just a small addendum, you can also add a name method if you need something progmatically generated without having to store it in the db. You lose the autosearch/order functions on that model though.
On Mar 30, 9:06 am, Alex Bowyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, i understand how it is - documentation is a luxury at times - no > worries, thanks! > > On Mar 30, 11:01 am, Bryan Larsen <[email protected]> wrote: > > >http://cookbook.hobocentral.net/manual/model#name > > > The comment about title and name being the default isn't in the current > > version of the documentation. We haven't pushed updated documentation > > for a while, because some of the updates only apply to edge, not the > > released version. That's something that we plan on fixing, but things > > are fairly busy at the moment. > > > Bryan > > > Alex Bowyer wrote: > > > that's excellent, I knew there'd be something! Thanks > > > > (Out of interest, where is this kind of thing documented/where should I > > > have found that) > > > > Alex > > > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Matt Jones <[email protected] > > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > On Mar 29, 2010, at 11:10 PM, Alex Bowyer wrote: > > > > Actually I think I found one solution to my own question here... > > > you > > > have to call the field "name". > > > > However this doesn't work in all cases (e.g. when I want to use a > > > number field for the display, or a field that has a different > > > name) - > > > so I'm still interested to get some opinions/suggestions on this. > > > > There are actually a couple of other ones that will get picked up > > > automagically (title is the one I remember) - but there's also a way > > > to indicate *any* field for this. > > > > If you add :name => true to a field declaration, Hobo will use that > > > field wherever it needs a "name" for the model. > > > > Hope this helps! > > > > --Matt Jones > > > > -- > > > 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] > > > <mailto:[email protected]>. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected] > > > <mailto:hobousers%[email protected]>. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > ============================================ > > > Alex Bowyer > > > > Email: [email protected] > > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > Skype/ooVoo: alexbowyer > > > > Personal blog: http://alexbowyer.blogspot.com/ > > > Professional blog: http://www.bitcurrent.com/ > > > > "The web is not a destination. It is an interface between people." > > > > ============================================ > > > > -- > > > 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. > > -- 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.
