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item.title = ''alpha-bravo'' item.title = item.title.titleize puts item.title alpha bravo I didn''t notice this with 1.0 - a new bug in 1.1? Joe -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Random question: I''ve written a method for the String class that turns an arbitrary line of text in to an identifier, e.g.: "My, what a beautiful day!" => "my_what_a_beautiful_day" "(anb*#NF(AMNV" => "anb_NF_AMNV" We''ve got all these great names already like underscore, classify, titleize and things like that. I''d

Hi all, I wanted to draw some attention to a couple of very small multibyte-related patches I believe should be included before Rails 3.0 RC1: * Use String#bytesize rather than String#length in exception templates: This is a simple case where string length is checked, but bytes is needed, so it breaks with string with multibyte chars.

Or to put it another way, is there a function f, such that Inflector.f(Inflector.Camelize(x)) = x ? Enquiring minds need to know. Adelle.

i just started to work with ROR, and made a form with scaffolding. I achieved to add some extra inputvalidation but i also want to add some code that changes some specific textfields with the .titlecase / .titleize and then stores it to the database. I had to add the validation code to the model file, is this also the place to add the titlecase ? the columname of the regarding textfield is

Hi, I need bars' values on barplot, and I don't know how I can put it. I do my barplot as: data<-read.table("/my_path/file.dat",header=T, sep="\t") barplot(as.matrix(data),log="y",beside=TRUE,main="my_title", xlab="x name", ylab="y name"). How can I add the values on each bar? Thanks.. [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

i have these two really similar methods in my addressbook controller. def edit_company @company = Company.find(params[:id]) if request.post? and @company.update_attributes(params[:company]) flash[:notice] = ''Company was successfully edited.'' redirect_to :action => ''show'', :id => @company end end def edit_person

I have a controller and view that should be providing a search bar that brings up that brings up a selected record on submission. I have tried several variations, including just specifying the assets_path, but usually end up with either an error or a submission to the index action, rather than the show action. Currently, I have the following in my index.html.haml: = form_tag({:controller =>

"Does that help?" No. I am not your private consultant. You need to reply to the list, which I have cc'ed here, not just me. I am still somewhat confused by your specifications, but others may not be. Part of my confusion stems from your failure to provide a reproducible example (see e.g. the posting guide linked below). For example, I cannot tell from your text whether the Abc

Hi everyone, I have this code: @person_pages, @people = paginate :person, :per_page => 20, :conditions => [ "username LIKE ? OR first_name LIKE ? OR last_name LIKE ? OR preferred_name LIKE ?", "%" + params[:q].downcase + "%", "%" + params[:q].downcase + "%",

Hi, I often find myself using bits of code like this inside ActiveRecord, perhaps it''s useful for others, or others can improve on it: ########### # fix user input before validating it before_validation :sanitize_input # santize input before actual validation is called # this uses the little methods defined below def sanitize_input trim %w(adres postcode woonplaats email naam

Bert Here are some examples of the type of text strings I?m dealing with: ??????.??.??? ??????.??.?????????? ?Torrent? Pro - Torrent App ?Torrent?-Torrent Downloader 1 Pic 8 Words - Syllables 1 Pic 8 Words - Syllables 27043_Spanish songs for children 28.android.com.alpha.horoscope 28.android.com.bravo.horoscope 28.Card Game - Offline 28.card Game Multiplayer 37045_Spanish songs

Hi, I need help with some AJAX in rails 3. So basically, I have a select option in my index page for my User model. This select option is a form that modifies the user''s type. The " :remote => true " works and the type is changed when hit the submit button. But, nothing happens in the browser. The user is updated. I''m actually not sure where to put either my JS /

Hi, I am new to ROR and learning it. In my controller I have an admins record and I am passing that admin object to the admin''s view page to get the name of the admin. But when I try to access the name it is showing error as "undefined method `name'' for :current_admin:Symbol".. Please help.. Please find my code below Sessions Controller def create

Gordan & David, Read about your latest work, and was thrilled to learn that both soft and hard mods are working. I bought the GTX 670 model in David''s article, I will be giving this a shot in a week. I was hoping to ask a few questions. 1. Is there a specific qemu version required (traditional or the new default)? 2. What (if anything) should be done after removing the resistors

Hi I''m trying to follow the tutorial on xrcise at http://wxruby.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?UsingXRCise But I keep getting the following error when I try to run the example; tutorial.rb:21:in `initialize'': undefined method ''upper_bt'' for #<CaseChangeFrame:0x2d610f8> (NoMethodError) from tutorial.rb:28:in `new'' from

I''m trying to get the following idea to work: <%= @column_names.each { |t| <td> t.downcase </td> <td> @listing.send(t.downcase)</td> } %> Essentially I want to display a form that has a left and right TD, with the left TD being a column name and the right TD being the column data. If there''s a better way (the Rails way ?), I''m all ears

The following script creates a search index and then searches it. I get no results? Where am I going wrong? Thanks. -----------BEGIN SCRIPT---------------- require ''rubygems'' require ''ferret'' include Ferret path = ''/tmp/myindex'' field_infos = Ferret::Index::FieldInfos.new() field_infos.add_field(:name, :store => :yes, :index => :yes)

Hello all I am wondering how rails handles case sensitivity in databases. If I do a Person.find_all_by_name("tim") in mysql I would expect to get tim, TIm, and Tim. Do I only get tim in postgres? How do other people deal with this? Do you resort to find_by_sql for all your postgres queries to get case insensitive results?

Hey .. The QueryParser RDoc page explains to me on how to search for a specific value in a specific field. This is not working the way i thought it should be, what am i doing wrong? Here''s an example .. I''m storing model data in the index like this: doc << Field.new( "object_id", object.id, Field::Store::YES) doc << Field.new( "type",