[Rails] super_stamper 0.0.5 is out!

tall the magic_encoding gem alongside to use it like this: # $ super_stamper -q && magic_encoding # # (c) 2012 Commander Johnson # Licensed under the MIT license ### # Is there anyway I can tell the world I'm

[Rails] Re: ActiveRecord::SubclassNotFound: The single-table inheritance mechanism failed to locate the subclass: 'Transactions::DummyDdnlTransaction'. This error is raised because the column 'type' i

. Thanks! -- cmdjohnson On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 3:08 AM, Commander Johnson wrote: > Hello, > > I stumble upon this error when loading a subclass of the Transaction > class. For full details, see the pastie: > > http://pastie.org/4053678 > > Error message: ActiveRecord::SubclassNo

[Rails] ActiveRecord::SubclassNotFound: The single-table inheritance mechanism failed to locate the subclass: 'Transactions::DummyDdnlTransaction'. This error is raised because the column 'type' is re

Hello, I stumble upon this error when loading a subclass of the Transaction class. For full details, see the pastie: http://pastie.org/4053678 Error message: ActiveRecord::SubclassNotFound: The single-table inheritance mechanism failed to locate the subclass: 'Transactions::DummyDdnlTransaction'

[Rails] Dynamic task scheduler

Hello, I want to present the user with a list of jobs that are scheduled for the entire year. For instance, for an administrative system, the user can determine how far ahead an invoice should be sent. The default is 1 month ahead. So an invoice with date 2012-12-01 will be scheduled to be sent at

[Rails] [haml] simple question that would make my life a lot better

Hello, In HAML, is it possible to get this result: - link_to "http://www.example.com"; do - "www" - "example" - "com" => "wwwexamplecom" So far I've only managed to get: => "com" Which is logical because of the way Ruby blocks work. But, it defeats the HAML purpose of concatenating the t

Re: [Rails] Re: How to DRY up this code

Thanks for your reply (and sorry for this late message, didn't check) Creating authentication from scratch was a nice exercise, but next time indeed I'll just use an auth mechanism. -- http://rubyonrailsdeveloper.nl -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "

Re: [Rails] gmaps4rails

Are you using a static map? If so, maybe I can help you with my static map setup. I've used the googlestaticmap gem for that. - unless RAILS_ENV.eql?("test") - map = GoogleStaticMap.new(:zoom => 11, :center => MapLocation.new(:address => resource.full_address), :width => 150, :height =>

Re: [Rails] whyt should i use mongrel_cluster ?

I was using mongrel_cluster in conjunction with Vlad The Impaler some time ago. Compared to a cloud hosting platform such as Heroku, this is quite difficult to setup since you'll have to set up SSH keys, think of a port the mongrel should run on (one that isn't in use!) and when you have multiple a

Re: [Rails] How to load a gem's .rb files AFTER Rails is loaded

1 at 3:55 PM, Rob Biedenharn wrote: > > On Jul 2, 2011, at 5:17 AM, Commander Johnson wrote: > > Hey, > > I have a gem called 'authorizer' which does authorization for me. It has > two observer classes that need to be added to the list of ActiveRecord > observers:

[Rails] How to load a gem's .rb files AFTER Rails is loaded

Hey, I have a gem called 'authorizer' which does authorization for me. It has two observer classes that need to be added to the list of ActiveRecord observers: config/environment.rb: require "authorizer/user_observer" require "authorizer/object_observer" config.active_record.observers = "Author

[Rails] Monkey patch for Paperclip to prevent it from deleting attachment files in test mode

Hello, For anyone who might stumble upon the following problem: In my unit test, I'm checking if the deletion of a Paperclip attachment on my model actually works. However, when I call Object.save, my file is deleted from disk! You don't want this to happen in a test environment. Inspired by some

[Rails] preferences gem version 0.4.2

Hello, I installed the preferences gem (0.4.2) but it doesn't load the file app/preference.rb which causes the plugin to fail. I'm on Rails 2.3.11. Any tips on what I should add to get it working? I'm sure the gem wasn't put on RubyGems.org just to annoy people that download it .. The plugin does

[Rails] When a Rails server saves an object, this is not visible in my concurrent integration test

