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skwidbreth
skwidbreth

Reputation: 8434

Devise - setting default values for new users

I am using Devise for user sign ups in my Rails app. The Users table has a column called admin, which is boolean. I would like to set it so that the value of admin automatically defaults to false for every new user that signs up. I've tried a number of different approaches, but nothing seems to work.

I'm looking for something like this to happen:

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base

  def configure_permitted_parameters
    devise_parameter_sanitizer.for(:sign_up) << :first_name
    devise_parameter_sanitizer.for(:sign_up) << :last_name
    devise_parameter_sanitizer.for(:sign_up) << :phone
    devise_parameter_sanitizer.for(:sign_up) << {:admin => false}
  end
end

Although this, as I said, doesn't work. But something like that. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1962

Answers (2)

inye
inye

Reputation: 1796

A more correct answer is: 

# models/user.rb
before_create :default_admin
def default_admin
   self.admin ||= false
end

because is only on create and no in uptade like before_save

Upvotes: 4

Stephen
Stephen

Reputation: 96

You should set the default value of an attribute in the model. In the migration:

add_column :admin, :boolean, :default => false

You can then ensure that the value is set on save:

before_save :default_admin
def default_admin
   self.admin ||= false
end

Upvotes: 3

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