If I need to add 'auto_increment' to a new column called 'another_id' in a table, how can I make it? Is there an option like: create_table :posts do |t| t.integer :another_id, :auto_increment => true # Is there a option like this? ... t.timestamps end In development env I use sqlite3, and mysql in production env; ...
I'm trying to use the scriptaculous_slider plugin for rails. I don't understand the documentation. Here's the example they give: Example: <%= slider_stylesheet %> <%= slider_field :object, :method, :range => 1..10 %> My use case is pretty simple. I have an object todo_item and I want to set a slider to change the value of the...
I am trying to setup my rails application on my vps running ubuntu 10. I am using passenger with apache to run my app. When I try to go to my application url, I get the error, "ruby (rack) application could not be started. Missing rails 2.3.8 gem" I have the gem installed. So, to debug a little more, I put a print statement in boot.rb t...
in the previous rails versions you ran rail whatevertheappsname -d mysql what is the new way and how do you generate scaffolds and controllers/migratations ext.. ...
Hi, I would like to know where put monkey patching code like the following in my rails application which would open up existing classes and add or override new functionality. I want this code to be available to all instances as soon as possible. Is autoload the correct way of doing this and putting the call in environment.rb? class C...
I'm a designer and not a coder and having issues with the first install. I downloaded Rails 1.8.6 and Instant Rails. I opened a console and tried updating gems. Nothing worked there. I think I will just delete everything and start over because I'm sure I broke something by now. I was really thinking about buying a Mac today just to ge...
On my local development rails environment, I am able to check the output from a SOAP call just fine. I can use response.id to get the value from this packet displayed using the .inspect method: #<SOAP::Mapping::Object:0x15702d0c0604 {}id="dd26ce5f-0cfd-9bbb-3485-4c64c9d6378 4" {}error=#<SOAP::Mapping::Object:0x15702d0bf6f0 {}number="0"...
Hello, I am new to rails and I have a weird problem i don't understand... I have created a basic application with only one controller. this controller is name routes (for testing purpose...) and it contains index, new and edit actions. I have added a resource in the routes.rb file: map.resources :routes The problem I have is when i...
I currently have a controller which produces a report. This is the controller: def last5days #@monday = (Time.now).at_beginning_of_week @monday = (Time.now).months_ago(1) #@friday = 5.days.since(@monday)-1.second @friday = (Time.now) @sent_emails = ContactEmail.all(:conditions => ['date_sent >= ? and date_sent <= ...
I currently use a PDF-to-Flash to allow for users to flip thru pages of uploaded PDFs. However, with so many using iPhones/iPads I would like to switch this to a solution which works with any browser. The site is developed in Ruby on Rails and I have looked into using pdf-toolkit and rmagick to convert the PDFs to images but it's not en...
def r_return if var begin User.transaction do #code here end render :text => html return rescue => e #rescue here end else redirect_to root_path end #it has to been render at the end? #render :text => html end what's the wrong with my code? can't render it a begin...end block...
I ran across a thread about slow rspec tests that made me wonder which rails test runner configuration will result in the fastest running recurring tests? I'm aware that ZenTest / autotest-rails can be used in conjunction with spork, but is that the fastest option? ...
I'm being held up implementing tests with a slight confusion. With User.create I can create and save in multiple tests: should "test something" do u1 = User.create(:first_name => "Fred", :last_name => "Flintstone") assert true end should "test something else" do u1 = User.create(:first_name => "Fred", :last_name => "Flintstone")...
I have a message form which uses validates_length_of in the model to limit the length of the message. validates_length_of :content, :maximum => 1024 I "tested" this by entering 5k or so characters and submitted the form. But I get this NoMethodError: NoMethodError in Messages#create Showing app/views/messages/_messages.html.erb w...
I'm working with a Ruby on Rails application that makes a client side API call to a 3rd party service. It then takes strings from the 3rd party API and generates URIs with them. Unfortunately, Rails fails to parse some of the URIs due to encoding errors. I have tried running the strings through encodeURIComponent, but this does not reso...
i am designing a dashboard page that summarizes data from multiple models, all on one page. and i also want to include forms on that page for creating new items. after some experimenting, i realized i needed some advice as to the best practice for this situation... here are the 2 methods i was attempting 1) using nested field_fors... ...
I have a file named report.pdf.prawn, which is the view part of my PDF file where we can edit the contents of the PDF file like >>> *pdf=Prawn::Document.new(:page_layout =>:landscape,:page_size => 'A4') pdf.text"Hello" head=@headers headers=[""],[""] pdf.table headers, :width => 768, :size => 11, :border_style => :underline_header, :he...
Why does Mac OS X come with ruby and ruby on rails pre-installed? Does the OS actually use it at all? Can I update my Ruby, Rails or Gem versions safely without something spitting the dummy? ...
I'm a designer and brand new to programming. I have just opened my localhost and can see "Welcome aboard". It has 3 steps to complete - all of which simple to most, are complexing to me. config/database.yml ok it wants to know my username and password. Where do I get these and where do I post them to to get them to work? I opened my d...
I have a rails site that allows authentication through OAuth (I use Restful Authentication and the Rails OAuth Plugin). To make sure that it worked, I made a quick site to act as an OAuth consumer. However, I want the testing to be self-contained in Cucumber features. Ideally, this would use Webrat so that Cucumber could correctly m...