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How would I go about testing the parameter?

On Mar 22, 1:35 pm, Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 22 March 2010 16:34, Civ2boss <civ2b...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > So I am making a rails app that lets users search logs by date. So in
> > my controller I have set it to look for logs from the DB using the
> > parameters. However when it first loads, there are no parameters
> > passed to the controller, so it gives a nil error.
>
> > Is there a way to set the default parameters so that it won't have
> > this error?
>
> > Here are the controller and view snippets:
>
> > user_sessions_controller.rb
>
> > [...]
> > def admin
>
> >    @start_date = Date::civil(params[:find_dates]
> > ['start_date(1i)'].to_i, params[:find_dates]['start_date(2i)'].to_i,
> > params[:find_dates]['start_date(3i)'].to_i)
>
> Test params[:find_dates] before you use it and take appropriate action if nil.
>
> Colin
>
>
>
> >    @end_date = Date::civil(params[:find_dates]["end_date(1i)"].to_i,
> > params[:find_dates]["end_date(2i)"].to_i, params[:find_dates]
> > ["end_date(3i)"].to_i)
>
> >    @logs = Log.all(:conditions => ["updated_at between ? and ?",
> > @start_date, @end_date], :order => "updated_at DESC")
>
> >    respond_to do |format|
> >      format.html { render :action => 'admin' }
> >      format.csv { render :csv => @logs }
> >    end
>
> >  end
> > [...]
>
> > admin.html.erb
>
> > [...]
> > <div id="find_dates">
> >        <% form_tag '/find_dates' do %>
> >                <p>
> >                        <%= label_tag "start_date", "Start Date" %>
> >                        <%= date_select "find_dates", "start_date", :order =>
> > [:month, :day, :year] %>
> >                </p>
> >                <p>
> >                        <%= label_tag "end_date", "End Date" %>
> >                        <%= date_select "find_dates", "end_date", :order =>
> > [:month, :day, :year] %>
> >                </p>
> >                <%= submit_tag "Find" %>
> >        <% end %>
> > </div>
> > [...]
>
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