Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: > Ralph Shnelvar wrote: >> Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:
>>>> So ... what in Rails initializes the fields of a form? >>> Ok ... this code is/was provided as example code from http://www.rubyplus.org/episodes/20-Extended-RESTful-Authentication-Rails-2-App.html I downloaded the movie and the source code ... neither of which seem to be available any more Attached, a screenshot. Where "Dave" (I presume "Dave Thomas") came from is completely beyond me. >>> If you're using form_for -- and you didn't say if you were! -- then the >>> form is initialized from the supplied model object. >> >> >> >> Ok ... here's the code >> >> --------------------------------------------- >> >> \zauth\app\views\users\new.html.erb > > Note: This isn't relevant to the issue at hand, but I *highly* recommend > Haml instead of ERb. > >> <fieldset> >> <legend>Signup for eMeantime Membership</legend> >> <%= error_messages_for :user %> >> >> <% form_for :user, :url => users_path do |f| -%> >> >> <p><label for="login">Login:</label><br/> >> <%= f.text_field :login %> <br/> >> <cite>Ex., aedenfield</cite> >> >> <p><label for="email">Email:</label><br/> >> <%= debugger; '' -%> >> <%= f.text_field :email %><br/> >> <cite>Ex., [email protected]. A valid email is required for an active >> account.</cite> > > <cite> is for book titles, not hints. Learn to use HTML properly. Thank you ... but I did not write that code. I believe a person by the name of Bala Paranj (http://www.rubyplus.org/episodes/20-Extended-RESTful-Authentication-Rails-2-App.html) created a video tutorial as well as source code. I downloaded both ... both seem to be inaccessible now. > >> >> <p><label for="password">Password:</label><br/> >> <%= f.password_field :password %><br/> > > This all looks fine. > > [...] >> I apologize for the length of the code but since I am lost as to where >> in the model the code initializes the form ... I provided everything. > > Read the form_for docs and the Rails guides. What do you think I've been doing for the last several weeks? > >> >> >> The fields that seem to be inappropriately initialized are the fields >> associated with :email (definitely) and :password (maybe). > > Initialized with what? You've provided everything but the essential > info. :) >> >> The :password field has big dots in it ... and it _may_ be initialized >> ... I can't tell. > > What do you mean, you can't tell? What is the generated HTML like? The screen shot (attached) source looks like this: --------------------------------------- <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en" lang="en-US"> <head> <title>Killer App of 2008</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <link href="/stylesheets/style.css?1198972466" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <script src="/javascripts/prototype.js?1261074000" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="/javascripts/effects.js?1261074000" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="/javascripts/dragdrop.js?1261074000" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="/javascripts/controls.js?1261074000" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="/javascripts/application.js?1261074000" type="text/javascript"></script> </head> <body> <!-- ##### Header ##### --> <div id="header"> <div class="superHeader"> <span>Welcome Guest</span> </div> <div class="midHeader"> <h1 class="headerTitle" lang="la">Killer App of 2008</h1> <div class="headerSubTitle" title="Killer App of 2008"> How can I help you? </div> </div> <div class="subHeader"> <span class="doNotDisplay">Navigation:</span> <a href="http://localhost:3000/signup";>Signup</a> | <a href="http://localhost:3000/login";>Login</a> | <a href="contact">Contact Us</a> </div> </div> <!-- ##### Main Copy ##### --> <div id="main-copy"> <fieldset> <legend>Signup for eMeantime Membership</legend> <form action="/users" method="post"><div style="margin:0;padding:0"><input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="f855b5f22afb03895860d163968b48a2ec9973cb" /></div> <p><label for="login">Login:</label><br/> <input id="user_login" name="user[login]" size="30" type="text" /> <br/> <cite>Ex., aedenfield</cite> <p><label for="email">Email:</label><br/> <input id="user_email" name="user[email]" size="30" type="text" /><br/> <cite>Ex., [email protected]. A valid email is required for an active account.</cite> <p><label for="password">Password:</label><br/> <input id="user_password" name="user[password]" size="30" type="password" /><br/> <cite> Enter the password that is between 4 and 40 characters in length.</cite> <p><label for="password_confirmation">Confirm Password:</label><br/> <input id="user_password_confirmation" name="user[password_confirmation]" size="30" type="password" /><br/> <cite>Enter the same password as above.</cite> <p><input name="commit" type="submit" value="Sign up" /></p> </form> </fieldset> </div> <!-- ##### Footer ##### --> <div id="footer"> <div> Copyright © 2009 - 2010, eMeantimeo.com </div> </div> </body> </html> --------------------------------------- Attachments: http://www.ruby-forum.com/attachment/4338/snapshot001.jpg -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. 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