Ruby on Rails

On 24 August 2010 21:59, Zack Nathan <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Colin Law wrote:
>> On 24 August 2010 16:37, Zack Nathan <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
>>> What i want to do is allow only user created records to appear in the
>>> list and thus make them only able to edit their own. How would I do
>>> this?
>>
>> Looking at the docs for ActiveScaffold I think you could use the
>> conditions_for_collection method.  However I would advise against
>> using ActiveScaffold for the user part of a website.  It is good for
>> easy access to the database for development and admin purposes but for
>> the 'real' website I would recommend coding up what you really want
>> rather than trying to push ActiveScaffold to the limit.  Others may
>> disagree with this.
>>
>> Colin
>
> Can I just say, thank you sooo much for answering pretty much all my
> questions, and so fast! It is for the admin side of the site, just there
> are two levels of admin. So from what i can see i will be able to put in
>  def conditions_for_collection
>
>  end
> in the controller and place conditions in there that will change the
> find method into the database to give me all the stuff based on the
> conditions i give it in that action. How do i format the conditions
> though?

1. First work out what the conditions are - in detail that is.
2. Then work out how to enter them.

Do you know the answer to 1?

Colin

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