It should work if you use fields="local_area.name" rather than fields="local_area". If you need access to local_area in your view, you should be able to use this_parent rather than this.
Bryan On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 10:46 AM, tonym <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Bryan, > > that works, and neat too :) > > Just one 'gotcha' is that all the columns that are belongs_to relationships > try to sort without referencing the id. > e.g. http://localhost:3000/my_venues?sort=local_area is in the 'local area' > column link, but I can only get the sort with 'local_area_id'. > I can work around this, but is this a fault or is there a way to sort by > 'local area' without the id - i.e. can we sort alphabetically on the parent > name? > > Thanks, Anthony > > > > On Wednesday, November 28, 2012 2:20:58 PM UTC, Bryan Larsen wrote: >> >> Actually, the call to index_response is not necessary. Old >> documentation was less misleading than I thought. >> >> def index >> hobo_index do >> self.this = self.this.search(params[:search], :name) if >> params[:search] >> self.this = self.this.order_by(parse_sort_param(:name, >> :quantity)) if params[:sort] >> end >> end >> >> Bryan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Hobo Users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/hobousers/-/t6yw5VLjnJ4J. > > 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.
