Hi. I want to write a plugin with mix of javascript and ruby and I want to connect my plugin to database to find an unique number(of if doesn’t exist create a unique number) for each user and I want to use that number in my javascript code.my javascript code sholud send that number as get method in …

I think you’re looking for custom fields on the user: User.register_custom_field_type('unique_number', :integer) which you can store before save: class ::User before_save :store_unique_number def store_unique_number self.custom_fields['unique_number'] ||= rand(1000) # ^^ ps do somethi…

the problem is I don’t know how to add ruby code to my pluggin .actuly I don’t khow how to write ruby pluggin .is there any refrence for learning?

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Connecting to database with a plugin

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