# Def list - paginate question **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 27, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/def-list-paginate-question/94279 "2006-04-27T18:53:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robtotheb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@robtotheb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robtotheb)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/def-list-paginate-question/94279/1 "2006-04-27T18:53:59Z")
How do I adapt this code to only list articles made by the user logged into the session? def list @article\_pages, @article = paginate :articles, :per\_page =\> 10 end ---
**Author:** ![robtotheb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@robtotheb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robtotheb)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/def-list-paginate-question/94279/2 "2006-04-27T19:17:25Z")
@article\_pages, @article = paginate :articles, :per\_page =\> 10, :condition=\>[‘user\_id = ?’, current\_user.id] Assuming there is a user\_id attribute for the model On Thursday, April 27, 2006, at 6:53 PM, Rob B. wrote: > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) \_Kevin ---
**Author:** ![robtotheb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@robtotheb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robtotheb)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/def-list-paginate-question/94279/3 "2006-04-27T19:35:49Z")
Kevin O. wrote: > @article\_pages, @article = paginate :articles, :per\_page =\> 10, > :condition=\>[‘user\_id = ?’, current\_user.id] > > Assuming there is a user\_id attribute for the model > > On Thursday, April 27, 2006, at 6:53 PM, Rob B. wrote: > > > Rails mailing list > > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) > > \_Kevin Didn’t work I dont have a user\_id attribute in the model ---
**Author:** ![robtotheb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@robtotheb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robtotheb)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/def-list-paginate-question/94279/4 "2006-04-27T19:45:37Z")
On Apr 27, 2006, at 9:53 AM, Rob B. wrote: > How do I adapt this code to only list articles made by the user logged > into the session? > > def list > @article\_pages, @article = paginate :articles, :per\_page =\> 10 > end The paginate method accepts the :conditions option. [http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/) Pagination.html#M000104 Here’s an example with a named placeholder… values = { :user\_id =\> session[:user\_id] } paginate :articles, :conditions =\> [ ‘user\_id = :user\_id’, values ], :per\_page =\> 10 Hope that helps! Cheers, Robby Robby R. Founder & Executive Director PLANET ARGON, LLC Ruby on Rails Development, Consulting & Hosting > **[Planet Argon](https://www.planetargon.com)** > > Planet Argon is a Ruby on Rails development agency specializing in maintenance and support for existing Rails apps. Based in Portland, OR, Planet Argon has been a member of the Rails community since 2004. [www.robbyonrails.com](http://www.robbyonrails.com) +1 503 445 2457 +1 877 55 ARGON [toll free] +1 815 642 4968 [fax] ---
**Author:** ![robtotheb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@robtotheb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robtotheb)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/def-list-paginate-question/94279/5 "2006-04-27T20:08:21Z")
You will just have to adjust the :conditions clause to match your particular user model and method for tracking the current\_user, but otherwise it will work. Your article model really needs to have a ‘belongs\_to :user’ association so that you can tell which articles belong to which user. If you don’t have that, or something equivalent, then there is no way to filter the articles properly. on Thursday, April 27, 2006, at 7:35 PM, Rob B. wrote: > > > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) > > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) \_Kevin ---
**Author:** ![robtotheb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@robtotheb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robtotheb)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 12:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/def-list-paginate-question/94279/6 "2006-04-28T12:32:15Z")
Kevin O. wrote: > You will just have to adjust the :conditions clause to match your > particular user model and method for tracking the current\_user, but > otherwise it will work. > > Your article model really needs to have a ‘belongs\_to :user’ association > so that you can tell which articles belong to which user. If you don’t > have that, or something equivalent, then there is no way to filter the > articles properly. > > on Thursday, April 27, 2006, at 7:35 PM, Rob B. wrote: > > > > > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) > > > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > > > * * * > > > > Rails mailing list > > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) > > \_Kevin I do have a belongs to :user in my article model. Im just not sure how to adjust the :conditions clause in the controller. I used salted login gen to create the user model so not sure how its tracking the current\_user.