Note: I'm on Rails version 2.3.8 Hello, I'm running integration tests on my controllers with a Watir-controller Firefox. So two processes are running at the same time: Process 1: Mongrel server in test environment (script/server -e test) Process 2: ActionController::IntegrationTest running (also

[Rails] Can't Dup NilClass

Hello, I put the method below in my controller, but I feel it should be in my Billing::Shared module so it can be used by other controllers as well. However, this introduces the Can't Dup NilClass message when running a server in development mode. Do you have any suggestions how I can DRY this c

[Rails] How to DRY up this code

Hello, I have a piece of controller code that needs to be dried up. The part between the big comment blocks () is the only (!) part of the code that needs to change for various methods. I couldn't figure it out because if I would wrap this code in a Proc or lambda, the render :nothing => true

Re: [Rails] Re: undefined method `to_sym' for nil:NilClass

ot;subject"=>"blabla"}, > {"body" => "blublu", "subject"=>"blublu"} ] > > Hope this helps a little! > Simon > > On Sep 14, 5:08 pm, Commander Johnson > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> When updating a Referral

[Rails] undefined method `to_sym' for nil:NilClass

Hi, When updating a ReferralProgram object that has nested Pages in it I get the error in the subject line. Rails generates parameters that look like this: {"pages_attributes"=>{"0"=>{"body"=>"blabla", "subject"=>"blabla", "id"=>"1"}}} When the id parameter is removed like this: {"pages_attr

[Rails] Re: How to override a template file in a gem?

s way the gem is loaded from vendor/gems without looking for system gems first. On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Commander Johnson wrote: > Hello, > > I'm working with Refinery 0.9.6.25 which has a small bug in a partial > file. Is there a way to override this file from within my &g

[Rails] How to override a template file in a gem?

Hello, I'm working with Refinery 0.9.6.25 which has a small bug in a partial file. Is there a way to override this file from within my application's directory as to fix the bugged line of code? The file is, from the gem's working dir, vendor/plugins/refinery/app/views/shared/admin/_resource_picke

[Rails] ActiveMerchant unit tests

Hi, I'm testing my ActiveMerchant plugin installation with the iDeal payment method. One test keeps failing even though I've inserted all the credentials. The other test file, remote_ideal_test.rb, completes 100% of the tests with the same credentials. Any thoughts on this error? Best regards, C

[Rails] Re: JOBS - Have opening for ROR engineers

Hello, Do you just happen to also be looking for part time freelancers who want to help you out? Best regards, CmdJohnson On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Doris wrote: > > Hi All, > > I am looking for talented engineers with experince of around 4 - 6 > years having hands on Ruby on Rails, Java

[Rails] Re: Goldberg breaks (almost) all functional tests

I just found out that I double posted! Please excuse me for that. On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Commander Johnson < commanderjohn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Anyone else have that if you protect certain actions with Goldberg, you > can't test them anymore? > > I know some of

[Rails] Re: is possbile limit the number of object in has_many option?

Did you consider has_one :wife And in Wife.rb belongs_to :man On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 6:49 PM, serenobs wrote: > > (my post was deleted i don't know why) > Hi. I have a question. > for example, when model records about man, suppose man can marry with > 1 woman. > then i think code will be lik

[Rails] Goldberg breaks (almost) all functional tests

Anyone else have that if you protect certain actions with Goldberg, you can't test them anymore? I know some of you are using Goldberg today so how did you manage that? Keep the controllers as simple as possible? Test them yourself? Options include: - Log in a Goldberg user before loading test s

[Rails] Goldberg breaks functional tests

When you protect a controller/action with Goldberg, the functional tests for that controller will also fail by default. Has anyone else had this gotcha, and maybe a way to fix it? Logging in the admin user before starting the test seems the most unobtrusive way .. --~--~-~--~~

[Rails] Re: How to properly override ActiveRecord::Base.find

; > > On Apr 25, 3:18 pm, Commander Johnson > wrote: > > Indeed! > > > > named_scope :only_published, :conditions => { :published => true } > > > If you're on 2.3 you may also be interested in the default_scope stuff > that was recently add

