Aldric Giacomoni wrote: > Philip Hallstrom wrote: >> >> If it were me... I'd default the date to today, and leave location >> blank. Defaulting the date to today makes some sense as 6 months from >> now if I'm searching I'll remember "well, i entered it about 6 months >> ago so search around then". >> > > So.. How should I tell Rails that "This field's default date is always > today" ? Can I do this within the migration, or should I set the field > upon form generation?
Well, if it were a constant default value, I would say that you should set it in the DB, not in Rails. Since "today" is a computed default value, check whether your DB will do this. If it will, you're home free. If not...well, you're using form_for, right? That means you always have an object that your form is reading from, right? That means you can initialize defaults in the constructor. 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.
