On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Christopher Jones <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just wondering about equality in rails for access to certain features
> such as the following.
>
> I have a table for games and all users are able to click on the show
> button to display the actual record. On the show page it has the options
> to go back or edit. I want to do the following
>
> If the current_user equals the id associated with the game
> Then allow the to edit
> else
> redirect the back to the product show page
> end
>
> The only line I am not sure on how to do is to match current user with
> the id associated user_id of the game.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> what I have is the following but no luck:
>
> def edit
> if current_user.id = @game.user_id
> @game = Game.find(params[:id])
> else
> format.html { redirect_to root_url }
> end
> end
>
> --
>
Hi Christopher,
remember, = is not equal, the correct is
if current_user.id == @game.user_id
and look at this
https://github.com/ryanb/cancan
maybe help you.
--
Martin
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