Episodes tagged with “forms”
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Virtual Attributes Other translations:
Keep your forms flexible by adding virtual attributes to your model. This powerful technique allows you to create form fields which may not directly relate to the database.
Tags: active-record forms
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17
HABTM Checkboxes Other translations:
Create a list of checkboxes for easily managing a HABTM relationship.
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25
SQL Injection Other translations:
Attacks via SQL injection are one of the most common ways to attack web applications. Learn how to avoid being a victim of it.
Tags: security active-record forms
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Hackers Love Mass Assignment Other translations:
If you're using mass assigment you're giving complete control to your models to your users. Learn how to protect them in this episode.
Tags: security active-record forms
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Time in Text Field Other translations:
Updating time fields via a series of dropdowns isn't the most elegant way to enter date and time information. Find out how to allow your users to enter dates and time in a text field instead.
Tags: active-record forms
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Edit Multiple Other translations:
Select multiple records with checkboxes and edit them all on one form. Find out how to use virtual attributes to update values relatively.
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More on Virtual Attributes Other translations:
Make use of virtual attributes and callbacks to implement tagging in a blogging application.
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178
Seven Security Tips Other translations:
Security is paramount in your Rails applications. Here we show seven commons security flaws from mass assignment to CSRF.
Tags: security forms views active-record
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185
Formtastic Part 2 Other translations:
In this episode we cover some of Formtastic's more advanced features, including its handling of many-to-many relationships, required fields and styling.
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Nested Model Form Part 1 Other translations:
The accepts_nested_attributes_for method, introduced in Rails 2.3, makes handling multiple models in a form much easier. Find out how to use it in this episode.
Tags: forms views active-record
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Nested Model Form Part 2 Other translations:
Add and remove nested model fields dynamically through JavaScript using either Prototype or jQuery.
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198
Edit Multiple Individually Other translations:
se checkboxes to edit multiple records in one form, where each one has an individual set of form fields.
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184
Formtastic Part 1 Other translations:
Formtastic provides a concise way to generate form views. In the first part of this two-part series we use it to generate a simple form and a more complex, customised one.
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Validations in Rails 3 Other translations:
Rails 3 offers several new additions to validations. Here learn how to make a custom error_messages partial, reflect on validations, and clean up complex validations in a model.
Tags: rails-30 forms active-record views
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217
Multistep Forms Other translations:
In this episode we create a multistep form, or wizard, from scratch.
Tags: forms views active-record
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Calendars Other translations:
If dates play an important role in your application, consider adding a date picker or calendar view as shown in this episode.