I thought you said I needed to scaffold the citysuggestion and businesssuggestion? Scaffold generates controllers, views, and models (if they already dont exist)?
If I do rake db:migrate, it generates the tables in the db. Should I remove the migration files that the scaffold generator generates before doing rake db:migrate? On Sep 9, 9:20 pm, radhames brito <rbri...@gmail.com> wrote: > errr, there was suppose to be only on table, and 3 model, one that really is > the table and the other that inherit from the base one, thats why it does > not save to the citysuggestions table, its not suppose to exist, you are > user the same table for both models because their only difference are 2 > fields. Treat city_sugestions as if it has its own table , but dont create a > table for it. > > I forgot to maention that the table should have a field called type so that > when active record saves , it will save what type of sugestions you are > saving to read a sugestion user sugestion[:type]= city_sugestion or just do > City_sugestion.find(:all) > > i have to go to work no ill be available in 40 mintutes if you need more > details > > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Christian Fazzini < > > christian.fazz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Redhames, > > > Ok my form for city_suggestions looks like: > > > <% form_for @city_suggestion do |f| %> > > <%= f.error_messages %> > > > <p> > > <%= f.label :first_name %><br /> > > <%= f.text_field :first_name %> > > </p> > > <p> > > <%= f.label :last_name %><br /> > > <%= f.text_area :last_name %> > > </p> > > <p> > > <%= f.label :email %><br /> > > <%= f.text_field :email %> > > </p> > > <p> > > <%= f.label :city_name %><br /> > > <%= f.text_field :city_name %> > > </p> > > > <p> > > <%= f.submit 'Save' %> > > </p> > > <% end %> > > > When I submit this, it saves this into the Suggestions table. However, > > the entry is not saved in the CitySuggestions table. Should I have a > > line in my CitySuggestions that explicitly saves the entry to this > > table as well? Or is RoR supposed to do this automatically? > > > On Sep 8, 5:46 am, radhames brito <rbri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > well, from now on you can forget about the base model if you want to and > > use > > > everything as if they are 3 table and 3 models, do as you would normally > > > would with a simple model just dont use the base BaseSugesstions unless > > is > > > an admin and want to do something special. create scaffolds for > > > citySugesstions and BussinesSuggestion (by the way there is a typo en my > > > example the second class is supposed to be BussinesSuggestion not > > > BaseSuggestion) with free access to create and their own views and forms. > > > For adminsitration purposes and for your benefit create a basesugetion > > > controller for staticstics, un the base model you can use all kinds of > > > scopes to check and compare. > > > > On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Christian Fazzini < > > > > christian.fazz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Radhames, how do I go about creating the controllers for > > > > CitySuggestion and BusinessSuggestion? Can I use the scaffold > > > > generator for these two? > > > > > Or should I use the Suggestions controller to handle both? For > > > > example, where is the view/form to add new CitySuggestion? Should this > > > > be in the Suggestions controller? > > > > > I'm a bit confused here... > > > > > On Sep 8, 12:02 am, radhames brito <rbri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > no you need single table inheritance > > > > > > is way better in your case , read a bit about STI, it lets you create > > one > > > > > table and one model and then inherit from that model > > > > > > list this > > > > > > class BaseSugesstions < ActiveRecord :: base > > > > > > attr_accessible first_name, last_name, email, city_name, > > business_name > > > > > > end > > > > > > then > > > > > > class citySugesstions < BaseSugesstions > > > > > > attr_accessible first_name, last_name, email, city_name > > > > > > end > > > > > > class BaseSugesstions < BaseSugesstions > > > > > > attr_accessible first_name, last_name, email, business_name > > > > > > end > > > > > > one table should on the database should have all the field defined in > > > > > BaseSugesstions > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Christian Fazzini < > > > > > > christian.fazz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Ar, > > > > > > > End-users can either be registered or non-registered users. Any > > type > > > > > > of user can suggest a business and a city. > > > > > > > When they suggest a city, they have to put in their first_name, > > > > > > last_name, email and city name. > > > > > > > When they suggest a business. They have to put in their first_name, > > > > > > last_name, email, business name and business address. > > > > > > > Initially, I had it working with two separate models: > > city_suggestion > > > > > > and business_suggestion. However, since both tables have fields > > that > > > > > > can be reused (i.e. first_name, last_name, email), I was thinking > > of > > > > > > using a polymorphic association. > > > > > > > I am not sure if this is the right approach or whether I should > > have > > > > > > just stuck with my original solution (i.e. two separate tables: > > > > > > city_suggestion and business_suggestion) > > > > > > > On Sep 7, 11:02 pm, Ar Chron <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hmm... seems my interpretation of what you are attempting to do > > > > doesn't > > > > > > > match very well with your unstated goals... You were asking > > whether > > > > the > > > > > > > suggestion model should be polymorphic... > > > > > > > > Sooo, what exactly is a suggestion in the context of your > > application > > > > > > > (what are your users doing)? > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > Posted viahttp://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<rubyonrails-talk%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > <rubyonrails-talk%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rubyonrails-talk%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > <rubyonrails-talk%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rubyonrails-talk%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > <rubyonrails-talk%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rubyonrails-talk%25252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > > > . > > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > > 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<rubyonrails-talk%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > <rubyonrails-talk%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rubyonrails-talk%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > > -- > > 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<rubyonrails-talk%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. 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