[Rails] Re: Interesting Class variable problem

Thanks, I just read http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/133234 which is also very clear. I'll just store that Post of the Day inside an ActiveRecord model. On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Frederick Cheung < frederick.che...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Apr 27, 11:49 pm, Com

[Rails] Re: Migrating rails 2.2.2 to 2.3.2

Hi Don, This document helped me to migrate from 2.1 to 2.3: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/2_3_release_notes.html I also found a Google search on 'rails 2.3 ' very useful. CmdJohnson On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 4:51 AM, Don French wrote: > > I tried to just change the rails gem I use with my appl

[Rails] Re: Migrating rails 2.2.2 to 2.3.2

Oh and don't forget rake rails:update! On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Commander Johnson < commanderjohn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Don, > > This document helped me to migrate from 2.1 to 2.3: > > http://guides.rubyonrails.org/2_3_release_notes.html > > I also fou

[Rails] Re: what's the easiest way for novice to install RoR

Hi Sumon, I recommend that you start in Windows (because that is your most familiar environment) using RubyStack: http://bitnami.org/stack/rubystack RubyStack is like WAMP for Ruby. When you're comfortable with it, switch to Linux because it will run much faster. CmdJohnson On Tue, Apr 28, 200

[Rails] Interesting Class variable problem

class PostOfTheDay private def self.current_day DateTime.now.utc.to_date end @@current_post = nil @@current_day = current_day def self.get_random_post posts = Post.all posts[rand(posts.size)] end public def self.fetch if @@current_post.nil? || @@current_day !

[Rails] Re: What is 'Representational State Transfer'?

I for one found this post very useful. On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Robert Walker < rails-mailing-l...@andreas-s.net> wrote: > > Amita Bhatkhande wrote: > > I have read about REST, but never really understood meaning of > > 'Representational State Transfer'. I tried to read Fielding's > > di

[Rails] Re: Combining acts_as_taggable, will_paginate and scope_out

26, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Commander Johnson < commanderjohn...@gmail.com> wrote: > I want to display published posts that are tagged using will_paginate. > Options include: > > 1. Add :conditions => { :published => true } to the find options. Does not > work because will_pa

[Rails] Combining acts_as_taggable, will_paginate and scope_out

I want to display published posts that are tagged using will_paginate. Options include: 1. Add :conditions => { :published => true } to the find options. Does not work because will_paginate will then return too many records. 2. Use scope_out in class Post like this: scope_out :published, :conditi

[Rails] Re: Passing an object to post :create

ons include: 1. Keep a hash 'role model' that is always valid and must be changed with model validations 2. Convert an existing object to a Hash that can be passed to the 'get' method. On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Commander Johnson < commanderjohn...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Rails] Re: How to properly override ActiveRecord::Base.find

Indeed! named_scope :only_published, :conditions => { :published => true } On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Phlip wrote: > > Commander Johnson wrote: > > > I want the find(:all) method to only return published Comments. > > Use a named_scope. It's too easy like

[Rails] How to properly override ActiveRecord::Base.find

Hi, I want the find(:all) method to only return published Comments. This works: # Override find method to only return published comments def self.find(*args) options = args.extract_options! validate_find_options(options) set_readonly_option!(options) case args.first when :

[Rails] Passing an object to post :create

Hi, In a Rails functional test, you can say this: post :create, :post => { :body => 'This is my post.', :title => 'Welcome to my post' } This works until you change the Post class' validation properties. Is there a way to convert an object (that happens to be already valid) to the hash form requ

[Rails] Re: capistrano error: not allowed to execute '/usr/bin/nohup script/spin'

The page you mentioned looks very much updated now. A while ago the 'spin' script was not well documented here. If you use subversion, don't forget to add the svn:executable property to the spin script. (Why not do that with all the files in the script directory?) On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 8:58 AM,

[Rails] Re: DEV Laptop : Ubuntu or Centos , Netbeans or Eclipse ?

