Hi fellows! Is there a way to atomically exchange values of records which are validated using 'validates_uniqueness_of'? Some details follow.
Imagine I have a model: class Item < ActiveRecord::Base validates_uniqueness_of :weight end 'weight' is a sorting weight. I have an index.html view which has a list of "Item" records wrapped in jQueryUI's sortable container. My goal is to do some ajax request (POST i guess) whenever user changes items' order. I.e. i plan to do end up with controller action that calls function like: class Item def self.exchange_weights(id1, id2) item1 = Item.find(id1) item2 = Item.find(id2) weight1 = Item.find(id1).weight weight2 = Item.find(id2).weight item1.weight = some_temp_weight item2.weight = weight1 item1.weight = weight2 end end Is this the right way to do this? Or can I somehow just do a separate POST requests on these Item's instances by triggering ItemsController#update for each of them and passing weight - but here validations would not allow me to do this unless I miss something - that's why I desided to ask :) Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/xOuZts86q58J. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.