Aston J. wrote in post #968740: > I have a form for @topic that contains two fields, name(string) > visible(boolean) > > When the user submits the form, I want to manipulate the contents of the > attribute :name (which I am able to do - but it's the next part I'm > stuck on) > > -and then- > see if a record with the contents of :name already exists > > -if it already exists- > I want to simple add my user association to it (which I can do by: > current_user.topics << @topic) > > -if it does not exist- > then I want to create it as normal > > This is so I don't end up with duplicate 'topics' in my DB. > > find_or_create_by_name(params:topic) doesn't seem to work...
Did you mean find_or_create_by_name(params[:topic][:name])? And what do you mean by "doesn't seem to work"? In general, it's best if you describe what happened as clearly as possible. are there > any other ways to achieve this? > > (I'm a nube) > > Thanks in advance. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org mar...@marnen.org Sent from my iPhone -- Posted via http://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-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.
