Problems with readonly attributes

Rails
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Hi all,

I have an editing form in which only one field must be editable;the
other ones being readonly.Is there some way to automatize it,so I don´t
have to modify all fields by hand?

Thanks,
Rafael R.

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Rafael R. wrote:

Hi all,

I have an editing form in which only one field must be editable;the
other ones being readonly.Is there some way to automatize it,so I don´t
have to modify all fields by hand?

Thanks,
Rafael R.

why not disable that field in the form using javascript

and define few callback like before_create that can set the value of
that field to the default if field is subjected to modifications by
turning off javascript in the browser or through any other techniques

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On Jul 21, 1:51 pm, Virendra N. [email protected]
wrote:

why not disable that field in the form using javascript
No! That will fail – and leave the field editable – if JavaScript
is turned off.

In general, there is almost never a good reason to use a read-only
field. If the data is not editable, just put it on the page as plain
text.

If there’s some other issue, please explain in more detail.

Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
[email protected]