I finally just added the user_id to the model (no associations) and then assigned the user_id of the current user in the controller and everything worked. I don't know if this is the most elegant solution but it is a solution for the time being and it might be beneficial down the road to have an owner so I am going with it for now.
Thanks for all the input. On Jan 28, 9:03 pm, Jim Ruther Nill <[email protected]> wrote: > why not just add a user_id column to your model? > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:59 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maybe you can do it with a has many through. > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chris <[email protected]> > > Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:58:09 > > To: CommunityEngine<[email protected]> > > Subject: [CommunityEngine] Re: Accessing Current User > > > So maybe I am approaching this wrong, in theory I would like the > > activity feed to show that someone added this item. There is a > > relationship to a parent item but if I pass that as the owner it puts > > that ID into the user_id item in the activities table when it isn't > > the user_id but the id of the parent object. > > > Maybe I need to come up with another approach and figure out a way > > around this. > > > On Jan 28, 8:43 pm, Jim Ruther Nill <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The concept behind acts_as_activity is that a model is an activity of a > > > certain user with a foreign key of user_id. > > > So if you instead add acts_as_activity :owner, it will ask for an > > owner_id. > > > > in your controller > > > > my_item = MyItem.new > > > my_item.doer = current_user <http://current_user.id> > > > > In your model > > > > attr_accessor :doer > > > acts_as_activity :user > > > > def user_id > > > doer.id > > > end > > > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Chris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I still receive this message > > > > > undefined method `user_id > > > > > Am I going about this wrong or is there another way? > > > > > When I hard coded a value to be returned in the user_id block it > > > > worked, but I don't know what I need to do to pass the current user > > > > ID. > > > > > On Jan 28, 8:31 pm, Jim Ruther Nill <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Try this > > > > > > in your controller > > > > > > my_item = MyItem.new > > > > > my_item.user_id = current_user.id > > > > > > In your model > > > > > > attr_accessor :user_id > > > > > acts_as_activity :user > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Chris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > This is related to adding the acts_as_activity to an object which > > does > > > > > > not have a direct user relationship. > > > > > > > I added this to the model > > > > > > > attr_accessor :user > > > > > > > def user_id > > > > > > �...@user = User.find(current_user) > > > > > > return @user.id > > > > > > end > > > > > > > To avoid the undefined method I received when I add an new object. > > > > > > When I hard code a value (return 10) everything works fine so I > > need > > > > > > to have the current user ID available but with the above code I > > > > > > receive this error. > > > > > > > undefined local variable or method `current_user' > > > > > > > Maybe I am going about this the wrong way? > > > > > > > On Jan 28, 8:10 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > Add the user as a attr_accessor and set it in the model? > > > > > > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > From: Chris <[email protected]> > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:08:58 > > > > > > > To: CommunityEngine<[email protected]> > > > > > > > Subject: [CommunityEngine] Accessing Current User > > > > > > > > I need to access the current_user to pass the user ID of the > > current > > > > > > > use to the activity tracking for a model not associated with a > > user. > > > > > > > Does anyone know what I need to do to access the current user in > > a > > > > > > > model or controller in my main app since the authentication is > > > > handled > > > > > > > in the CE lib. > > > > > > > > Not sure where to go with this one. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > Google > > > > Groups > > > > > > "CommunityEngine" group. > > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > > [email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > > <communityengine%[email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > > > > > <communityengine%[email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > > <communityengine%[email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > > > > > groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en. > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups > > > > > > "CommunityEngine" group. > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > > [email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > > <communityengine%[email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > > > > > <communityengine%[email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > > <communityengine%[email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > > > > > > > . > > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > "CommunityEngine" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > > <communityengine%[email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "CommunityEngine" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "CommunityEngine" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CommunityEngine" group. 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