Check out the ActiveRecord::Base#update method where you can pass an
array of IDs along with attributes to update all the user records at
once.
James
On Sep 22, 2009, at 10:12 PM, liquid_rails <cheri.anacle...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> It works :) Awesome!
> Now I'm trying to figure out the best way to extract the data in the
> controller so that I can update the user.approval value for each
> user. This is what's being passed:
>
> Parameters: {"commit"=>"Submit", "user"=>{"6"=>{"approval"=>"1"},
> "1"=>{"approval"=>"1"}, "2"=>{"approval"=>"2"}, "3"=>
> {"approval"=>"2"}, "4"=>{"approval"=>"2"}, "5"=>{"approval"=>"2"}},
> "authenticity_token"=>"39757ec52a8cb0e04a7533686976d49388378c02",
> "_method"=>"put", "action"=>"approve", "controller"=>"admin/users"}
>
> Any hints would be appreciated!
> Thanks in advance,
>
> ~Cheri
>
>
> On Sep 22, 12:41 pm, liquid_rails <cheri.anacle...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Great, thanks Jason! I'll try it. - Cheri
>>
>> On Sep 22, 12:04 pm, Jason King <smathy.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> No :)
>>
>>> So, yeah, if you want just a single submit button then you'll want a
>>> single form and you should use fields_for with the :index option...
>>
>>> <% form_for ....etc. do %> <%# ....you can just have a
>>> form_tag here if you want %>
>>> <% @users.each do |user| %> <%# total aside: this is more
>>> Ruby-
>>> ish syntax %>
>>> <%= other things %>
>>> <% fields_for user, :index => user.id do |f| %>
>>> <%= f.radio_button :approval ..etc. %>
>>> <% end %>
>>> <% end %>
>>> <%= submit_tag %>
>>> <% end %>
>>
>>> You'll find that all the radio buttons will be indexed, so you'll
>>> receive params[:user][id_of_user][:approval] in your controller, so
>>> you can easily set the right values for the right user all in one
>>> action.
>>
>>> On Sep 22, 2009, at 11:48 AM, liquid_rails wrote:
>>
>>>> Thanks, Jason.
>>
>>>> So, if I have a separate form for each user, is there any way to
>>>> have
>>>> just one submit button to submit all forms at the same time?
>>
>>>> Cheri
>>
>>>> On Sep 22, 11:42 am, Jason King <smathy.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> The problem is that you've got form_for [:admin, :user] instead of
>>>>> form_for [:admin, @user] and then you're expecting (somehow)
>>>>> f.radio_button to know which user to use to retrieve the seed
>>>>> value.
>>>>> Rails is using the last element of that array and calling
>>>>> the .approval method on it (hence the error about the user:Symbol
>>>>> (ie. :user ) not having that method defined.
>>
>>>>> You're more likely to want to put the form within the @users
>>>>> iteration
>>>>> block, so that you have a separate form for each user. You can
>>>>> then do:
>>
>>>>> <% for user in @users %>
>>>>> <% form_for [:admin, user] ...etc. do %>
>>>>> <%= f.radio_button :approval ...etc. %>
>>
>>>>> If not, if you want it all in one form, then you won't be able
>>>>> to use
>>>>> the form_for block helpers, rather you'll need to use
>>>>> radio_button_tag
>>>>> and setup the values and names manually.
>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Jason
>>
>>>>> On Sep 22, 2009, at 11:30 AM, liquid_rails wrote:
>>
>>>>>> I'm trying to generate a list of users with two radio buttons
>>>>>> next
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> each user where I can either approve or reject a user, all in the
>>>>>> same
>>>>>> form.
>>>>>> The following code, illustrates what I am trying to do and the
>>>>>> error I
>>>>>> am getting.
>>>>>> Does anybody know how to do this? Thanks in advance! - Cheri
>>
>>>>>> create_table "users", :force => true do |t|
>>>>>> t.string "name"
>>>>>> t.integer "approval", :default => 0 # 0=needs approval,
>>>>>> 1=approved, 2=not approved
>>>>>> end
>>>>>> -------------------
>>
>>>>>> <% form_for [:admin, :user], :url => {:action =>
>>>>>> "user_approval" } do
>>>>>> |f| %>
>>>>>> <% for user in @users %>
>>>>>> <tr>
>>>>>> <td><%= user.id %></td>
>>>>>> <td><%= user.name %></td>
>>>>>> <td><%= user.approval %></td> #current state of the user's
>>>>>> approval status
>>>>>> <td><%= f.radio_button :approval,'1' %>"Approve" </td>
>>>>>> <td><%= f.radio_button :approval,'2' %>"Reject" </td>
>>>>>> </tr>
>>>>>> <% end %>
>>>>>> <p> <%= f.submit "Submit" %> </p>
>>>>>> <% end %>
>>
>>>>>> ---------
>>>>>> Error:
>>>>>> undefined method `approval' for :user:Symbol
> >
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