I have tried these IDEs on Windows: - RubyMine - Aptana Studio - NetBeans Also coded a while without any IDE but I need the debug feature. I recently switched to NetBeans on Ubuntu and it's better than anything before, especially because Ruby on Linux is much faster. And, both are free of charg

[Rails] Re: How to get controller output in functional test

I found the problem. Goldberg is used to generate the page title, but generated an error in test mode. A quick fix was to return an empty layout in test mode. On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 6:20 PM, Frederick Cheung < frederick.che...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Mar 14, 2:41 pm,

[Rails] Re: How to get controller output in functional test

Yes, like this: get :reload puts "@response.body: [...@response.body}]" Results in: @response.body: [] On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Frederick Cheung < frederick.che...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Mar 14, 1:29 pm, Commander Johnson > wrote: > > @resp

[Rails] Re: How to get controller output in functional test

mail.com> wrote: > > > > On Mar 14, 11:24 am, Commander Johnson > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > How do you get the rendered output (sent to the browser) in a controller > > functional test? > > Have a look at @response.body > > Fred > > > &

[Rails] How to get controller output in functional test

Hi, How do you get the rendered output (sent to the browser) in a controller functional test? I searched for this, and tried things like @content_for_layout @response.template.content_for_layout yield yield :layout CmdJohnson --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received t

[Rails] Callback behavior differs between Windows and Linux

Hi, I have a model with a callback (person.rb) after_create :send_creation_mail On Windows, this doesn't send until Person.save. On Linux, the hook is executed upon Person.new. Any ideas why this happens? Best regards, CmdJohnson --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You receiv

[Rails] Re: Extending a wizard

Could you please post some code to explainify? On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Frederick Cheung < frederick.che...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 11 Jan 2009, at 14:04, Commander Johnson wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I've created a simple wizard that collects d

[Rails] Extending a wizard

Hi, I've created a simple wizard that collects data in 3 steps and then posts it to a Create action. Validation is only performed when the data is posted. However, I would like the individual steps to be validated as well. Any ideas on this one? Example: Step 1 Name Email Email (confirm) Is t

[Rails] Automatically sending a PayPal payment with Ruby

Hello, I found that Chang Sau Sheong's ruby-paypal library can use Mass Payment ( http://ruby-paypal.rubyforge.org/) to automatically send money to any PayPal recipient. What's confusing is that the RDoc on the site is from an older version that did not support Mass Payment. Some older (2006) thre

[Rails] Re: Undefined method f_title

Hi, Rails doesn't like the model name SampleForm. I created a scaffold called Tent with the same attributes which does work. CmdJohnson On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Commander Johnson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To no avail: > > == 20081023195916 CreateSa

[Rails] Re: Undefined method f_title

gt; end > > def self.up >create_table :sample_forms do |t| > t.string :name, :null => false > t.string :f_title > t.text :description > > t.timestamps >end > SampleForm.reset_column_information > self.add_data > end > &g

[Rails] Undefined method f_title

Hi, This is my migration: class CreateSampleForms < ActiveRecord::Migration def self.add_data SampleForm.create(:name => 'Default (Empty)', :f_type => 'Default (Empty)', :description => 'Use this template to create a blank form.') end def self.up create_table :sample_forms do |t|

[Rails] Multiple tenants on Rails

Hi, I've dug into some previous discussion on this list about having multiple clients running on a single Rails site. I can see how to work this out with a single project type. For example, my tenants all have their own CMS in a single Rails environment. What if 3 of my clients have a CMS site, 5

[Rails] Showing a Form

Hi, Thanks to Erol for giving me input on how to move stuff to a namespace. It meant some work, so next time I will spend more time thinking before blasting off. I've stored a Form in my DB which has Elements. Below is my FormsController. All it does is show. class FormsController < ApplicationCo

[Rails] Re: Move to namespace

Where do I place my layout so I don't have to specify one explicitly? I got this line of code: <% form_for([:backend, @form]) do |f| %> >From here: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html#M001740 But still get the error undefined method `form_path' for # On Sun,

[Rails] Re: Move to namespace

end admin elements forms layouts users My controllers are now layout-less. Should the layouts dir be one higher? On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Erol Fornoles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > On Sep 20, 9:57 pm, "Commander Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote:

[Rails] Re: Move to namespace

When I log in as admin, I get the error: undefined method `form_path' for # How do I make the *_path method understand what namespace we're in? CmdJohnson On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Commander Johnson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Uh oh. > > 500 Intern

