October 2012 20:58, DAZ <daz...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ben,
>>
>> Thanks for the reply. This is what I thought was the case, but I just
>> wondered if there were any nice DM methods that I didn't know about that
>> parsed strings in a certain format, ready to insert into the database as a
>> Date object.
>>
>> I've found that the jQuery datepicker gives the date in this format
>> 10/09/2012, so I have added the following method to the Song class to
>> change it into a Date object:
>>
>> def released_on=date
>> dates = date.split('/').map{ |s| s.to_i }
>> super(Date.new(dates[2],dates[0],dates[1]))
>> end
>>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
>
>
>>
>> Not sure if that's the best way of doing it, but it certainly works!
>>
>> thanks for the help and feedback!
>>
>> DAZ
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 8:14:23 PM UTC+1, benlovell wrote:
>>
>>> On 9 October 2012 19:48, DAZ <daz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for the reply Ben.
>>>>
>>>> I think my question is more to do with DataMapper, because DataMapper
>>>> requires the format to be a Date or DateTime object. My question is how I
>>>> change what is effectively a string in the params hash into a date object
>>>> in a neat way. Even if I used a date picker, I would assume that it sends
>>>> some sort of string to the server rather than an actual Date object?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> In your example form you have three separate fields which you need to
>>> parse into a valid Date. You cannot expect DM to do this on your behalf nor
>>> should you. DM resources can parse date strings as properties of course,
>>> but you need to massage your params to get the date into an acceptable
>>> format. My point was that this would be a responsibility of your web
>>> framework or front-end not DM.
>>>
>>> A similar example of this is the DateHelper.date_select in rails which
>>> does some hocus pocus with param suffixes and Date::civil to get the values
>>> from the three options into a proper date that AR can understand.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ben
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hope that clarifies my question - is there a neat way of converting
>>>> dates to Date objects or is there just some donkey work that needs doing
>>>> before creating the resource?
>>>>
>>>> cheers,
>>>>
>>>> DAZ
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday, October 7, 2012 2:07:30 PM UTC+1, benlovell wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think this question would be better served in whichever list
>>>>> pertains to your chosen web framework (Sinatra I suspect?) but the simple
>>>>> answer is to use one of the many available date pickers.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://trentrichardson.com/**exa**mples/timepicker/<http://trentrichardson.com/examples/timepicker/>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Ben
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7 Oct 2012, at 11:48, DAZ <daz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a Song class that looks like this:
>>>>>
>>>>> class Song
>>>>> include DataMapper::Resource
>>>>> property :id, Serial
>>>>> property :title, String
>>>>> property :lyrics, Text
>>>>> property :length, Integer
>>>>> property :released_on, Date
>>>>> end
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's my form for creating it:
>>>>>
>>>>> <form action="/songs" method="POST">
>>>>> <input id="title" name="song[title]" type="text" />
>>>>> <input id="length" name="song[length]" type="number" />
>>>>> <input id="day" max="31" min="1" name="day" type="number" />
>>>>> <input id="month" max="12" min="1" name="month" type="number" />
>>>>> <input id="year" max="1998" min="1940" name="year" type="number" />
>>>>> <textarea id="lyrics" name="song[lyrics]"></**textarea**>
>>>>> <input type="submit" value="Save Song" />
>>>>> </form>
>>>>>
>>>>> I want to be able to create a new song resource by using
>>>>>
>>>>> song = Song.create(params[:song])
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem I'm having is with the released_on property, since it
>>>>> needs to be a Date object.
>>>>>
>>>>> At the moment, I am doing this:
>>>>>
>>>>> date = Date.new(params[:year].to_i,**pa**rams[:month].to_i,params[:*
>>>>> *day]**.to_i)
>>>>> song = Song.create(params[:song].**merg**e(released_on: date))
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anybody know any nicer ways of entering a date into a form and
>>>>> being able to simply call Song.create(params[:song]) without having to
>>>>> manipulate the form parameters first?
>>>>>
>>>>> cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> DAZ
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