wolfiton

wolfiton

Hello,

I am trying to build a many to many relationship between users and comments using this blog post https://medium.com/coletiv-stories/ecto-elixir-many-to-many-relationships-66403933f8c1.

I am uisng the second method after the title The right way — Use Ecto powers.

This can be found in the middle of the blog post.

I have the following problem

My code

def changeset(user, attrs) do
    user
    |> cast(attrs, [:username, :email, :password, :role, :confirmed, :attempts, :locked])
    |> validate_required([:username, :email, :password, :role, :confirmed, :attempts, :locked])
  end

  def changeset_update_comments(%User{} = user, comment) do
    user
    |> cast(%{}, @required_fields)
    # associate projects to the user
    |> put_assoc(:comment, comment)
  end

Also getting this error:

** (CompileError) lib/medium_graphql_api/accounts/user.ex:25: User.__struct__/0 is undefined, cannot expand struct User
    lib/medium_graphql_api/accounts/user.ex:25: (module)
Elixir

What is the correct way to define my user struct?

Why is it undefined?

Why can’t I expand struct User?

The git with the full aplication is available here GitHub - wolfiton/medium_graphql_api at dao · GitHub

Thanks in advance

Showing Posts 1 to 8

sjoconnor

sjoconnor

You can’t reference the current module like that you’ll need to reference User by it’s full namespace or by using __MODULE__.

def changeset_update_comments(%__MODULE__{} = user, comment) do
...

You could also alias the local module which will allow you to reference as you are now.

  alias __MODULE__
wolfiton

wolfiton OP

Thanks didn’t know that you can’t do it like this alias MediumGraphqlApi.Blog.Comment

I will try your suggestion and select the solution button of it works is that okay?

LostKobrakai

LostKobrakai

I wouldn’t match on the struct for changeset functions because sometimes you already have a changeset and you want to cast additional parameters into it. Ecto.Changeset.cast does accept both as first argument.

wolfiton

wolfiton OP

How would be the best way to do it?

LostKobrakai

LostKobrakai

I just do changeset(struct_or_changeset, params) and be fine. Ecto.Changeset.cast will already yell if I try to use the function with non supported input.

wolfiton

wolfiton OP

So in this case I would create a single changset not a pattern match between changesets as i have now?

wolfiton

wolfiton OP

Something like this?:
Move everything into a single changeset?

def changeset(%User{} = user, comment) do
    user
    |> cast(%{}, [:username, :email, :password, :role, :confirmed, :attempts, :locked])
    |> validate_required([:username, :email, :password, :role, :confirmed, :attempts, :locked])
    |> put_assoc(:comment, comment)
  end

Well it doesn’t yeld any errors, so probably this is what you ,meant by

wolfiton

wolfiton OP

Thank you everyone for helping me identify the problems and also propose new ways to write the same code better.

So thanks to @sjoconnor and @LostKobrakai

— All posts loaded —

Where Next? Top

Trending in Questions Top

Blokh
Hey guys, I’ve got a huge CSV ( around 10 GB ) that needs to be processed hourly Do you guys have any suggestions what is the best prac...
New
kszambelanczyk
Hello! Could someone please give me a help/sample code, how to delete a file from s3 using waffle/waffle_ecto from Phoenix app. I creat...
New
Onor.io
I have what I’ve heard referred to as a “lookup table” in my database. This is a way of assigning codes to common values. One common lo...
New
Trolleger
What approach to take when sending live updates to “random” users Hi! I have a question, I have a little chat app, and when I create a DM...
New
RemyXRenard
I’m seeing that a list inside a Kino.DataTable will be interpreted as a charlist, even if the Kino.configure() is set to charlists: :as_l...
New
matt-savvy
Anyone here using Honeybadger? My Honeybadger account is being overwhelmed with noise from some bots. Seeing a lot of Bandit.HTTPError...
New
samoloth
Hi, I’ve just set up an application with ash_authentication. There is only magic link strategy for now, so there is no confirmation add o...
New

Other Trending Topics Top

mudasobwa
I am happy to introduce the very α version of the new programming language compiled to BEAM. Welcome Cure. It has literally three kille...
New
garrison
Hobbes is a low-level distributed database for the Elixir programming language. Hobbes provides a simple, safe, and scalable storage lay...
New
mcass19
ExRatatui lets you cook up rich terminal UIs in Elixir, powered by Rust’s ratatui via Rustler NIFs. Build interactive terminal applicatio...
New
Damirados
Hello everyone. After busy few months I am happy to announce v0.1.0 of Emerge & Solve. They are GUI (Emerge) and State management (S...
New
netoum
Corex is an accessible, unstyled UI component library for Phoenix that integrates Zag.js state machines using Vanilla JavaScript and Live...
New
wintermeyer
There are three potential reasons for members of this forum to have a look at https://vutuv.de You are tired or annoyed of LinkedIn. Yo...
New

We're in Beta

About us Mission Statement

Options

Thread Display Mode




Thread Preview

Skip Thread Previews