That did it. Thanks!
On Sep 16, 8:08 pm, Frederick Cheung <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Sep 17, 1:51 am, Mark <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hello -
>
> > Noobie question I'm sure...
>
> > I'm trying to pass a session value to a database field 'user' when the
> > user creates a new blog entry. The session value is created when the
> > user logs on to the site. I have this in the view to create a new
> > blog entry:
>
> > <%= f.text_field :user, :value => session[:name], :disabled => true
> > %>
>
> > but it fails validation when I create the entry
> > (validates_presence_of :user). Is there a way for me to store the
>
> Disabled form elements are not submitted by the browser. Even if this
> did work it would only stop the most casual of users form editing the
> submitted data.
> Why not do (in your controller's create method) something.name =
> session[:name] ?
>
> Fred
>
> > session value into my database field 'user' when the user creates the
> > new entry (and prevent the user from manipulating the value)?
>
> > Many thanks,
> > Mark
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