Dear Jeremy,
I tried your idea by putting the following code into my contact.rb file:
class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base
hobo_model # Don't put anything above this
fields do
# name :string
company :string
address_1 :string
address_2 :string
city :string
state :string
postalcode :string
birthdate :date
married :boolean
age :integer
notes :text
timestamps
end
# validates_uniqueness_of :name, :scope => [:address_1, :address_2, :city,
:state, :postalcode]
def name
"#{name}, #{address_1}, #{city}, #{state}, #{postalcode}"
end
# --- Permissions --- #
def create_permitted?
acting_user.administrator?
end
def update_permitted?
acting_user.administrator?
end
def destroy_permitted?
acting_user.administrator?
end
def view_permitted?(field)
true
end
end
but I get a crash as soon as I click on the Contacts tab. You said it worked
for you, so I'm sure I don't know about something else.
Sincerely,
Arthur Baldwin
________________________________
From: Owen Dall <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Hobo Users] Re: Multi - Field Uniqueness
Thanks for getting into the mix and building our "Knowledge Space"
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:57 AM, JezC <[email protected]> wrote:
Ooh - I'm pretty new to hobo, but I just solved this problem (visual
>identification by uniquely naming something where no individual field
>is unique)...
>
>There is a "name" attribute for fields, so you can pick one field as
>the name to be used (there's also rules for picking fields called
>"name", "title", etc, by default):
>
>fields do
> first, :string, :name => true
> second, :string
>...
>
>You can't pick two or more fields like this - you get only one field
>treated as the name. Try this instead:
>
> def name
> "#{name}, #{address1}, #{city}, #{state}"
> end
>
>The method "name" will be used to calculate the value to show in
>Forms, Cards and Pages. Works a treat for me. :)
>
>I think this is the first answer I've given on this list, rather than
>yet another newbie question. Feel my smugnitude (yes, I think this is
>actually the right answer).
>
>Cheers, JeremyC.
>
>
>On Jan 17, 2:58 am, Arthur Baldwin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The solution was to change the contents of contact.rb to the following:
>>
>> class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base
>>
>> hobo_model # Don't put anything above this
>>
>> fields do
>> name :string, :required
>> company :string
>> address_1 :string
>> address_2 :string
>> city :string
>> state :string
>> date_met :date
>> married :boolean
>> age :integer
>> notes :text
>> timestamps
>> end
>>
>> validates_uniqueness_of :name, :scope => [:address_1, :city, :state]
>>
>> # --- Permissions --- #
>>
>> def create_permitted?
>> acting_user.administrator?
>> end
>>
>> def update_permitted?
>> acting_user.administrator?
>> end
>>
>> def destroy_permitted?
>> acting_user.administrator?
>> end
>>
>> def view_permitted?(field)
>> true
>> end
>>
>> end
>>
>> I did not take the time to add the ZipCode field or address_2, but you get
>> the idea. The scope adds more fields to the name field to determine whether
>> the record has enough "uniqueness". For any company with a large number of
>> customers nation wide, this sort of thing is required. Works exactly like I
>> had hoped. I tried entering "John Smith" for two separate records, with
>> slightly different addresses, and it saved both records. Now I want to find
>> a way to visually distinguish easily between those two records from the
>> first "Contact" page. In other words, create a calculated field that
>> concatenates the name field, address_1, city, state, and ZipCode so that I
>> know immediately which "John Smith" to click on.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Arthur Baldwin
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Arthur Baldwin <[email protected]>
>
>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 1:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Hobo Users] Re: Multi - Field Uniqueness
>>
>> Ok, I got it working! I had forgotten to include a colon in front of the
>> field names between the opening and closing brackets.
>>
>> Arthur
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Arthur Baldwin <[email protected]>
>
>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 12:24 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Hobo Users] Re: Multi - Field Uniqueness
>>
>> What do you mean when you say "fall back to the rails validation"? Do I
>> need to make changes to a different file than the conact.rb file in the
>> models directory?
>>
>> Arthur
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: kevinpfromnm <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Cc: Arthur Baldwin <[email protected]>
>
>> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 12:03 PMco
>> Subject: [Hobo Users] Re: Multi - Field Uniqueness
>>
>> you'll need to fall back to the rails validation (which the hobo is a rails
>> validation, just a shortcut for a common use case).
>>
>> IIRC, the syntax is like validates_uniqueness_of :field, :scope =>
>> [:other_field1,...]
>>
>> If that's not enough to get you going, you can get to the rails docs pretty
>> easy with a quick google search on validates_uniquess_of (should
>> autocomplete after the u)
>> --
>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
>> "Hobo Users" group.
>> To view this discussion on the web
>> visithttps://groups.google.com/d/msg/hobousers/-/VvjxOt3xpyAJ.
>
>> 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].
>> 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].
>> 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].
>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.
>
>
--
-Owen
Owen Dall, Chief Systems ArchitectBarquin International
www.barquin.com
Cell: 410-991-0811
--
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.
