Since all my efforts to control how to_xml() is formatting dates has
failed, I'm now considering writing my own to_xml(). However, from
the limited examples I've found, I just don't understand how to
actually reference the columns for the records in my record set.
Here's a simplified view of my ActiveRecord object:
class Errors < ActiveRecord::Base
set_table_name "legacy_errors"
# legacy_errors has three columns: id, msg, error_date
# Since the default to_xml is generating error_dates in the format
"Mon Nov 03 00:00:00 -0600 2008",
# and I cannot seem to force a different behavior, I want to
create my own to_xml.
# Examples online show the following as how to override to_xml:
def to_xml(options = {})
options[:indent] ||= 2
xml = options[:builder] ||= Builder::XmlMarkup.new(:indent =>
options[:indent])
xml.instruct! unless options[:skip_instruct]
# v v v
xml.level_one do
xml.tag!(:second_level, 'content')
end
# ^ ^ ^
end
end
The code between the v and ^ markers is where the body of each XML
object is generated. If I were generating by hand, I would do
something like this:
errors.each do |err|
s << "<id>" << err.id << "</id>"
s << "<msg>" << err.msg << "</msg>"
s << "<error_date>" << err.error_date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d") << "</
error_date>"
end
I'm not at all understanding how to do my thing within the v ^ section
of to_xml().
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks.
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
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
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