[Rails] Re: Move to namespace

Any ideas? On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Erol Fornoles <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > On Sep 20, 8:02 pm, "Commander Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > I've built the Admin section of my project first, and would like to move it

[Rails] Re: Move to namespace

Your first post looks like it's exactly what I need. Moving from Default namespace to Admin namespace is what I wanted. But if there is a faster way, please don't hesitate to share. On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Erol Fornoles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > I think I got it all wrong. You want a

[Rails] Move to namespace

Hi, I've built the Admin section of my project first, and would like to move it to its own Admin namespace. I have four resources: Form, Element, Admin and User. Old URL would be: localhost:3000/forms New URL would be: localhost:3000/admin/forms How do I migrate from one namespace to another?

[Rails] Re: Agile Web Development with Rails Second vs Third edition

You can learn rails with v2, but some things like migration file names and especially dynamic scaffolding will be different. If you don't want to remap everything in your brain, get the 3rd edition eBook. On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Guillermo Acilu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Hello guys, >

[Rails] Re: How to make logout link appear everywhere

r and ElementsController. On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Erol Fornoles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > On Sep 20, 5:09 pm, "Commander Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > When users are logged in, they should always have a 'Logout' f

[Rails] How to make logout link appear everywhere

Hi, When users are logged in, they should always have a 'Logout' function handy somewhere. Users control Forms and Elements using two controllers, FormsController and ElementsController. What at least works is to add the following lines to the end of both layout files. views/layouts/elements.erb

[Rails] Re: RoR IDE - which one do you use?

Hi, According to Agile Web Dev with Rails v3, you shouldn't use an IDE at all. Why do you even ask? :) Contrastly, I've been a NetBeans user for a time so I downloaded the Ruby package, and I still use it. I recently switched to 6.5 beta because of Rails 2.1.1 support and a smaller footprint. I d

[Rails] Re: Element belongs to Form

Thanks, that worked. What's the difference between hidden_field and hidden_field_tag? On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Ar Chron <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > You can store the form_id in a hidden field (hidden_field_tag). > > That value will come back in the params hash, to be retrieved and >

[Rails] 11 deleted messages in this conversation.

Hi, I'm using Gmail to follow the list. Way below in the conversation, I see this message: 11 deleted messages in this conversation. Any ideas why this is? Gmail does a good job in showing only the relevant messages, but deleting seems a bit rough? CmdJohnson --~--~-~--~~-

[Rails] Re: Removing Specific ActiveRecord Errors

object.errors looks like a hash. Can you do a puts object.errors and post the result? If it says :email => 'foo' somewhere, you should be able to do object.errors.clear :email On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Tom Styles < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tom, did you ever get a solution to this pro

[Rails] Element belongs to Form

Hi, You are welcome to comment on every aspect of this post -- not just the core question at the bottom. My application renders forms previously stored in the database. A Form consists of Elements: t.references :form, :comment => 'What form we belong to.' t.decimal :ordering,

[Rails] Re: 0% experience

This book starts from scratch. It teaches you those basic principles in Ruby. http://pragprog.com/titles/fr_ltp/learn-to-program I didn't learn to program from this book, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 3:04 PM, cherrian harada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have 0%

[Rails] Re: 0% experience

I found the members of this group to be very helpful indeed! I like this book: Agile Web Development with Rails, Third Edition http://pragprog.com/titles/rails3/agile-web-development-with-rails-third-edition It takes you step-by-step in creating your own Pragmatic Bookshelf application, explaini

[Rails] Re: How to get the code staright in to Netbeans from GitHub

If it helps, NetBeans 6.5 Beta uses a newer version of JRuby with a smaller footprint. On my machine, 6.1 JRuby would simply run out of memory trying to perform a Gem Update. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G

[Rails] Don't use 'type' as a DB column name ..

Hi, I'm creating a simple Migration that adds test data to my database. A Form has many Elements and every Element belongs to a Form. An element has the mandatory columns name, type and value. --- class AddTestData < ActiveRecord::Migration def self.up Form.delete_all Element.delete_al