before_destroy in rails, little help need! -

i have table called users, if want delete user (user can add questions , add respondents (who answer on questions)), need delete him , id people deleted person. example:

sure.

def destroy_and_transfer_to(user)   transaction     questions.each |q|       q.update_attribute(:user_id => user)     end     respondents.each |r|       r.update_attribute(:user_id => user)     end     destroy   end end 

now use method instead of "destroy" method. or can stick callbacks this

before_destroy :transfer_to attr_accessor :user_who_takes_over  private  def transfer_to   if user_who_takes_over     questions.each |q|       q.update_attribute(:user_id => user_who_takes_over)     end     respondents.each |r|       r.update_attribute(:user_id => user_who_takes_over)     end   end end 

then can :

@user.user_who_takes_over = current_user @user.destroy 

just couple of ideas! luck!

update: code provided above belongs in model. in controller need have destroy method

in controller

def destroy   user = user.find(params[:id])   user.user_who_takes_over = current_user   if user.destroy     flash[:notice] = "user destroyed, stuff transferred"   else     rails.logger.debug(user.errors.inspect)     flash[:error] = "error destroying user"   end   redirect_to :back end 

change suite need of course!