From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2008-08-28T01:52:26+09:00
Subject: Re: encrypting password on form submit?

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Amanda .. <a.etherton@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there, I'm trying to use a form to create a user for a site. All the
> information from the form is currently submitted to the database as is.
> I want the password to be encrypted in the database, but I have no idea
> how to do this. I have read a bit about WD5, but have no clue how to do
> it really, could anybody help me out with this?
>
> Here is my form:
>
> <% form_for :user do |f| %>
>
> <fieldset class="two-cols"  id="createuser">
> <label for="name">Name</label> <%= f.text_field :name, {:class =>
> 'text'} %><br /><br />
> <label for="username">Username</label><%=f.text_field :username, {:class
> => 'text' } %> <br /><br />
> <label for="password">Password</label><%=f.text_field :password, {:class
> => 'text' } %> <br /><br />
> </fieldset>
>
> <%=submit_tag 'Save', {:class => 'submit' } %>
>
> <% end %>

I haven't used Rails in a while, but what happens in between the form
submission and the submission to the database.  Surely, you have some
control over that?

Todd