Question

I’ve got a RPG website and I want users to be able to set their name on registering but not when they’re editing their profile. But I want as an admin to be able to edit it.

Since I use update_attributes in the update action, I think they’re able to update their first_name not using the classic form I provide.

Is there a way to do this with ActiveRecord validations or simply in the controller ?

Thanks in advance !

Answer 1

Add attr_accessible :name, :as => :admin to your User model, and in the sign-up controller use @user.update_attributes(params[:user], :as => :admin). The update action should instead use @user.update_attributes(params[:user]) without the :as => :admin option.

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