On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 8:34 AM, ruby rails <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> I need to create certain number of UUId records(based on the selection
> of drop down) and save it in the database. Now I am generating only one
> unique id. Can this be done in the model in this way. Or do I need to
> write a helper file for that??
>
> def generate_unique_token=(value) self.secret =
> Base64.encode64(UUIDTools::UUID.random_create)[0..8] end
>
> In my controller...........
>
> def create
> @secretcode= Secretcode.new(params[:secretcode])
> @user= User.new(params[:user])
> @secretcode.user_id=@user
> @secretcode.generate_unique_token=params[:secretcode][:secret]
> if @secretcode.valid?
> @secretcode.save
> redirect_to secretcodes_path
> else
> render 'new'
> end end
before_save :guarantee_uuid!
private
def uuid
if !uuid_field?
write_attribute :uuid_field, # UUID CODE HERE
end
end
That is how I would personally do it, put it all in a method and
trigger it with before_save, this also gives you the option to
generate the UUID and modify/add it in other places too.
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