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...g. The app will not be making any inserts or updates to the database, so I don''t have to be concerned about an AR instance having all the data needed to successfully create a new row without violating a database constraint (NOT NULL, etc). Thanks, Blair -- Blair Zajac, Ph.D. CTO, OrcaWare Technologies <blair@orcaware.com> Subversion training, consulting and support http://www.orcaware.com/svn/

Has anyone experienced "hangs" with the WEBrick/OCI8 combination? The sequence of actions I perform to consistently get WEBrick to hang is: 1. start WEBrick 2. list a table form my Oracle 10g DB 3. startup sqlplus and update a few records in the table 4. go back to my browser and reload the table Here none of the chances I made directly to the table are reflected in the listing.

Does anyone know a good way to hook into the AR to_xml() method to allow for adjusting datetimes to a user''s timezone? Basically I want a user to be able dump all their data before cancelling an account. I store all datetime info as UTC as per the recommendations of Jamis Buck and Scott Barron in the Rails Recipe article "Dealing with Timezones". Come to think of it I bet

...|| v_offset <= stream->v_size) I get this consistently when I search for the string "unknown C primitive" across 10 mailboxes using the Windows Netscape 4.80 client. If there's any more information I can provide, please let me know. Best, Blair -- Blair Zajac <blair at orcaware.com> Plots of your system's performance - http://www.orcaware.com/orca/

hello, The "render :xml => myFriends.to_xml", return something like: <people> <person> <id type="integer">2</id> ... <person> But a Person has a "has_many" relationship and they are not in the xml, => so is it possible to change the depth of the marshall process ? if it not possible, what are the "rails

Hi, Say I wanted to know what svn revision a given site was using, simply from looking at the site. How could I embed that information into the page (into maybe a html comment or in the page footer)? A switchtower task? Joe

I''ve seen that Rails 1.1 is not reliable with Ruby 1.8.2 so you should upgrade to 1.8.4 I''m running ruby 1.8.3. What''s the story with it? Do I need to upgrade before I try Rails 1.1? Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer The Norcross Group Forensics for the 21st Century

Hello, I''m not a developer myself, but I work for a hosting company that tries to cater to the needs of developers and basically right now I am trying to create a hosting platform that will be perfect for ruby developers. This is a linux VPS service and I create the base templates to make the system look however i want it after install. I was hoping some of you could give me

Hello Everyone, I''m pleasant to announce the release of ruby-debug 0.1.3. If you think that ruby-breakpoint is too limited for your needs and debug.rb brings your application to its knees, you might find this small extension useful. INSTALL It''s a usual procedure: $ gem install ruby-debug DOCS This library has almost identical interface with the standard debug.rblibrary.

How do I upgrade my rails to 1.1RC - running Ubuntu breezy and I had installed rails using apt-get in universe. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Okay, so I just realized there seems to be two acts_as_taggable modules, the gem and the plugin 1. which came first? 2. what''s the difference? (internals, not ones a gem and ones a plugin) 3. which one is better? ;-) -- Craig Beck http://www.luckybonza.com AIM: kreiggers

Hi, I''ve installed Ubuntu 5.10, with Ruby 1.8.4 with thoose rep: deb http://www-devel.orcaware.com/packages/ubuntu/ breezy/ deb-src http://www-devel.orcaware.com/packages/ubuntu/ breezy/ when I give: sudo gem install postgres I get: Attempting local installation of ''postgres'' Local gem file not found: postgres*.gem Attempting remote installation of ''postgres'...

Ryan McMinn as well as myself from Unspace Interactive are going to ETech next week. We know fellow Torontonian David Crow will be there with bells on. And clearly DHH is coming to do his workshop. Who else is coming, and is there any interest in trying to do a Rails BOF during the main conference? Obviously a lot of folks are going to do the workshop, but most people don''t arrive

I am trying to find the count of rows on a table. If I do a result= Table.find_by_sql ("select count(distinct id) ...... It returns an array of Table with Hashes of "select count(distinct id)" making accessing it a pain result[0][''select count(distinct id)''] It seems easier to return all the rows and do a .length on the result Array.

Hi I've been trying to figure out how to make dovecot read the system standard /var/mail/user, which is in mbox-format, while at the same time using Maildir as the preferred method of storage. When in Maildir-mode, I can store mail on the server without a hitch, but I don't receive mails. When in mbox-format, I can read and write, but the risk of corrupting mails is to high for me to

...44 pipe imap 5014 blair 9w FIFO 0,5 160244 pipe imap 5014 blair 10u REG 8,4 20148 6636742 /home/blair/Maildir/dovecot.index imap 5014 blair 11u REG 8,4 21568 6636721 /home/blair/Maildir/dovecot.index.log Regards, Blair -- Blair Zajac, Ph.D. <blair at orcaware.com> Subversion and Orca training and consulting http://www.orcaware.com/svn/

What are the practical differences between using postgres and postgres-pr to connect rails to a postgres database? I realize the -pr version is pure ruby, while the other is a set of c bindings, but, does that result in performance, reliability, or feature differences? Any information appreciated. Colin Freas -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Friends- I am almost finished with a custom live cd called Rubuntu ;-) This is an ubuntu live cd variant that comes preloaded with ruby and rails developers in mind. I already have it working with all the basics but I was wondering what extras people would like to see on this distro. What editors with what configurations? What other tools do people really like for rails development on a

...::Acts::Fox end but even here, couldn''t this be used instead? ActiveRecord::Base.include Foo::Acts::Fox Can anybody shed any light on this? Regards, Blair -- Blair Zajac, Ph.D. <blair-szbw9MROnEZWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> Subversion and Orca training and consulting http://www.orcaware.com/svn/

What''s the current state of Rails installation on a fresh Ubuntu Breezy? I''ve just set up a laptop with a fresh installation, and tried to install ruby et al, and got nowhere fast. The default ruby is 1.8.3, and compiling the source for 1.8.4 leaves the rubygems setup.rb breaking unable to find zlib (and yes, I have checked for zlib1g-dev and readline). Is there a known