# Authlogic - Authentication with 2 login fields

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-authentication-with-2-login-fields/180101>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 11, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-authentication-with-2-login-fields/180101 "2009-12-11T16:02:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-authentication-with-2-login-fields/180101/1 "2009-12-11T16:02:24Z")

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Hello

I need to authenticate a user based on two database fields living in  
two different tables.

So far I have:  
class UserSession \< Authlogic::Session::Base  
…  
login\_field :employee\_code # the login  
attr\_accessor :employer\_code # the extra login field  
…  
find\_by\_login\_method :find\_app\_user

# must find the employer first, and then the employee

end

However, only the employee is passed to the find\_app\_user method on  
save.

Any tips are appreciated.

Dave