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Re: Assignment 4; due Nov. 11

trung — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:13:44 -0000

-- 1. The default value for a boolean is false. --

I did "u = User.create(:email => 'abc@aol.com')" and then went into my test database and see that 'subscriber' is NULL. Doing a find on only ":subscriber => nil" would return the correct data.

Re: Assignment 4; due Nov. 11

trung — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:54:20 -0000

John,

So a User with 'subscriber=false' is like a guest account, and a User with 'subscriber=true' is a real 'user' ?

So:
1. Do we need to set a default, 'false,' value for the attribute 'subscriber'?
2. Do we also need to set 'validates_xx' rules for some of the obvious (but not tested) attributes? As of now, 'rake test:units' works fine for me, but I remember you mentioned that our projects will be graded more subjectively while your unit tests will be less rigorous.

Thanks!

Re: Assignment 4; due Nov. 11

trung — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:41:45 -0000

Hi, I am trying to run 'script/console' with the fixtures loaded correctly. I'm running it by issuing:

1. rake db:fixtures:load RAILS_ENV=test
2. script/console test

The fixtures are loaded. However, the value 'children_count' for 'User' is not updated as it should be. For instance, the user "John Norman" (User whose id is 1) definitely has a child (Child whose id is 1) but its 'children_count' value is 0. If I try to create a new Child with 'user_id' as 1, then 'children_count' is updated correctly.

Is there a way to load the fixtures so that the 'children_count' attribute contains the correct value?

Thanks!

Re: Assignment 4; due Nov. 11

trung — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:16:52 -0000

bchin,

I noticed that. My question is regarding the meaning of it.

Thanks!

Re: Assignment 4; due Nov. 11

trung — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:48:04 -0000

In 'finders.rb,' there are a few methods that ask for 'subscribers.' I'm not totally understand what it means for a user to be a subscriber. Can someone points out the obvious to me?

Thank you!

Re: Assignment 4; due Nov. 11

trung — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:26:48 -0000

I have recently rebuilt my system and re-installed Rails. The new Rails version is 1.2.5. The file "config/environment.rb" for the assignment defined RAILS_GEM_VERSION as 1.2.3. I cannot run rake for the assignment with my current Rails version. So, is it okay for me to change RAILS_GEM_VERSION to 1.2.5 or must/should I reinstall Rails with specific version 1.2.3?

P.S. Changing RAILS_GEM_VERSION works fine, but I'm not sure if it will affect grading or not.