From: Andreas Schwarz <usenet@...>
Date: 2005-10-22T19:47:04+09:00
Subject: Re: support for ordering records in rails

Achim Domma (SyynX Solutions GmbH) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm just doing my first steps with ruby and rails. I wonder if there is 
> some buildin support to order records. I'm reading 
> http://rails.homelinux.org/ and ask myself how I could turn the the todo 
> project into a priority list.
> 
> In the database I would introduce a integer field 'ordering' by which I 
> would order the tasks. In the task list I would ne 'up' and 'down' 
> buttons to change the ordering.
> 
> Could somebody tell me on how to solve such a problem in rails? I need 
> no code, only the key ideas and concepts.

ActiveRecord::Acts::List
ActiveRecord::Base::find

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