Hi, I have an app, which implements a group feature. Each group has n members. Also, each group has a group specific profile pic to it.
I have been able to implement auto complete for the group feature keeping in mind the group name alone. I have referred to the following tutorial for the same:- http://railsforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=23188 I am using **ruby 1.8.7** and **rails 2.0.2** for project specific purpose. I have installed the auto_complete plugin in the appropriate directory. I am on **Ubuntu 10.04** OS I would like to integrate two more things as part of the current auto complete feature for groups 1> When I type in a group name in the auto complete text field I should be able to also see an appropriate group specific profile picture which show up based on the entered text. 2> I should also be able to see the number of members that would show up corresponding to each group, based on the entered text in the auto complete text field. I am facing the following hurdles going about the same: Currently the code that I have implemented to get basic auto complete works based on group name looks like this:- in **groups_controller.rb** auto_complete_for :investor_group, :title in **index.html.erb** of **groups** <%=stylesheet_link_tag "groups"%> <%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %> Search for a investor group: <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :investor_group, :title, {}, {:method => :get} %><%=submit_tag "Search"%> in **`config/routes.rb`** map.resources :investor_group, :collection => {:auto_complete_for_investor_groups_title => :get } I am able to currently display an image for a particular group and retrieve the total number of members belonging to a group by making use of the following code in **index.html.erb** of groups:- <%for inv_group in @investor_groups%> <div class="inv_group_img" align="center"><%=image_tag "investor_groups/#{inv_group.title}.jpg"%></div> <div class="inv_group_details"> <%=inv_group.activated_members.size%><br> <%end%> The alignment of the view might be hay wire currently, but thats not my immediate focus. Thus kindly, ignore the same. I have an idea of what I need to do and I have been able to write some code for the same in my groups_controller.rb To get what I require, I tried the following:- def calculate_members_count @investor_group = InvestorGroup.find(params[:id]) @members_count = @investor_group.activated_members.size return "@members_count", :title end Now this should give me the group title/name and the members_count. I am not sure how could I fetch the image also within the same method. Also, from this If it could work correctly, I kinda have done some guess work for the changes to be reflected in the already written autocomplete functionality. I am not too sure if they would be correct... but here it goes.. I changed the following in my **index.html.erb** Search for a investor group: <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :investor_group, :calculate_members_count, {}, {:method => :get} %><%=submit_tag "Search"%> I changed the following in my **groups_controller.rb** auto_complete_for :investor_group,:calculate_members_count I am really not sure if I am correct till here, if so I really can't figure out what change I would now need to reflect in **routes.rb** I wanted to also ask, do I need make some changes to my model by any chance. I don't think so, but just asked in case. Also I guess if the auto complete text field supports query search for only one attribute, in this case would I have to define a customized auto complete search to suit my requirement? If yes I really have no idea on how to get a head start, and how to go about it. I may be just now that there would be also a need of a custom javascript also for this. Kindly help me on this. Any inputs on this would be really handy.. Thanks for your patient reading and time.. -- 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-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.
