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		<title>Scott: /* Form for editing a single database row */</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Form for editing a single database row&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 23:36, 7 January 2016&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;% form_for :study, @study, :id =&amp;gt; @study.id do |f| %&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;%&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;= &lt;/ins&gt;form_for :study, @study, :id =&amp;gt; @study.id do |f| %&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Scott</name></author>
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		<title>Scott: /* Controller (app/controllers/user_controller.rb) */</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Controller (app/controllers/user_controller.rb)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
== Form for editing a single database row ==&lt;br /&gt;
app/views/study.html.erb:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;rails&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;table border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;s_data&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;% form_for :study, @study, :id =&amp;gt; @study.id do |f| %&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;tr&amp;gt;&amp;lt;td class=&amp;quot;v_header&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Study Name:&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;%= f.text_field :name, {:size =&amp;gt; 15} %&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;td class=&amp;quot;formError&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;%= @name_error %&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/tr&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;tr&amp;gt;&amp;lt;td class=&amp;quot;v_header&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Default Account:&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;%= f.text_field :account, {:size =&amp;gt; 15} %&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;td class=&amp;quot;formError&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;%= @account_error %&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/tr&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;tr&amp;gt;&amp;lt;td&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;%= submit_tag &amp;quot;Save&amp;quot; %&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/tr&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;% end %&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/table&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Controller ===&lt;br /&gt;
app/controllers/study_controller.rb:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;rails&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
def edit&lt;br /&gt;
    @user = User.find(session[&amp;#039;user&amp;#039;][&amp;#039;id&amp;#039;])&lt;br /&gt;
    @title = &amp;#039;Edit Study&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
    @study = Study.find(params[&amp;#039;id&amp;#039;])&lt;br /&gt;
    if not @study or not can_edit(@user, @study.group)&lt;br /&gt;
        redirect_to :action =&amp;gt; &amp;#039;list&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
        return&lt;br /&gt;
    end&lt;br /&gt;
    @name_error = &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
    @account_error = &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
    if params[&amp;#039;study&amp;#039;]&lt;br /&gt;
        name = params[&amp;#039;study&amp;#039;][&amp;#039;name&amp;#039;].strip&lt;br /&gt;
        if (not name) or name.size &amp;lt; 2 or name.size &amp;gt; 32&lt;br /&gt;
            @name_error = &amp;quot;Study name must contain between 2 and 32 characters&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
        end&lt;br /&gt;
        account = params[&amp;#039;study&amp;#039;][&amp;#039;account&amp;#039;].strip.upcase&lt;br /&gt;
        if account.size &amp;gt; 0&lt;br /&gt;
            # verify account format&lt;br /&gt;
            if account =~ /^\w-\w{7}$/ or account =~ /^\w-\w{7}-\w{5}$/&lt;br /&gt;
                params[&amp;#039;study&amp;#039;][&amp;#039;account&amp;#039;] = account&lt;br /&gt;
            else&lt;br /&gt;
                @account_error = &amp;quot;Account number must take the form X-YYYYYYY or X-YYYYYYY-ZZZZZ&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
            end&lt;br /&gt;
        else&lt;br /&gt;
            params[&amp;#039;study&amp;#039;][&amp;#039;account&amp;#039;] = nil&lt;br /&gt;
        end&lt;br /&gt;
        if @name_error.size + @account_error.size == 0&lt;br /&gt;
            if @study.update_attributes(params[:study])&lt;br /&gt;
                redirect_to :action =&amp;gt; &amp;#039;list&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
            end&lt;br /&gt;
        end&lt;br /&gt;
    end&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Form for generic POST ==&lt;br /&gt;
app/views/user/login.html.erb:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;rails&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;% if flash[&amp;#039;notice&amp;#039;] %&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;h1 style=&amp;quot;color: red;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;%= flash[&amp;#039;notice&amp;#039;] %&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/h1&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;% end %&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;table border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;s_data&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;% form_tag :action =&amp;gt; &amp;#039;verify&amp;#039; do %&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;tr&amp;gt;&amp;lt;td class=&amp;quot;v_header&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Email&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;%= text_field &amp;#039;user&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;email&amp;#039; %&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/tr&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;tr&amp;gt;&amp;lt;td class=&amp;quot;v_header&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Password&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;%= password_field &amp;#039;user&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;pass&amp;#039; %&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/tr&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;tr&amp;gt;&amp;lt;td&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;%= submit_tag &amp;quot;Log in&amp;quot; %&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/tr&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;% end %&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/table&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Controller ===&lt;br /&gt;
app/controllers/user_controller.rb:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;rails&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
def verify&lt;br /&gt;
    hash_pass = password_hash(params[:user][:pass])&lt;br /&gt;
    user = User.find(:first, :conditions =&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
        [&amp;quot;email = ? and pass = ? and is_active = &amp;#039;true&amp;#039;&amp;quot;, params[:user][:email], hash_pass])&lt;br /&gt;
    if user&lt;br /&gt;
        session[&amp;#039;user&amp;#039;] = user&lt;br /&gt;
        user.record_login&lt;br /&gt;
        redirect_to :controller =&amp;gt; &amp;quot;calendar&amp;quot;, :action =&amp;gt; &amp;quot;index&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
    else&lt;br /&gt;
        flash[&amp;#039;notice&amp;#039;] = &amp;quot;Bad username/password!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
        redirect_to :controller =&amp;gt; &amp;quot;user&amp;quot;, :action =&amp;gt; &amp;quot;login&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
    end&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Scott</name></author>
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