class User < ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessible :email, :password, :user_id, :admin, :password_confirmation, :first_name, :last_name validates_confirmation_of :password, :password_confirmation, :on => :create validates :password, :presence => true, :confirmation => true, :length => {:within => 6..40}, :on => :create validates_presence_of :email validates_uniqueness_of :email validates_format_of :email, :with => /.+@.+\..+/i attr_accessor :skip_user_id_assign before_save :assign_user_id, :on => :create has_one :retirement, :foreign_key => :user_id, :primary_key => :user_id has_one :paid_time_off, :foreign_key => :user_id, :primary_key => :user_id def self.authenticate(email, password) auth = nil user = find_by_email(email) # I heard something about hashing, dunno, why bother really. Nobody will get access to my stuff! if user if user.password == password auth = user else raise "Incorrect Password!" end else raise "#{email} doesn't exist!" end return auth end def assign_user_id unless @skip_user_id_assign.present? || self.user_id.present? user = User.order("user_id").last uid = user.user_id.to_i + 1 if user && user.user_id && !(User.exists?(:user_id => "#{user.user_id.to_i + 1}")) self.user_id = uid.to_s if uid end end end