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I am using the send method in one of my active records ... executing a method without any parameters works fine.. but when it comes to parameters it says ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (1 for 0) u = User.new #works u.send :firstname #does not work => ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (1 for 0) u.send :firstname, ''michal'' does someone know why? the rubydoc

i am struggling a bit with all of them .. could someone be so nice a describe me the exact differences, pros & cons of all of them ... thx a lot! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to

hey guys, i am writing a couple of actions which are only used with an xhr. I ''protect'' them all against a direct access with the ''verify'' method in the controller verify :only => ..., :xhr => true it would be cool if the system would automatically recognize the xhr actions and protect them ... i want to postfix methods with ''_xhr'' and

i have several tasks which i need to be executed from time to time .. some every 20 minutes and some only 1 time a day .. you know things like e.g. clearing old sessions, deleting inactive users .. how do you deal with stuff like this? cronjobs? how is your pattern for such things ... thanks in advance -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

i am doing a couple of times the following in my models class User < ActiveRecord::Base def name=(val) write_attribute :name, val.to_s.strip end end quite clear, it strips the name when setting it. now the question: Is it possible to do something like the following .. and if yes how could i achieve it class User < ActiveRecord::Base auto_strip :name, :street end thanks... --