Hmm... no, railroad won't work for this. I think I'm going to go forward without the lines anyway though... I realized it could be quite ugly since there could (and often will) be multiple connections between the nodes.
So I think I'm going to build a custom ajax control as this is going to be unworkable for an average Joe without it. On Jun 28, 7:31 pm, Matt Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday, June 28, 2010, kevinpfromnm <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oddly enough, I've run into a situation that needs a treelike data > > structure just today. But I need a link table really so it's not > > quite the same. If you can switch it off to a separate table the > > infinite loop won't occur (as long as both parts aren't accessible of > > course). > > > Off topic slightly, does anyone know of a good tree (well, more > > flowchart like) diagramming plugin for rails/html/jscript? > > > Something that could put down a box for each element and lines to show > > relationships but I realize that that is not an easy thing to do > > (hence looking for a prebuilt solution :P) > > I swear I've seen a jQuery plugin for this, but I can't seem to find > it again. If you just need a non-interactive visual, I know that > Railroad has done some similar stuff for visualizing model > associations, etc. > > --Matt Jones > > > > > On Jun 28, 2:32 pm, kevinpfromnm <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, that does it. I bet it's trying to reflect for each model > >> subform to make a subform for that and etc. So, unless there's a > >> quick way to add a recursion check to the multimodel form code, might > >> have to roll your own solution for now. > > >> On Jun 28, 2:26 pm, Warren Gavin <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > So I see where I mistyped something. I do have : dependent > >> > => :destroy but was copying some code and must have taken the > >> > accessible code out. Would you try replacing: > > >> > has_many :owned_models, :dependent => :destroy, :order => :position > > >> > with > > >> > has_many :owned_models, :accessible => true, :dependent > >> > => :destroy, :order => :position > > >> > I actually have this. Once you remove the :accessible => true it > >> > works but you are unable to edit all in one page. Thoughts? > > >> > On Jun 28, 1:52 pm, kevinpfromnm <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > I just did a basic test and have no error though I had to > >> > > change :dependent => true to :destroy. I did not make any custom view > >> > > code, just basic model resource with these changes: > > >> > > fields do > >> > > name :string > >> > > timestamps > >> > > end > > >> > > acts_as_list :scope => :owned_model > > >> > > belongs_to :owned_model > >> > > has_many :owned_models, :dependent => :destroy, :order => :position > > >> > > and > >> > > children :owned_models # in viewhint > > >> > > So there's no bug in hobo. Can you post the rest of your model code > >> > > and the relevant view code? > > >> > > On Jun 28, 12:07 pm, Warren Gavin <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > Based on the documentation I have seen I thought I was using > >> > > > acts_as_list correctly. See link below. > > >> > > >http://github.com/rails/acts_as_list > > >> > > > I agree w/the recursion idea and I think its the view that is having > >> > > > the problem. > > >> > > > Just to add some more details, the collection I want to work with is > >> > > > essentially parent/child relationship that is simple and all I want > >> > > > to > >> > > > do is have the ability to order the children. The root of any > >> > > > collection of NewModel is one that has a nil for new_model_id. Not > >> > > > sure if that clears up anything but thought I would add more details. > > >> > > > Thanks for the help. > > >> > > > On Jun 28, 11:59 am, kevinpfromnm <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > > From the error I'd guess you've gotten some sort of recursion > >> > > > > going in > >> > > > > an infinite loop. I haven't done a lot with acts_as_list but > >> > > > > should > >> > > > > the scope be :new_model_id? > > >> > > > > On Jun 25, 9:18 am, Warren Gavin <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > > > I am new to Hobo, and Rails for that matter, so please forgive > >> > > > > > my noob > >> > > > > > post. I believe I am not understanding how to implement a > >> > > > > > belongs_to, > >> > > > > > has_many and acts_as_list in a self join scenario. > > >> > > > > > I created a Hobo app, and added one hobo_model_resource named > >> > > > > > NewModel. I modified app/models/new_model.rb to the following > >> > > > > > (the > >> > > > > > self join and acts_as_list): > > >> > > > > > class NewModel < ActiveRecord::Base > > >> > > > > > hobo_model > > >> > > > > > fields do > >> > > > > > name :string > >> > > > > > new_model_id :integer > >> > > > > > timestamps > >> > > > > > end > > >> > > > > > acts_as_list :scope => :new_model > > >> > > > > > belongs_to :new_model > >> > > > > > has_many :new_models, :dependent => true, :order => :position > > >> > > > > > ... > > >> > > > > > end > > >> > > > > > I also modified the app/viewhints/new_model.rb and added: > > >> > > > > > children :new_models > > >> > > > > > Generated my hobo_migration and all seemed good. > > >> > > > > > Then I start the server up just fine. Once I try to create a new > >> > > > > > entry for NewModel I get a "stack level too deep". Generally > >> > > > > > speaking > >> > > > > > I believe I understand what is going on (at 40k feet). > >> > > > > > Essentially we > >> > > > > > have a self join scenario that Hobo can't display from an > >> > > > > > edit/new > >> > > > > > perspective based on my setup. > > >> > > > > > What I would like to do is manage new_models like a tree > >> > > > > > (acts_as_tree) and have tried adding this as well with the same > >> > > > > > result. > > >> > > > > > Thoughts? Thanks in advance. > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://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]. 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