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I am trying to create a messaging system for my users but I''m having a hard time designing my db. This is what i have in mind, but I am not sure if its the best approach. user has_one inbox user has_one outbox inbox has_many messages outbox has_many messages inbox table user_id outbox table user_id messages table box_id (refers to either inbox or outbox - how?) from_id to_id

I have controller that processes data in one table and puts results in another. Now that its'' working, I would like to be able to run it from the command line ( read: windows batch file). How can this be done? It will be installed on a Windows box with InstantRails1.0, (if that matters). I will be doing more processes like this, so this is a good opportunity to get it right. -- Best

Whenever I get any errors on my application, I don''t get the regular rails error page with all the debugging information. What could''ve cause this? This is from the logs: ActionView::ActionViewError (No rhtml, rxml, rjs or delegate template found for /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action_controller/templates/rescues/template_error.rhtml):

I''m using bundled_resource, login_engine, and a few other plugins. It appears Rails considers plugins in alphabetic order. Turns out that there is a particular order that will work and alphabetic ain''t it. The login engine must be loaded first. Bundled resource then includes ''application_helper'' and the application helper includes LoginEngine. If

Howdy RailsWarriors, Its probably dead easy but I don''t see it. Got this in my controller. def new_computer User.find(params[:id]).computers.create(:comp => ''New Comp:'') end Which with an .rjs template creates a div at the bottom of my list. This all works like a charm. But in the partial I load in my rjs I also have a button for ''delete'' in the

Hi, I''m looking for a way to extend one of my models to allow some level of abstraction between what goes into it and how it is stored. For example, say I have a Product and I want to set it''s price. A person using the website will type the price in euros. Internally, I''d like to store the price as an integer value of cents. I can currently do this with some ugly code

Hi All: I''m writing my 1st Rails app and I can''t seem to find the answer on the web or in the book. I''m making a table, and I want to be able to expand a filename. The code is basically as as follows below. In the last <td> entry, I want to call an action and pass in the test_results_path, which I will go and read a file and munge the data for a separate

I am using acts_as_taggable and everything seems to be working except that :condition => "tags_resources.portal_id=#{portal_id}" is not being applied. @resource_pages = Paginator.new self, Resource.find_tagged_with(:any => tag, :condition => "tags_resources.portal_id=#{portal_id}").length, 25, @params[''page'']; @resources

Hey, sorry for the off topic email, but I appreciate any feedback you guys can give me. I just put together a new box and installed Ubuntu linux on it. I''m coming from a totally windows environment, so I''m having some trouble getting my head around the linux file system and where things "should" go. I am trying to create a nice development environment for myself

Features: * Management WEBrick - start, stop * Viewing log files * Abbrev from TextMate * Switching between View/Action http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs/rails.el

I''ve been following some tutorials on how to get switchtower working on dreamhost. I got the setup to work just fine, but the rake deploy doesn''t work. I get the following error. any ideas? ---------------------------------------------- > rake deploy (in /home/.interim/i8ramin/work/yaram.com) loading configuration

in a single table inheritance model, rails will automatically set the scope for acts_as_list to the ''type'' field as well as any other scope conditions we provide. Is there a way to disable this? i want to use STI but I want acts_as_list to disregard the class type when getting/setting positions. thanks alan

After an ajax insertion in the dom, it seems the browser don''t refresh its knowledge of the page. The source of the page is identical after the insertion, whereas the display is correct. The ajax insertion is used to add an input field. The added fields are ignored by the submission of the form. Isn''t it possible to do that, or maybe there''s a problem in my code

Hi all, I''ve set up RailsCron to send email reminders on a daily basis. My dev environment is Rails trunk on Debian Sarge, lighttpd running as a regular user. I''m having two issues: 1) When I run "rake cron_start", I get rake aborted! undefined method `blank?'' for "":String The "blank?" method is provided by Rails, so I''m

using file_column plugin, if I upload IMG0001.JPG, I get files similarly named IMG0001-thumb.JPG, etc. but if I upload img00002.jpg, I get files img00002-thumb.jpg, etc. This is tacky in terms of my counting on a consistency when implementing views. My inclination is to start hacking away at this section of file_column.rb: class PermanentUploadedFile < RealUploadedFile # :nodoc: def

I have a method that checks for a given role. I want to write something in my controllers like before_filter :check_roles(''admin'') Which will ensure the current user has the admin role. Is it possible to pass parameters in this way? Ian

Im writing a module in the lib directory. If I change the module, the changes are not visible to the application when i releod the web page (i am in the development evironment). I must restart the web server (WEBrick) and so i see the changes... but I lost more time. How can I reload the module in the dirictory lib, without reload WEBrick? Thanks so much --Reis -- Posted via

I''m running 0.14.2 and am a little confused as to the best way to install mix-ins. I''m specifically using "acts_as_paranoid" as an example (as it is one of the simpler implementations). It is a gem and can be "installed" as a gem, but then what''s the best way to integrate it into my app (require_gem?). I''ve seen recommendations to require it

I have a problem with tests. I always thought that the order of tests doesn''t matter because the fixtures are reloaded before every test method. However, I''ve just discovered that this isn''t true. This is a quote from the "Guide to testing the rails" howto: "... if we had another test method, we wouldn’t have 10 users on the 2nd test because they would

Hi, I am new to Rails (and Ruby) and for what i have seen sofar i like it a lot! But i can''t figure out what the best sollution would be for the following: Lets say i want to setup a CRM system and i have to sorts of contacts: Customers and Prospects. A part of the info is the same (addresses, company info etc) for both customers an prospects and a part is different. What i would