## users controller -- courtesy of @cnaths

#Something along these lines?

def update
  #grab all users from the database
  @users = User.find(:all)
  #parse the params array; loop through each user returning the id    
  params["user"].keys.each do |id|
    #find the appropriate user record
    @user = User.find(id.to_i)
    #set the values as needed
    @user.guest = params["user"][id]["guest"]
    @user.active = params["user"][id]["active"]
    @user.inactive = params["user"][id]["inactive"]
    #save without validating, or add the appropriate invalidation handling
    @user.save(perform_validation = false)
  end
  respond_to do |format|
    flash[:notice] = 'Users Updated'
    format.html do
      render :update do |page|
        #reload the page or the changes won't appear
        page.reload
      end
    end
    format.xml  { head :ok }
  end
end