Hey all, I have a table helper. Basically I want only certain tables to have a view link for each record. Im not sure the best way to achieve this but the way I can up with is to check if the model contains a certain method such as viewable and if it does, then you create the link in a table cell:
def table(collection, header_names, fields, class_name) return false unless collection.any? table_str = "" table_str += "<table id=\"" + class_name + "\" class=\"" + class_name + "\">\n" table_str += "\t<thead>\n" table_str += "\t\t<tr>\n" header_names.each do |name| table_str += "\t\t\t<th>" table_str += name table_str += "</th>\n" end table_str += "\t\t</tr>\n" table_str += "\t</thead>\n" table_str += "\t<tbody>\n" collection.each do |col| table_str += "\t\t<tr>\n" fields.each do |name| table_str += "\t\t\t<td>\n" table_str += col[name].to_s table_str += "\t\t\t</td>\n" if params[:controller].singularize.constantize.responds_to(:viewable) table_str += "\t\t\t\t<td>\n" table_str += link_to "Edit", edit_ + params[:action].singularize + _path table_str += "\t\t\t\t</td>\n" end end table_str += "\t\t</tr>\n" end table_str += "\t</tbody>\n" table_str += "</table>\n" table_str.html_safe end This file is located in helpers/layout_helper Right now I get error: "wrong constant name user" when trying to display the users page. Or perhaps there's a better way to determine whether you want to have a link available for certain views (note this is not role-based user authorization but rather some views will be editable and others not period regardless of user)? Thanks for response. -- 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.