Please ask this question on the rubyonrails-talk group instead. This group is reserved for discussion about the core of Ruby on Rails (the framework itself) rather than applications built on it.
-- Ryan Bigg On Friday, 4 February 2011 at 3:29 AM, mgj wrote: > Hi, > > I am currently using Rails 2.0.2 with Ruby 1.8.7. My Prototoype.js > version is 1.7(if required). I am basically trying to integrate the > calendar_date_select plugin in my app. > > The link/tutorial I am referring is: > http://ianli.com/site/HowTo/UseCalendarDateSelectRailsPlugin > > I am trying to save the date I receive through the date select plugin > and store in a rails symbol :publishing_date. > > I am selecting the date using the calendar_date_select plugin. The > selected date gets uploaded into the text field, but I am not sure how > to transfer that returned value onto my publishing_date > attribute(:publishing_date symbol) of my books table. > > > On manually entering a date I am able to see it reflected in the DB. I > am getting stuck when I am trying to save it through the plugin. > > <%= f.text_field :publishing_date %> > > On clicking on the create button I get a null value for the date > selected via the calendar_date_select plugin. I am able to properly > insert values for name of book and author. > > My code for a new book looks like this: > > <%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %> > > > <script src='/javascripts/calendar_date_select/ > calendar_date_select.js' type='text/javascript'></script> > > > <h1>New book</h1> > > <%= error_messages_for :book %> > > <% form_for(@book) do |f| %> > <p> > <b>Title</b><br /> > <%= f.text_field :title %> > </p> > > <p> > <b>Author</b><br /> > <%= f.text_field :author %> > </p> > > > <p> > <b>Publishing Date</b><br /> > > > <%=calendar_date_select_tag f.text_field :publishing_date %> <!-- > This way of save/assigning doesn't work --> > > </p> > > <br /> > <br /> > <br /> > <br /> > > <p> > <%= f.submit "Create" %> > </p> > <% end %> > > <%= link_to 'Back', books_path %> > > > > > Also once I save it perfectly, could you also please tell me how would > I be able to display this date it in my index.html.erb > > My current index.html.erb looks like this: > > <h1>Listing books</h1> > > <table> > <tr> > <th>Title</th> > <th>Author</th> > <th>Publishing Date</th> > </tr> > > <% for book in @books %> > <tr> > <td><%=h book.title %></td> > <td><%=h book.author %></td> > <td><%= book.publishing_date %></td> <!-- Will this work? --> > <td><%= link_to 'Show', book %></td> > <td><%= link_to 'Edit', edit_book_path(book) %></td> > <td><%= link_to 'Destroy', book, :confirm => 'Are you > sure?', :method => :delete %></td> > </tr> > <% end %> > </table> > <%= will_paginate @books %> > > <br /> > > <%= link_to 'New book', new_book_path %> > > An interesting excerpt from the aforementioned tutorial link is given > below: > > The value of the selected date can be accessed by getting the > value of the text field named calendar. > > Using the Prototype Javascript Library, you can do the following > to get the value. > > $F('calendar') > > The roadblock I am facing is how to call the `$F('publishing_date')` > in my new.html.erb file using the rails `<%=>` tag and then assign > that to my :publishing_date symbol which will eventually be use to > update the publishing_date attribute in my books table. > > Thanks for your support. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en.
