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Hey, I have a main page that lists a table of Devices, along with a Search box. I''d like to have the Search field pull up any related Devices, and then re-populate the table. I can do this without AJAX, just calling my List action over again, passing the params to search on, but with AJAX I get the error, "Cannot convert nil to string" on this line: @device_pages, @devices =

Hi there, I''ve added an extra bunch of testing features for doing in-browser testing with Selenium, and am having quite a time figuring out how to use url_for with having a controller object present. I''ve tried using ActionController::Base.url_for and ActionView::Helpers::UrlHelper.url_for but haven''t been able to get something that works. What I want to be able

I have a login form, in which I use a "form_remote_tag". I''m redirecting users to this form when they fail authentication as well... and using the "jumpto" method of capturing they original URL they requested via request.parameters, and redirecting to this URL after they authenticate. Problem is, if I try to do a "redirect_to", this won''t work, as

I have this in a model: has_one :next, :class_name=>''WorkPart'', :foreign_key=>''next_id'' And it causes this error: compile error /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.13.1/lib/active_record/deprecated_associations.rb:83: void value expression

Morning/Afternoon/Evening All, Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on forwarding requests to invalid images (ie images that result in a 404 error) via routes.rb or a similar method? If possible I would like it to be based on the url so I can have different blank pictures for different directories (ie /images/people/user_id.jpg => /images/people/blank.jpg and

Hi all, I''m using a selection-list / dropdown-list to choose an element in a number of grouped elements. Is there a way of passing an element_id to the form AND using the HTTP-''get''-method? I found that the <% start_tag %> has a :method-switch as an option, but it passes the arguments on like "/controller/action/?action=1". I would need something like

I have a "javascript_include_tag" including a Javascript function. I have a function being invoked via a helper in the same view, which prints out a script tag that uses the javascript function above. Problem is, the function being invoked via the helper can''t find the javascript function included in the "javascript_include_tag". I hardcoded the javascript that

Hi all. I''m running a nightly job that is creating a CSV file and sending to member via SMTP. I got the following error after about 20 emails or so: Net::SMTPServerBusy Too many connections from IP... Is there a way (using ActionMailer) to open a connection and send multiple emails. Or could I make sure the connection is closed before opening another? The only other option is to send

Hi all, I''m having a bit of a problem with unit testing. I''ve simplified my models to try and get my head round it but I''m still struggling. I''m using STI and trying to write tests for the extended models (code below). I''ve written test cases for the extended models which themselves extend the test case for the parent model, so BarTest extends

I am working on the Agile programming tutorial and trying out some ruby code. Can someone tell me why the following works: <h1>Display Cart</h1> <p> Your cart currently holds <%= @items.size %> <%= @items.size == 1 ? "item" : "items" %>. </p> while this does not? <h1>Display Cart</h1> <p> Your cart currently

I''ve got a form that should post to user/login. The code to start the tag is: <%= start_form_tag { :controller => "user", :action => "login" } %> That gives me this exception: compile error script/../config/../app/views/user/login.rhtml:1: parse error, unexpected tASSOC, expecting ''}'' _erbout = ''''; _erbout.concat((

Hi, Thest are two methods:- 1) redirect_to :action => ''list'' 2) render :action => ''list'' what is difference between these two methods?????? Thanks. Prash -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Folks, Am new to RoR and am building an example to get myself familiar. I am running into a simple issue while creating a user registration page. I have a User and Address models defined as below (partial/relevant code included below). User has_one address and Address belongs_to user. I have a foreign key defined in address table that refers to user(id) In a form I take in username, password,

does anybody know what the hell "render :action => ''list''" means??? is "render" a method? is :action a parameter? thanks a lot. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi, I''d like to share the ferret indexes between deployments of a Rails app. At the moment the index is stored in #{RAILS_ROOT}/index meaning that it gets moved and must be rebuilt after every deploy. I guess the simplest solution would be to put it under log/ which is already shared by capistrano, any other ideas? Also, script/ferret_stop doesn''t work when run on a fresh

Hi *, In an attempt to go back to the drawing board and learn RoR some more - I have built the depot application from the agile book. After finishing I tried to create a user for the admin section, however when ever I go to: http://localhost:3000/login/add_user It redirects to the login action, I don''t see the [add user] submit button?? I am sure this is connected to the

Hi, Is there a simple way to redirect towards another page (controller, action) when using form_remote_tag ? I used it tipically to check fields of a account login form. I''d like if the user exists, he''s redirected towards another page, otherwise I display some error div''s. Any ideas ? Thanks a lot. Seb

I am a complete Rails newbie and am trying to understand how I can simply get the data from a password field in a form that is not mapped to a field in the database. The scenario is this. I have a User model that is mapped to a table users with the following fields: username, email_address, password and join_dt. Following pretty closely to the login section in the Agile Web Development with

hi guys, sorry to trouble you all but i really dont understand how this routing thing work... it seems easy but it just dont work for me! here''s the situation : my url b4 : http://127.0.0.1:3001/admin/login my url after: http://127.0.0.1:3001/burninglegion/admin/login i wanna do something like this so i went to the routes.rb and type this: ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do

Hi I''ve only recently noticed my notebook was using an old version of rails (0.13), and so upgraded it to 1.0 (this is on gentoo linux). The upgrade has broken some previously working code, and I''ve not been able to find a work-around. Previously the following call: <%= link_to_remote("some string", :update =>