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Hey, I need to get the number of years (as a number) between two dates. Here is what I have as a helper. # Returns the number of years between now and the specified date. def years_ago(date) dateDifference = DateTime.now - date results =Date.day_fraction_to_time(dateDifference) return results[0] / 24 / 365; end I''m sure there is a better way to do this. What is it?

Hi having trouble saving dates in my form i have the following in the view <%= date_select("details", "open_date") %> and i have @exhibition.open_date = params[:details][:open_date] and then @exhibition.save All the other values form (not seen here) get saved but not the dates. What am i doing wrong ? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Well, I''m working on adding a new type of user (organization) to my application, using a different database table than the standard User table (in the end, I think it works out being easier to deal with than creating another column in the original User table for account type). However, I''m running into a user registration problem. I can register both types of users fine,

I''m having a problem with my User model. Originally I had alot of validation, including this: validates_presence_of :password_confirmation, :password validates_length_of :password, :within => 4..50 validates_confirmation_of :password However, this made it impossible to edit a user without setting his password, which I don''t want. So I tried to isolate the above validations

Hi to all, i''d like to insert a validation inside my model about a mac address field. I''ve used this sintax but it''s not working. validates_format_of :mac_address, :with => /^((?:[-a-f0-9])+(?:[-a-f0-9])+(?:[-a-f0-9])+(?:[-a-f0-9])+(?:[-a-f0-9])+(?:[-a-f0-9]))$/i, :on => :create,

Hallo all, can someone tell me what can be the regulare expression for this: "The Road", "The Road 12", "Road", "On the Road 89". -- 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

I''m setting up a simple system for listing products and specials. I''m looking for a way to validate that only one special can exist per product per date range. For example, if a product is on sale from 2007-04-29 to 2007-05-10, you cannot create a special for that product that starts on 2007-05-09. What''s the best way to do this with Rails? I''m fairly new to

Hi Just trying to spec a Rails model that defaults a valid_until date to this time tomorrow. I''ve done something similar involving Dates, and you can stub the :today method to return something fixed. But when I tried this with Time, I found that RSpec calls Time.now four times per spec. So there''s no way to spec code like 1.days.from_now . The best I can come up

/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-sqlserver-adapter-1.0.0/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver_adapter.rb" -- 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

He all, who can recommend me search engine(search for different models) for my web-site? ps: i know about ferret for example, but maybe there are some others? Thank you -- 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

Hello, I need a localization tool/plugin for my rails application that work with REST, can translate whole web pages(or i can create 2 different pages for 2 languages), and fast. Thanks for any suggestions!!!! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on

Hi, I want to show the validate - message in the flash[:error] - field but I can''t find any options. An example: class UserPermission < ActiveRecord::Base validates_presence_of :name, :message => "Please insert a name" ... | end V flash[:error] = "Error - " Has anybody a solution for this

Is there any way to validate a form that isn''t connected to a model. I have a form that connects to a controller action and I want to validate the inputs on the form like I would with the validates_ATTRIBUTE_of property on a model. Is there any way to do this? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Hi, I need to make a form with two buttons. But I do wrong. And why not can be. form: ------------------------------- <%= form_tag :controller => ''establishment_contents'', :action => ''llamada'', :opMenu => opcionMenu %> [...] <%= image_submit_tag ("../images/incluir.gif", :op=>"addImage") %> [...] <%=

I''m having problems with running RoR applications, either imported from existing source or by creating a new project in NetBeans 6 beta 1. When I use the menu "run / test project" or "run / run main project" I get an error very similar to this: (from test) (in C:/flame-svn/test/RailsApplication1) "C:/flame-svn/test/RailsApplication1/config/boot" rake

Hi all, I have a situation with a recurring billing application where I need to test if one range of dates "overlaps" another range of dates. Does anyone know a rails find or mysql select statement that will test for this? Here are the details: * Recurringcharge items have a start_date and an end_date that represent the period of time that the charges should occur. * Statement items

I''m trying to validate a record before save. I''m using one controller in this case furnii where I have all my calls. The problem is that, the form containing the field I''m trying to validate resides in the furnii views. I tried to add validates_presence_of :content (the field name) in both the furnii model and the ratecomment model but it does not work. I know there

Ive followed this example of how to validate a form with a tableless model: http://rails.techno-weenie.net/tip/2005/11/19/validate_your_forms_with_a_table_less_model Ive got this example working but when validation fails the failed boxes are not highlighted in red. At the moment i have a contact details form and want to validate the information entered by the user but this will just result

Can someone point me to a date/time validator or updater. I have an event start datetime and an event end datetime. I want to validate that the end datetime is after the start datetime. Figure there is some code or library out there already, if you know one, please forward it. Thank you! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are

Hi. There are many ways of doing validation but I''m trying to think of the cleanest way without making the action code unclean. Would it be advisable to do validation on the incoming params hash rather than waiting to setup an object you are about to save and calling ojb.valid? before saving? Or even going as far as trying to save the object but failing from the model''s