I also use def name ... end. TF
On Jan 10, 10:05 am, "Scott Bronson" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 7:52 PM, kevinpfromnm <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Easy way is to make a name method that creates what you want for your > > identifier though for a select many you can make your own set of > > options too. > > I had to create both a name method and a find_by_name method. A bit hackish > but it works. > > Here's everything I tried: > > 1) Just add a name field > > fields do > name :string > end > > works but the model doesn't make sense. It really doesn't have a name and > generating one seems problematic. > > 2) Have a path field but declare that to be the name. I thought this would > work. > > fields do > path :string, :name => true > end > > => undefined method `name' for #<Clip:0xb60de5c4> > > 3) As suggested, define a name method. > > fields do > path :string > end > > def name > path > end > > => undefined method `find_by_name' for #<Class:0xb63d1b50> > > 4) Stub out both name and find_by_name > > fields do > path :string > end > > def name > path > end > def self.find_by_name(*args) > find_by_path(args) > end > > Works! > > I'd love to hear if there's a better way of doing this. Thanks kevinp. > > - Scott > > > > > On Jan 9, 7:35 pm, "Scott Bronson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It appears yes, if you use <select-many>. I didn't realize I was. :) > > > > "To use this tag, the model of the items the user is chosing *must* > > have > > > unique names, and the" > > > > Not sure what the other requirement is. > > > > Presumably <select-many> uses the name like a primary key... Is there an > > > easy way to the same thing as <select-many> but for models that don't > > have a > > > name field? > > > > - Scott > > > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Scott Bronson <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > From Hobo::Model: > > > > > def named(*args) > > > > raise NoNameError, "Model #{name} has no name attribute" > > > > unless name_attribute > > > > send("find_by_#{name_attribute}", *args) > > > > end > > > > > My application dies in this function because, it's true, my model has > > > > no name. It doesn't need one! > > > > > Adding a useless 'name' field doesn't seem like the right solution, > > > > especially since it appears that Hobo requires the name to be unique. > > > > > Is there a good way of solving this? > > > > > - Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" 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/hobousers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
