Ruby on Rails

On 31 January 2013 10:42, Roger McDonald <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Being new to rails and ruby I'm a bit lost.
>
> Have a data entry scaffold, Details, which has name, string,
> cost1:integer cost2:integer cost3: Total:integer
> The user inputs puts a value into each of 3 fields.
>
> The totals field should ideally be automatically updated as each value
> is entered or changed. Then Save stores all 4 values into the database.
> One of the values cost3 should display a tax value of 10% of that
> particular entry beside the entry.
>
> Is this possible to do this or should I have something like a cart and
> display the calculations in that?

First don't store the total in the database, provide a method of the
model called total which works it out when you need it. If you store
it then you add all sorts of complications making sure you keep the
total correct when you change the other fields, and there is no need
to add the complexity.

Second, if you want the total and tax value displayed on screen as
they are entered then that must be done by javascript so that is not a
RoR issue. Some tutorials on javascript and probably jQuery are in
order.

>
> I have read the Agile Web Development books, Enterprise Recipes,
> Advanced Rails, Why's Poignant, Head First Rails which is for rails2 so
> some scripts fail.
> None explain how to do some of the more simple things like the above or
> taking a value from a select list and using it to update a field in
> another view.

I don't understand what you mean by the last sentence.

If you have not been able to work right through a tutorial so far then
I suggest railstutorial.org which is free to use online. There is
nothing like actually working through a tutorial, doing the exercises
and so on, to get a grasp of the basics.

Colin

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