Ok great idea, thanks a lot, what type of field should that approved field be? There are boolean type fields aren't they? Can i use those?
Where are you guys learning ruby on rails? In my head, coming from other prorgamming backgrounds, i can chart out everything i need to do, just I don't know the syntax. where do you guys go to learn? On Apr 6, 7:09 pm, "E. Litwin" <elit...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > It seems like you are over complicating this. Why not just add an > "Approved" field (or something similar) to the model? > > You can then allow admins to set the Approved field to true. You can > setup security around this field so that only admins can edit it. > Within your application, you can then filter records based on the > Approved/Not Approved flag as necessary. > > Eric > > On Apr 6, 3:27 pm, David Zhu <dzwestwindso...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hmm great explanation. I'm not that great at ror, so could u briefly > > show me some sample Create/form code that stores the fields, and > > transfers them to an admin? > > > Do i need to create a whole new database for pending requests? > > > Thanks > > > On Apr 6, 6:24 pm, Frederick Cheung <frederick.che...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > On Apr 6, 11:08 pm, David Zhu <dzwestwindso...@gmail.com> wrote:> Hey, > > > > > I'm not sure how complex this really is, but i hope it isn't too > > > > difficult for you guys to explain here > > > > > My question is, is there a way to intercept a Submit action (for a > > > > scaffold, etc) of a form, and take that submit action and present it > > > > to an ADMIN user, where he/she can either finish submitting the form, > > > > or ignore the request? > > > > Well it should be relatively simple in the update or create actions to > > > only go through with the change if the user is an admin. If the user > > > isn't an admin then store the submitted parameters. One way of viewing > > > might be to say that users never submit to the update or create > > > actions - their forms only ever create change request objects which > > > can then be reviewed by admins. > > > > Fred > > > > > Kind of a like a confirmation system.. > > > > > Hopefully you guys can help me out, I'm not that good at ruby on > > > > rails, but hopefully ill get better :) > > > > > Thanks for your help! -- 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.
