Colin thanks I'm gonna re-post my last post in this topic as a new topic so you can help me there ha ha
On Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 1:28:00 PM UTC-5, Colin Law wrote: > > On 25 November 2015 at 17:55, fugee ohu <fuge...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > doesn't leave much for the controller ... just set category? > > If that is all you need in the view then yes. You could instead put > in the controller something like > > @listings = [] > @category.each do |category| > @listings += category.listings > end > > but I don't see the point. All you would be avoiding is the outer > level of 'each' loop in the view, and if anything it makes the code > less easy to understand. > > There is likely a way of coding a query as you originally suggested, > and if there were going to be tens of thousands of categories then it > might even be worth it, but I always prefer the KISS principle until > it is proven that any benefit is worth the brain strain involved in > working it out. Life is too short. > > Colin > > > > > On Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 11:56:06 AM UTC-5, Colin Law wrote: > >> > >> On 25 November 2015 at 16:46, fugee ohu <fuge...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > I'm sorry, i meant to say in the side pane should be links to only > the > >> > immediate children categories, not all descendants, just the next > level > >> > >> So in the side pane > >> @category.children.each do |category| > >> category.name (or whatever) > >> end > >> > >> and if in the main pane you want the listings for all descendant > children > >> @category.descendants.each do |category| > >> category.listings.each do |listing| > >> # show listing data > >> end > >> end > >> > >> Colin > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to rubyonrails-ta...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to rubyonra...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/a0f9a98b-28e2-4e7d-8f5e-2e4b5f863f8b%40googlegroups.com. > > > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/7483bb6a-bacb-4d34-ad3c-0658af968508%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
