You can modify the migration script of posts using catname to place of cat_id
2012/2/26 Timen E. <[email protected]> > Hey there, > > I just started R(oR) 2 days ago and still figuring out quite some stuff. > I kinda understand the scaffolding and associating between models. > > However, as a next step i'm trying to make a category list and add some > posts under a pre-fab out of database category. I managed to save a post > with a cat_id manually via the rails console. However i can't seem to > read them out on my screen as such. I want Postname -> Catname instead > of Postname -> cat_id. > > And with that, i'd like to get a dropdown/select input on my Post-adding > page with the categories and their ID's in it. > > I tried out some tutorials(Like the "Getting started with" on the > rubyonrails.org website. They speak about tags there, but i can't figure > out how to automate it by getting the names from a different DB table) > > Thanks in advance, hope my question makes sense :) > > Greets, > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.

