Acts_as_list, move_higher, odd indexing behaviour?

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Hi,

[reposting to list, posting via google groups apparently didn’t work]

I’m trying to use acts_as_list for the first time.

Can anyone confirm the odd behaviour reported here?

Nominet - The Official Registry for UK Domain Names…

i.e. element access and move_higher require an odd indexing scheme to
work.

I’m personally finding that I can’t seem to change the list element
positioning in a rails unit test using move_higher/move_lower, although
move_to_top works. (See code following below)

Cheers,

N

model defs

class AccountTransaction < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :credits, :foreign_key => ‘transaction_id’, :order =>
‘position ASC’
end

class Credit < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :account_transaction, :foreign_key => ‘transaction_id’
belongs_to :account
acts_as_list :scope => :transaction_id
belongs_to :credit_type
end

#unit test
class AccountTransactionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
fixtures :account_transactions, :credits

def display_credits(transaction)
transaction.credits.each_index do |x|
credit = transaction.credits[x]
puts " index #{x} id #{credit.id} position #{credit.position}"
end
end

def test_credits
assert_equal @account_transaction.credits[0].id, @first_credit.id
assert_equal @account_transaction.credits[1].id, @second_credit.id

 display_credits @account_transaction

 @account_transaction.credits[1].move_higher # doesn't work
 @account_transaction.reload

 display_credits @account_transaction

 @account_transaction.credits[1].move_to_top # does work
 @account_transaction.reload

 display_credits @account_transaction

 assert_equal @account_transaction.credits[1].id, @first_credit.id
 assert_equal @account_transaction.credits[0].id, @second_credit.id

end
end

outputs:

Loaded suite test/unit/account_transaction_test

Started

index 0 id 1 position 1

index 1 id 2 position 8

index 0 id 1 position 1

index 1 id 2 position 8

index 0 id 2 position 1

index 1 id 1 position 2

…

Finished in 0.188056 seconds.

credits.yml

first_credit:
id: 1
transaction_id: 1
position: 1
account_id: 1
amount: 11
credit_type_id: 1

second_credit:
id: 2
transaction_id: 1
position: 8
account_id: 1
amount: 18
credit_type_id: 1

account_transactions.yml

first_account_transaction:
id: 1
date: 23/01/2005
description: blah
comments: blah

another_account_transaction:
id: 2
date: 23/07/2005
description: blah
comments: blah