On 18 Dec 2008, at 21:40, Pål Bergström wrote:
> > How do I set variables dynamically based on a search in the > database? I > have a list of 30 words in a table called 'words' with a field > called...words. I would like to loop through them and for each word > set > a variable. But I'm not sure how to do that. I've tried this but get > an > error: > Well there's instance_variable_set, but this doesn't sound like a good idea. What if the work isn't a legal variable name (eg if it has a hyphen). What if the word is the same as some pre-existing instance variable ? This also makes it hard to iterate over all the instance variables set in this way. You'd be far better off bunging all that data in a hash Fred > @thewordlist = Word.find(:all) > > if @thewordlist > > > @thewordlist.each do |w| > > "@" + w.word = Publicsurvey.count(:conditions => ["word LIKE > ?", w.word]) > > end > > end > > How should I do this? > -- > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
