On Sunday, July 29, 2012 12:08:09 AM UTC+1, Ruby-Forum.com User wrote:
>
> my app has user, photo, and state models.
> a user belongs to a state and thusly has a state_id field,
> a user has many photos.
> I have the photos view set up as the home page.
> I am trying to set up a select tag and form tag to filter through the
> photos by which state is selected.
> My files are:
>
> view
>
> <%= form_tag photos_path, :method => 'get' do%>
>
> <%= select("state", "name", State.all.collect(&:name)) %>
> <%= submit_tag "State" %>
> <% end %>
>
>
>
> controller
>
> if (params[:state] )
> statesmen = State.find_by_name(params[:state][:name]).users
> statesmen.each do |person|
> @photos = Photo.where(:user_id => person.id)
> end
> else .....
>
> My questions are 1
> Is there a better way to collect the photos? Theres gotta be. Should I
> just give the photo a state_id field?
>
>
If you added a has_many :photos, :through => :users associations to State
then you should be able to do state.photos
> and 2
> Why can't I do it this way
>
> Well you haven't said what's not working, but at a guess it's because
you're just assigning to @photos again and again rather than addinging the
individuals results together
Fred
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