Switching Ruby on Rails databases
Hi, I'm starting learning Ruby on Rails. So my application, like every Rails app, has three databases: Development Test Production And the question is: how do i switch from a db to another? Thanks ...
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Counting distinct and duplicate attribute values in an array
I have an array of users that's sorted in descending order based on total_points. I need to find the rank of each user in that array. The issue is that more than one user can have the same total points and, thus, the same rank. For example, three users could be in 3rd place with 200 Points. Here's my current code: class Leader < Act...
Rails - undefined method `name' for nil:NilClass
Hi guys, Quick question. Here is my code: #routes map.resources :customers, :has_many => [:addresses, :matchings] map.connect ":controller/:action/:id" #url path: http://127.0.0.1:3000/customers/index/3 #customers controller def index @customer = Customer.find(params[:id]) end #customers view/index.html.erb ... <%= @customer.name ...
Final Integration Testing for Q.A.
A medium sized rails app that our company has been working on is getting close to the end of development and we are going to start doing Q.A. testing on it. We've have been writing unit, functional and integration tests all along and our test coverage is about 99% (even though that really doesn't mean anything). We feel like we have a ...
Cucumber error under bundler
I've confirmed cucumber tests work fine without bundler, but with bundler it breaks. This is the error I get: You have a nil object when you didn't expect it! You might have expected an instance of Array. The error occurred while evaluating nil.each (NoMethodError) /home/senthil/rails/othersprograms/nmicho-teambox/vendor/plugins/cucumbe...
uninitialized constant Encoding rake db:migrate
Hi, My RoR App use rails 2.1.2 When I run rake db:migrate --trace I get the following error, Any idea? ** Invoke db:migrate (first_time) ** Invoke environment (first_time) ** Execute environment ** Execute db:migrate rake aborted! uninitialized constant Encoding /Users/denisjacquemin/Documents/code/projects/BmfOnRails/vendor/rails/act...
Comparing an array of users to an array of structs with user object as attribute, and returning matches in another array of structs
I have an array of users who are friends. Let us call this array: friends I then have an array of structs. Each struct has a user object as an attribute (it also has a rank attribute). Here's what the struct class looks like, to add some context: class Leader < Struct.new(:rank, :user); end Let us call this array of structs: all_...
RubyOnRails: interface to shell script
Hi, I want to make a button inside my GUI that triggers a shell script. How can I do this? Thanks! ...
Strategies for Synchronizing Data Between a Rails App and iPhone App
I've written many iPhone Applications that have pulled data from web services and I've worked on synchronizing data between an iPhone App and a Web Application, but I've always felt that there is probably a better way to handle the synchronization. I'd like to know what strategies you have used to synchronize data between your iPhone(re...
how to make a generator in rails?
How to make a generator in rails? ...
Rails: Check output of path helper from console
Rails defines a bunch of magic with named routes that make helpers for your routes. Sometimes, especially with nested routes, it can get a little confusing to keep track of what URL you'll get for a given route helper method call. Is it possible to, using the Ruby console, see what link a given helper function will generate? For example,...
Ruby on Rails: Skipping 'validate_on_create' statement for seeds
I have a 'validate_on_create' statement in one of my controllers that I would like all of my seed data to skip. What are some solutions so that the create statement in my seeds file skips this validation. My current solution is commenting out the validation each time I run rake db:seed. Anything a little more clever? ...
File permissions changed between OS X and Windows
I zipped a rails project from OS X and sent it to a colleague who works on Windows. He updated the source, zipped the whole project folder and sent the zip file back to me. After unzipping the project, I found that the file permissions information is kind of lost. For example, the script/server is changed from -rwxr-xr-x to -rw-r--r--. ...
Incorporating Devise Authentication into an already existing user structure?
I have a fully functional authentication system with a user table that has over fifty columns. It's simple but it does hash encryption with salt, uses email instead of usernames, and has two separate kinds of users with an admin as well. I'm looking to incorporate Devise authentication into my application to beef up the extra parts lik...
One way Has-Many-Through
Hello, I have a Category, a Subcategory and a Product model. I have: Category has_many Subcategories Subcategory has_many Products Subcategory belongs_to Category Product belongs_to Subcategory Is there a way to have something like Category has_many Projects through Subcategories ? The 'normal' rails way wouldn't work because "su...
rails large amount of data in single insert activerecord gave out
So I have I think around 36,000 just to be safe, a number I wouldn't think was too large for a modern sql database like mysql. Each record has just two attributes. So I do: so I collected them into one single insert statement sql = "INSERT INTO tasks (attrib_a, attrib_b) VALUES (c1,d1),(c2,d2),(c3,d3)...(c36000,d36000);" ActiveRecord:...
How do I link to an item in the public folder from views/controller_name/page1.html.erb in Ruby on Rails?
I need to embed a flash movie into one of the pages in my Ruby on Rails app. I've put the Flash movie into the public folder, but I'm not sure how to reference it from my page, which is located at views/controller_name/page1.html.erb. How do I do this? Thanks for reading. ...
Embed URL from variable in HTML file in Rails application
I have a doubt which might be silly for experience Rails developers. I am creating an application which is suppose to embed a video player with URL passed to it. So while displaying i.e in XXX.html.erb file i am writting below code. Now problem is @movie.trailer is my variable in ruby code which has URL value . I want the embedded video...
Fetch a Rails ActiveRecord 'datetime' attribute as a DateTime object.
I have an attribute in one of my models that contains a Date/Time value, and is declared using t.datetime :ended_on in my migrations. When I fetch this value using myevent.ended_on, I get a Time object. The problem is that when I try to use this attribute as an axis in a Flotilla chart, it doesn't work properly because Flotilla only rec...
How/When/Where to Extend Gem Classes (via class_eval and Modules) in Rails 3?
What is the recommended way to extend class behavior, via class_eval and modules (not by inheritance) if I want to extend a class buried in a Gem from a Rails 3 app? An example is this: I want to add the ability to create permalinks for tags and categories (through the ActsAsTaggableOn and ActsAsCategory gems). They have defined Tag a...