On Dec 15, 2010, at 4:50 PM, Aston J. wrote: > I have a form for @topic that contains two fields, name(string) > visible(boolean) > > When the user submits the form, I want to manipulate the contents of the > attribute :name (which I am able to do - but it's the next part I'm > stuck on) > > -and then- > see if a record with the contents of :name already exists > > -if it already exists- > I want to simple add my user association to it (which I can do by: > current_user.topics << @topic) > > -if it does not exist- > then I want to create it as normal > > find_or_create_by_name(params:topic) doesn't seem to work... are there > any other ways to achieve this? > > (nube alert!)
If it were me I'd be clear about what I'm doing... name = params[:topic][:name] # manipulate name here... @topic = Topic.find_or_create_by_name(name) current_user.topics << @topic Only thing i'm not sure about is what you want to do with 'visible'... -philip -- 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.
