def conditions_for_collection
[ 'employer_id' => params[:current_employer] ]
end

makes nothing happen.

def conditions_for_users_collection
[ 'employer_id' => params[:current_employer] ]
end

produces an not method error.

but

def conditions_for_users_collection
[ 'employer_id=?',params[:current_employer] ]
end

works.

Makes sense when you look at :conditions in the rails api
gabs

Well spotted. I have updated the post.

Thanks
Scott.

Thank you very very much for all your time and efford! You guys have done a great job.

Now, back to finding out how I can maintain parent – child relationships between scaffolds, when editing.

Cheers,
Gabs.

Great work. I needed to allow users to edit only the records belonging to them, so I changed the ajax_scaffold.rb to implement a do_edit method. Then I overrode it in my controller.I am not sure this is the best way to do this but it worked. Here is my modified code:

def edit#{suffix}
begin
do_edit#{suffix}
rescue
flash[:error], @successful = $!.to_s, false
end
return render#{suffix}_template(:action => ‘edit.rjs’) if request.xhr?
if @successful
@options = { :scaffold_id => params[:scaffold_id], :action => "update", :id => params[:id] }
render#{suffix}_template(:action => "_new_edit.rhtml", :layout => true)
else
#{prefix}return_to_main
end
end

def do_edit#{suffix}
@#{singular_name} = #{class_name}.find(params[:id])
@successful = !@#{singular_name}.nil?
end

@Haim: Your approach seems reasonable (EDIT: although see my later comment on why changing the plugin isn’t a good idea), we probably should of included an extension point for the edit, and maybe for the new. I think I probably would call your do_edit method something different as it isn’t actually doing the edit. Maybe find#{suffix} or something that actually implies the action (see below). I take it you actually meant you updated the code in the ajax_scaffold_plugin.rb file.

<pre>
def edit#{suffix}
begin
find#{suffix}
rescue
flash[:error], @successful = $!.to_s, false
end

[REST OF METHOD STAYS THE SAME]
end

def find#{suffix}
@#{singular_name} = #{class_name}.find(params[:id])
@successful = !@#{singular_name}.nil?
end
</pre>

Cheers guys,
Scott.

<pre>
def edit#{suffix}
begin
prepare_edit#{suffix}
rescue
flash[:error], @successful = $!.to_s, false
end

[REST OF METHOD STAYS THE SAME]
end

def prepare_edit#{suffix}
find#{suffix}
end
</pre>

Thanks.

Haim

Btw, how can you format the code here like you did?

<pre>
verify :method => :post, nly => [ :destroy#{suffix}, :create#{suffix}, :update#{suffix} ],
:redirect_to => { :action => :#{prefix}table }
</pre>

For the formatting you just wrap the code in ‘pre’ tags (I added them to your comment).

As for overriding the verify method, I think if you just redefine it in your controller then that will be picked up. All of those post actions are from ajax calls though so you need to be sure thats what you want / need to do.

Scott.

With this particular change I may well include something like it, but it would be better to override the plugin functionality on a controller by controller basis.

thanks,
-Chad