2009/12/8 RubyonRails_newbie <[email protected]>: > Hi Colin, > > :conditions active_post is meant to only display posts that are > active. > > If a user deletes a post (they think it's deleted, but infact it is > archived and just set as inactive) as I may want to do something with > it at a later date on the site. > > I looked on the rails api site, I was therefore kinda hoping that : > > Post.find_by_user_id( session[:user_id], 1, :limit => > 1, :conditions => "active_post = 1", :order => "created_at desc") > would only return posts where the active flag is set to 1.
I would kinda hope that would happen too. What did happen? Is active_post an integer type column or a string? If it is a string then "active_post = '1'" might be better as integer 1 is not the same as string '1' Colin -- 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.
