Yes, I understand the use of abc_column(record) methods in the helper.
In fact I use them frequently to transform plain-strings into <a>- elements. But now... I want to do the opposite. I want to change an <a>-element (of a foreign-key) into a plain string. -b Kenny Ortmann wrote: > you don't want to override the foreign-key > > in your controllers helper do > > def dept_column(record) > # display whatever you want here > record.dept.name > end > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:30 PM, [email protected] < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > People, > > > > Suppose we have a list of employees and each employee has a dept. > > > > And by default each dept appears as a link-element. > > > > I dont want this; I want dept to just appear as a simple string. > > > > It's simple to override the string of the link but I cannot figure out > > how to override the link itself. > > > > How do I override a foreign-key in the list view? > > > > -b > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
