You also might consider the nested model approach, if all your users belong to some common object. Might be a bit of a stretch for your case, but works like a charm when it's a fit: http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/1/26/nested-model-forms
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 22:15, James Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > Check out the ActiveRecord::Base#update method where you can pass an > array of IDs along with attributes to update all the user records at > once. > > James > > On Sep 22, 2009, at 10:12 PM, liquid_rails <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > It works :) Awesome! > > Now I'm trying to figure out the best way to extract the data in the > > controller so that I can update the user.approval value for each > > user. This is what's being passed: > > > > Parameters: {"commit"=>"Submit", "user"=>{"6"=>{"approval"=>"1"}, > > "1"=>{"approval"=>"1"}, "2"=>{"approval"=>"2"}, "3"=> > > {"approval"=>"2"}, "4"=>{"approval"=>"2"}, "5"=>{"approval"=>"2"}}, > > "authenticity_token"=>"39757ec52a8cb0e04a7533686976d49388378c02", > > "_method"=>"put", "action"=>"approve", "controller"=>"admin/users"} > > > > Any hints would be appreciated! > > Thanks in advance, > > > > ~Cheri > > > > > > On Sep 22, 12:41 pm, liquid_rails <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Great, thanks Jason! I'll try it. - Cheri > >> > >> On Sep 22, 12:04 pm, Jason King <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> No :) > >> > >>> So, yeah, if you want just a single submit button then you'll want a > >>> single form and you should use fields_for with the :index option... > >> > >>> <% form_for ....etc. do %> <%# ....you can just have a > >>> form_tag here if you want %> > >>> <% @users.each do |user| %> <%# total aside: this is more > >>> Ruby- > >>> ish syntax %> > >>> <%= other things %> > >>> <% fields_for user, :index => user.id do |f| %> > >>> <%= f.radio_button :approval ..etc. %> > >>> <% end %> > >>> <% end %> > >>> <%= submit_tag %> > >>> <% end %> > >> > >>> You'll find that all the radio buttons will be indexed, so you'll > >>> receive params[:user][id_of_user][:approval] in your controller, so > >>> you can easily set the right values for the right user all in one > >>> action. > >> > >>> On Sep 22, 2009, at 11:48 AM, liquid_rails wrote: > >> > >>>> Thanks, Jason. > >> > >>>> So, if I have a separate form for each user, is there any way to > >>>> have > >>>> just one submit button to submit all forms at the same time? > >> > >>>> Cheri > >> > >>>> On Sep 22, 11:42 am, Jason King <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> The problem is that you've got form_for [:admin, :user] instead of > >>>>> form_for [:admin, @user] and then you're expecting (somehow) > >>>>> f.radio_button to know which user to use to retrieve the seed > >>>>> value. > >>>>> Rails is using the last element of that array and calling > >>>>> the .approval method on it (hence the error about the user:Symbol > >>>>> (ie. :user ) not having that method defined. > >> > >>>>> You're more likely to want to put the form within the @users > >>>>> iteration > >>>>> block, so that you have a separate form for each user. You can > >>>>> then do: > >> > >>>>> <% for user in @users %> > >>>>> <% form_for [:admin, user] ...etc. do %> > >>>>> <%= f.radio_button :approval ...etc. %> > >> > >>>>> If not, if you want it all in one form, then you won't be able > >>>>> to use > >>>>> the form_for block helpers, rather you'll need to use > >>>>> radio_button_tag > >>>>> and setup the values and names manually. > >> > >>>>> Regards, > >>>>> Jason > >> > >>>>> On Sep 22, 2009, at 11:30 AM, liquid_rails wrote: > >> > >>>>>> I'm trying to generate a list of users with two radio buttons > >>>>>> next > >>>>>> to > >>>>>> each user where I can either approve or reject a user, all in the > >>>>>> same > >>>>>> form. > >>>>>> The following code, illustrates what I am trying to do and the > >>>>>> error I > >>>>>> am getting. > >>>>>> Does anybody know how to do this? Thanks in advance! - Cheri > >> > >>>>>> create_table "users", :force => true do |t| > >>>>>> t.string "name" > >>>>>> t.integer "approval", :default => 0 # 0=needs approval, > >>>>>> 1=approved, 2=not approved > >>>>>> end > >>>>>> ------------------- > >> > >>>>>> <% form_for [:admin, :user], :url => {:action => > >>>>>> "user_approval" } do > >>>>>> |f| %> > >>>>>> <% for user in @users %> > >>>>>> <tr> > >>>>>> <td><%= user.id %></td> > >>>>>> <td><%= user.name %></td> > >>>>>> <td><%= user.approval %></td> #current state of the user's > >>>>>> approval status > >>>>>> <td><%= f.radio_button :approval,'1' %>"Approve" </td> > >>>>>> <td><%= f.radio_button :approval,'2' %>"Reject" </td> > >>>>>> </tr> > >>>>>> <% end %> > >>>>>> <p> <%= f.submit "Submit" %> </p> > >>>>>> <% end %> > >> > >>>>>> --------- > >>>>>> Error: > >>>>>> undefined method `approval' for :user:Symbol > > > > > > > -- Nick Zadrozny --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
