Excellent...
So it's OK to call policy_scope(User) from a view?
That's what I was confused by...
On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 12:44:52 PM UTC-4, Eric Anderson wrote:
>
> There is an `collection_select` form builder that will do the `collect`
> for you. So:
>
> <%= f.collection_select :user, policy_scope(User), :id, :name %>
>
> If you are not using a form builder then
> `options_from_collection_for_select` is useful for the same purpose.
>
> If those helpers cannot be used directly for some reason I create a custom
> helper.
>
> For example if I wanted to include the user's security role as a data
> attribute for some sort of UJS behavior I might have:
>
> def user_options selected
> policy_scope(User).collect do |user|
> content_tag 'option', user.name,
> value: user.id,
> selected: user.id == selected,
> data: { role: user.role }
> end.join.html_safe
> end
>
> Then in the view I might have:
>
> <%= form.select :user_id, user_options form.object.user_id %>
>
> On Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 7:20:48 AM UTC-4, John Sanderbeck wrote:
>>
>> Good Morning Everyone...
>>
>> I have a coding question just so I am clear on the proper way to do
>> this...
>>
>> To start, I have an app that I use Pundit in to control access to data,
>> so I have a lot of calls that are like policy_scope(User)
>>
>> What is the proper way to populate a select on a form with this data?
>>
>> Initially I was just using policy_scope(User).collect
>>
>> However I don't think it is proper to use this in a view, is it?
>>
>> If not, what is the proper way to pull this data and provide it to the
>> form?
>>
>> Recently I have moved some of these to helpers and created a method like
>> "users_for_select"
>>
>> John
>>
>
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