Have a look at active_record::observers and wrap the save method with an update to the ip address. Declare a class level variable in application.rb with a before_filter that populates the IP into the variable (and subsequently used by the observer).
On Jun 9, 2:44 am, Chris <[email protected]> wrote: > As part of my project, I need to store IP address for every object > that was created. > > User > Topic > Payment > and more... > > Now all these records have the following attribute in their table > called "ip_address_on_create". > > One way to do this is to put this code everywhere in the controllers: > > user.ip_address_on_create = request.remote_ip ,.... and so > forth. > > Now to conform to DRY (don't repeat yourself), I see the mechanism: > after_create (model) and after_filter ( controller). I am not > really sure how to tie this thing together. Would appreciate any tips > or Ruby-Fu . > > Thanks in advance! > Chris --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
