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How To: Add a default role to a User
DVG edited this page Jul 10, 2012
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First create the Role model and link it to the User Modle
$ rails g model Role name:string
$ rails g migration addRoleIdToUser role_id:integer
$ rake db:migrate
Then in your Models
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :role
end
class Role < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :users
end
['registered', 'banned', 'moderator', 'admin'].each do |role|
Role.find_or_create_by_name role
end
Then
$ rake db:seed
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :role
before_create :set_default_role
private
def set_default_role
if self.role.nil?
self.role = Role.find_by_name('registered')
end
end
end