On Sun, 2010-02-14 at 17:06 +0100, Lasse Bunk wrote: > It depends on what you want the method to do. > Inside the Picture class, this should work: > > class Picture < ActiveRecord::Base > # ... > def self.get_most_viewed_picture > pic = Picture.find(:first, :conditions => ["active = ?", > true], :order => 'view_count DESC') > pic.increment! :view_count > pic > end > # ... > end > > In the controller: > > class UsersController < ApplicationController > def index > @picture = Picture.get_most_viewed_picture > end > end > > In the view (/app/views/users/index.html.erb): > > <h2>Most viewed picture:</h2> > <%= image_tag @picture.url %> > > Should do the trick. If not, please explain a little more. ---- pretty much did the trick and in the process, I learned about 'class' and 'instance' methods in the model so thanks very much - that was important for me to finally understand. I didn't know the exact language for what I was looking for so I couldn't find what I wanted on Google. Once I did...
http://railstips.org/blog/archives/2009/05/11/class-and-instance-methods-in-ruby/ This was extremely valuable to me. The Controller code was something I am trying to avoid. Thanks Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- 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-t...@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.
