Well, so I need to perhaps add a method that would take the parameter and use it in a "find" and return the error_logs based on that? Or is there a better, more accepted way to manage filters? I have to admit, I've looked at the cookbook and am having a hard time applying it. :/
On Dec 6, 2:40 pm, Matt Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 6, 2010, at 3:36 PM, Tuishimi wrote: > > > Struggling. ErrorLogs is the class, it belongs_to error_type. I want > > the index page for ErrorLog (error_logs) to have a filter that can > > limit selection to error_types... > > > My filter-menu happily shows the appropriate error_types... here is > > my code. > > > def index > > finder = params[:error_type] ? > > ErrorLog.send(params[:error_type]) : ErrorLog > > hobo_index finder > > end > > One note on this: don't do this. Consider what might happen, for instance, if > somebody passed 'delete_all' in params[:error_type]. Uh-oh! > > > > > > > <collection: replace> > > <table-plus fields="this, error_type, detail"> > > <empty-message:>No errors found!</empty-message:> > > <prepend-header:> > > <div class="filter"> > > Display by Error Type: > > <filter-menu param-name="error_type" > > options="&ErrorType.all"/> > > </div> > > </prepend-header:> > > </table-plus> > > </collection:> > > > ... > > > I get an error saying: > > > NoMethodError in Error logsController#index > > > undefined method `ERROR_TYPE_1' for #<Class:0x4b919723> > > > ...where ERROR_TYPE_1 is one of the errors in the dropdown... > > > I've tried following the online stuff I could find for this. I am > > sure I am missing something simple. > > Note that the generated HTML is going to send back whatever the ErrorType > models yield from to_s; you may need to munge the value into the correct > format if that doesn't match the scopes defined on ErrorLog. > > --Matt Jones- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
