those go in your controller just like when you were setting the label for the column
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Pete <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kenny, Thanks, > > You say the def's go in the helper. Where to the override statements > go? In the model? I am still learning about how Rails (and Ruby) is > structured so I am little uncertain where each piece goes. > > Thanks > > Pete > > On Feb 9, 8:57 pm, Kenny Ortmann <[email protected]> wrote: > > You can just use overrides. > > config.columns << :employee_number > > columns[:employee_number].label = "Employee Number" > > > > in your controllers helper > > > > def employee_number_column(record) > > record.employee# > > end > > > > def employee_number_form_column(record, input_name) > > input(record, 'employee#") > > end > > > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Sri Sri <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Of course the select * will not work and you'll have to replace your > > > 'employee#' with employee_number. So, it would be: > > > > > create or replace > > > view my_view_name (id, employee_number,.....) AS > > > select id, employee# .... > > > from legacy_table_name > > > / > > > > > Sri Sri wrote: > > > > > I wonder if creating a view would solve your problem. Try a simple > view: > > > create view my_table_name as > > > select * from legacy_table_name > > > > > Luke Melia wrote: > > > > > I've (thankfully) never encountered such a DB column name, but you > > > could try "employee#".to_sym > > > > > On Feb 7, 2009, at 8:48 PM, Pete wrote: > > > > > Anyone ever had to deal with a legacy database with embedded '#' in > > > the column names? Like 'employee#'? When I use the syntax: > > > > > columns[:employee#].label = "Employee Number" > > > > > In a controller I get an error because it doesn't like the trailing # > > > > > Any idea on a workaround? > > > > > Pete > > > > > -- > > > Luke [email protected]http://www.lukemelia.com/ > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ActiveScaffold : Ruby on Rails plugin" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/activescaffold?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
