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| -rw-r--r-- | railties/guides/source/engines.textile | 19 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/railties/guides/source/engines.textile b/railties/guides/source/engines.textile index 73bbe486e5..02054c972a 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/engines.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/engines.textile @@ -476,11 +476,26 @@ Finally, the author's name should be displayed on the post's page. Add this code <erb> <p> <b>Author:</b> - <%= @post.author.name %> + <%= @post.author %> </p> </erb> -NOTE: For posts created previously, this will break the +show+ page for them. We recommend deleting these posts and starting again, or manually assigning an author using +rails c+. +WARNING: For posts created previously, this will break the +show+ page for them. We recommend deleting these posts and starting again, or manually assigning an author using +rails c+. + +By outputting +@post.author+ using the +<%=+ tag the +to_s+ method will be called on the object. By default, this will look quite ugly: + +<text> +#<User:0x00000100ccb3b0> +</text> + +This is undesirable and it would be much better to have the user's name there. To do this, add a +to_s+ method to the +User+ class within the application: + +<ruby> +def to_s + name +</ruby> + +Now instead of the ugly Ruby object output the author's name will be displayed. h4. Configuring an engine |