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I read somewhere that the correct naming of bridge tables is in alpha order. For example. I have two tables: houses, and colors. If I want to create a bridge table to associate colors with houses, I would name the table: colors_houses The associations work fine. But, if I have a table named: track_houses. Building a bridge table called: colors_track_houses, gives me model associaton errors.

I need to process some text files quickly. I''ve not been able to find the answer in the archive. The Ruby Standard Library site times out. Can someone tell me where to find info on how to: 1. Get a list of filenames in a directory. 2. How to open a file. 3. How to read it a line at a time. -- Thanks in advance for the help, -Larry "Work, work, work...there is no satisfactory

I''ve decided to take the plunge and go with Gentoo for my rails development and test box. I figure the easy of maintenance is worth the setup hassles. Anyway, I''m followin the instructions on the Gentoo web site. I''ve selected the ..''i686'' 2.6 kernel for my 700mhz amd processor, and choosen stage3 install option from CD. I''m now at the the

Does anyone have any experience getting ODBC to work? I could really use some help here. I''m having trouble accessing a db2 database via odbc using rails. It''s an external database, that I import data from. I have placed the connection code in my model : unless connected? establish_connection( :adapter => "odbc", :dsn => "<dsn

Recently discovered Markaby. Before I use it on a production system, I''d like to know if it is still being maintained? According to the change log, the last change was in February of 2006. Does this mean that the project has been abandoned? Or, at version 0.3 it was considered production stable and complete? -- Best Regards, -Larry "Work, work, work...there is no satisfactory

I''ve been using tables to get my forms to line up. ( I have usually one column for labels, and a column for values ). Should I be using divs instead? I''ve been reading some CSS design books lately. They tend to recommend divs over tables for general page layout stuff. But, what about the forms elements? What''s the ''best practice'' in this regard?

Installed Fedora5. Installed Ruby 1.8.4. Installed rubygems. Installed rails. Created test app to verify that ruby and rails were working. When I attempted to install mongrel via: sudo gem install mongrel I get this error: Install required dependency daemons? [Yn] y Install required dependency gem_plugin? [Yn] y Building native extensions. This could take a while... can''t find

What''s the best way to handle a find that doesn''t find anything? For example. Model Foo @result = Foo.find(:first, :condition => "some condtion string").name if the condition is not met Foo.find stops the application with ''unexpected nil''. What is the best way to gracefully trap this error and return something meaningfull to the calling

Ruby script/console takes 30-secs to start on the Windows 2003 servers in our shop. Has anyone found a way to speed that up? ( I know Linux is much faster, but that''s not an option, in this case). -- Best Regards, -Larry "Work, work, work...there is no satisfactory alternative." --- E.Taft Benson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was

I''m working in a complex web app that could have 1000+ users within the next year. It must be run on Windows 2003. Current db is SqlServer 2000. Company is deciding between Rails and ASP 2.0. I''d like to get some feedback on which would be the best to develop in. ( I prefer Rails :) 1. Will Rails be stable in that environment? Will it work with IIS? 2. Is it better for

I''m coming from an Oracle and SQL Server background. I''d like to use OpenSource for my next RoR project. MySQL5.x and Postgres8.1 seem to be the most popular. I''d like some comments on which would be the better choice for a production environment and why. Here are my initial concerns in order of priority: 1. Works well with RoR. ( migrations, etc) 2. Stable enough

Hello all, I''m working on a couple of Rails projects at the moment and have noticed something that seems to go against the DRY principal. Why, when scaffolding, are individual CRUD rhtml files created instead of using one as a partial and having the others use that single partial? This especially applies to the list rhtml. I am about to get to the other operations and see how feasible

160,000 pages 99% static, only minor stuff done in rail (search, contact us, etc.) windows server 2003 Ror 1.0 Currently 30K Hits /day on IIS. Apache or Lighttp? Fast_CGI seems kinda slow with a 2003/Apache configuration. The only thing I''ll get rid of for sure is IIS. -Cedric -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi there, I am a newbie and interested in learning Ruby on Rails. I see there are 2 books out there: Ruby for Rails Ruby techniques for Rails developers David A. Black and Agile Web Development with Rails : A Pragmatic Guide (Pragmatic Programmers) Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson, Andreas Schwarz, and Thomas Fuchs Which one should I get? "Agile Web Development with Rails"

I''m using Markby to convert a standard form witth selects. Can someone tell me why this works: <tr> <td><label class="formLabel" for="task_owner_id">Owner</label></td> <td><%= select ''task'', ''owner_id'', Owner.to_dropdown %></td> </tr> But, the Markaby conversion

One of the nice things about migrations is that you can selectively roll your changes back and forward. But, sometimes it doesn''t work as expected. In my current project I rolled back to VERSION=0. Then applied on migration at a time and rolled it back to make sure that I had coded everything correctly. Tthe first 3 went well. But, when I attempted to apply VERSION=4. Rake attempted

How to I display the binary equivalent of a number? I tried this: b = 0b1101 puts b # returns decimal value ( 13 ) b.to_bn # generates "unable to convert FIXNUM to STRING.." error. -- Best Regards, -Larry "Work, work, work...there is no satisfactory alternative." --- E.Taft Benson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed...

I want to create a new scaffold. Would it be best to implement as a plugin? Any tips on how to get started? -- Best Regards, -Larry "Work, work, work...there is no satisfactory alternative." --- E.Taft Benson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

I''m working on an application where several customers will be using the same database. I want them to be able to build their own entries for various drop-down lists is if they were the only user of the application. I also don''t want to make building the drop-lists any harder than they need to be. I have thought of two ways to do this. I''d appreciate feedback and

Sure, AJAX and RJS provide snappier performance by reducing the hits on the server. But, is it easily hacked in a RoR application? Can it be made as secure as a non-ajax web -app? -- Best Regards, -Larry "Work, work, work...there is no satisfactory alternative." --- E.Taft Benson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: