Stephan Meier wrote: > Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: >> Stephan Meier wrote: >>> I simple want to set a default email address if the user has no one >>> entered. >> >> How would this be of any use at all? If a user has no e-mail address, >> just leave the field blank rather than polluting it with bogus data. >> Or is there something I don't understand here? >> >> Best, >> -- >> Marnen Laibow-Koser >> http://www.marnen.org >> [email protected] > > The Email Address is simple for the sender field to personalize the > emails. > But if the user dont want this behavior he can leave the field blank and > we save our no-reply email address... :)
Don't save your no-reply e-mail address to the DB, then. Just leave the e-mail field blank in the DB, and use something like @user.email || default_email where you need it in your app. Right now, you are saving bogus data to your DB -- and what happens if your no-reply address changes? Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
