ya, i've been playing around with that for a while... i think it's the
issue, but it's not accepting my submissions...
On Dec 3, 2:52 pm, sadeesh kumar viswanathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hey,
> try this
>
> <%=f.check_box(:administrator, options = {}, checked_value = true,
> unchecked_value = false)%>
>
> On Dec 3, 7:23 pm, Nellboy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > ok, so i've done that... and it seems to be submitting a 'false' value
> > no matter what I click on...
>
> > the problem could well be with the following line, maybe it needs some
> > extra options set:
>
> > <%= f.check_box :administrator %></p>
>
> > On Dec 3, 1:58 pm, sadeesh kumar viswanathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > then check whats there in params[:user][:administrator] when you
> > > submit the form and go with it.
>
> > > On Dec 3, 6:52 pm, Nellboy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > yes, a boolean field...
>
> > > > On Dec 3, 1:49 pm, sadeesh kumar viswanathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > Really, Do you have field name administrator in user table?
>
> > > > > On Dec 3, 6:42 pm, Nellboy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > ok, so I tried this.... and the redirect in the controller is now
> > > > > > working, but the database is not updated... which leads me to the
> > > > > > controller code, which must be wrong... here it is:
>
> > > > > > def update
> > > > > > @user = User.find(params[:id])
> > > > > > respond_to do |format|
> > > > > > if @user.update_attributes(params[:user])
> > > > > > flash[:notice] = 'User was successfully updated.'
> > > > > > format.html { redirect_to(:controller => "videos") }
> > > > > > format.xml { head :ok }
> > > > > > else
> > > > > > flash[:notice] = 'unable to update'
> > > > > > format.html { redirect_to(:controller => "videos") }
> > > > > > format.xml { render :xml => @user.errors,
> > > > > > :status => :unprocessable_entity }
> > > > > > end
> > > > > > end
> > > > > > end
>
> > > > > > On Dec 3, 1:31 pm, Nellboy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Thanks Sadeesh
>
> > > > > > > so you're saying I should use something like:
>
> > > > > > > <p><%= submit_tag 'Save' :action => update %></p>
>
> > > > > > > On Dec 3, 1:26 pm, sadeesh kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > On Dec 3, 6:05 pm, Nellboy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > ok, so here's my problem... i'll add the code below... I want
> > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > display users, and as an administrator, give other users
> > > > > > > > > administrative priviledges... so, I would perform this in the
> > > > > > > > > users
> > > > > > > > > index page... displaying all users and adding a checkbox next
> > > > > > > > > to each
> > > > > > > > > one to give administrative priviledges...
>
> > > > > > > > > I've tried two methods to do this, the first is submit_tag,
> > > > > > > > > and the
> > > > > > > > > second is link_to... When I use submit_tag, then
> > > > > > > > > theoretically the
> > > > > > > > > boolean value for 'administrator' in the database should be
> > > > > > > > > updated,
> > > > > > > > > but it's not... when I use link_to, the page is updated (i.e.
> > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > checkbox shows the correct value), but the database is not...
> > > > > > > > > also,
> > > > > > > > > i'm not redirected to where i'm intended... in the 'update'
> > > > > > > > > action of
> > > > > > > > > the controller, I've put:
>
> > > > > > > > > format.html { redirect_to(:controller => "videos") }
>
> > > > > > > > > but I get redirected to '/users/:id', with the id of the user
> > > > > > > > > i've
> > > > > > > > > just edited... why is this?
>
> > > > > > > > > anyway, here's the /users/index.html.erb code, i've been
> > > > > > > > > stumped on
> > > > > > > > > this for a while now, and haven't been able to find anything
> > > > > > > > > via
> > > > > > > > > google... any help appreciated... cheers!
>
> > > > > > > > > <h1>users</h1>
> > > > > > > > > <table>
> > > > > > > > > <tr>
> > > > > > > > > <th>Login</th>
> > > > > > > > > <th>Email</th>
> > > > > > > > > <th>Administrator</th>
> > > > > > > > > </tr>
> > > > > > > > > <% @users.each do |user| %>
> > > > > > > > > <tr>
> > > > > > > > > <td><%=h user.login %></td>
> > > > > > > > > <td><%=h user.email %></td>
>
> > > > > > > > > <% form_for user do |f| %>
> > > > > > > > > <% if logged_in? &&
> > > > > > > > > current_user.administrator? %>
> > > > > > > > > <td>
> > > > > > > > > <%= f.check_box
> > > > > > > > > :administrator %></p>
> > > > > > > > > </td>
> > > > > > > > > <% end %>
> > > > > > > > > <div id="functions">
> > > > > > > > > <td><%= link_to 'Delete',
> > > > > > > > > user, :confirm => 'Are you sure?',
> > > > > > > > > :method => :delete %></td>
> > > > > > > > > <td><%= link_to 'Save', user,
> > > > > > > > > :action => :update %></td>
> > > > > > > > > </div>
> > > > > > > > > <!--<td>
> > > > > > > > > <p><%= submit_tag 'Save'
> > > > > > > > > %></p>
> > > > > > > > > </td>-->
> > > > > > > > > <% end %>
> > > > > > > > > </tr>
> > > > > > > > > <% end %>
> > > > > > > > > </table>
>
> > > > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > > > > While submit a form, you should not use 'link_to' method
> > > > > > > > which
> > > > > > > > will not submit a form actually. It will simply make a request.
> > > > > > > > You
> > > > > > > > should use submit_tag. With submit_tag your code was not working
> > > > > > > > because you have to mention, which action should request go when
> > > > > > > > submit a form. You have not mentioned any action. So, it's
> > > > > > > > submitting
> > > > > > > > the form to the current uri which is default one. Thus,
> > > > > > > > database is
> > > > > > > > not getting updated. try something like in the below reference
>
> > > > > > > >http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html
>
> > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > Sadeesh.
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