You don't need to do self.username, just username will suffice
On 26/01/2009, at 20:42, MatthewRudy <matthewrudyjac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Jan 25, 9:22 pm, Chris Johnson <ch...@johnsonch.com> wrote: >> You could just do that for the show method. Depending on your >> situation. >> If you were to pass the username in the query string just use a >> method like >> this: >> >> def show >> @user = User.find_by_username(params[:id]) >> end >> >> -Chris > > I think this is the right approach > > take a look at the rails docs on to_param. > http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Base.html#M002024 > > So the right solution is > > map.resources :users > > class User > def to_param > self.username > end > end > > class UsersControllers > def show > @user = User.find_by_username(params[:id]) > end > > def something_that_redirects > redirect_to users_path(@user) > end > end > > Should suffice, > and is much better practice than overwriting the "find" method. > > Enjoy. > > Matthew Rudy >> >> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Louis-Pierre Dahito < >> >> rails-mailing-l...@andreas-s.net> wrote: >> >>> Hey guys, >> >>> How do we create Permalinks for users in a Rails application ??? >>> By Permalink a mean the name of the user in the URL like so: >>> example.com/username... Or like twitter and everyone does it ex: >>> twitter.com/username... >> >>> I checked everywhere for that and didnt find a relevant answer... >>> I think it has something to do with overriding the to_param method >>> in >>> the User model... but according to this screencast from Ryan Bates, >>> http://railscasts.com/episodes/63-model-name-in-url, it's very >>> risky to >>> remove the id from the url... >> >>> Is there a way to do it ??? I suppose there is... >> >>> Thx for your help... >> >>> Louis-Pierre >>> -- >>> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
