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I get the following error at the browser: ArgumentError in ImagesController#upload invalid geometry string `110×'' ... for the call to change_geometry with an explicit size (''110x'') as the geometry string: def make_thumb (the_img) require ''RMagick'' size = "110x" debugger if ENV[''RAILS_ENV''] ==

Newb here. I have a form and a value that is being displayed ... and I have no idea where the value came from. I have done a <%= debugger; '''' %> in the form and, indeed, the debugger stops at the statement. I have tried to trace through the code to see where the value came from ... and I gave up. So ... what in Rails initializes the fields of a form? -- Posted via

OK ... so I''m not supposed to use it but ... Why doesn''t rescue_from ActionController::RoutingError work witht he code from http://www.rubyplus.org/episodes/20-Extended-RESTful-Authentication-Rails-2-App.html class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base helper :all # include all helpers, all the time # See ActionController::RequestForgeryProtection for details

I have a controller test here: http://gist.github.com/275616, which works fine when account is an independent model, however I want: an account to be a property of user, ( and created and associated when a user is) when the user goes to /account/edit it should on edit the account of the logged in user - I can make rails do this, but I''m utterly baffled how I should alter this test to

Hi, I am using Restful authentication for user authentication. I want the current logged in user object in my model property.rb Problem is current_user is not working on model. How can I fix this I need that? Please help me out. Thanks, Mike -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk"

Please, Can anyone help me to execute this query? SELECT * FROM table WHERE customer_id IN (SELECT IF(1 <> 2,''SELECT customer_id FROM customers'',''SELECT customer_id FROM company'')) Regards... -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Right now in my view, I have a whole HUGE clump of <% if current_user %> and then <% if current_admin %> and then <% if current_teacher %> and then all that other stuff in my view. I have a ginourmous chunk of if and else statements in my views... is there a way to make it prettier? The if and else''s almost all have the same functions, expect for some minor changes.

Hello, i have "a" has many "b", "b" has many "c", and "c" has many "d" Now... "d" is a user model, and I have a current_user helper method defined. If i navigate to an "a" show page, how can I make sure that my current_user ("d") is part of that "a"? meaning how can i make sure that

Hey all, What if I want to check a column in a table to see if a value exists and if it doesn''t, then update the existing record with the specified value and if it does exist increment by 1 from the previous incrementation of the value. And do it using the model (or controller if it''s unable to be done in the model). Something like this: def test! update_attributes

Hi, I''m really new to rails, so i programmed some stuff and today i read some things about skinny Controllers, fat models. My Controllers are really fat now. So i''m asking myself how can i shrink my controllers and move the code to the models, especially in fact of REST e.g. in focus on error codes? code example: # POST /tasks # POST /tasks.xml def create @authorized

Hi, I''m trying to get my javascript to execute after clicking a link on my page using :format => "js" here''s my link: <%= link_to image_tag("/images/icons/user_add.png"), add_contact_path(:profile_id => profile.id, :url => request.url, :format => "js"), :title => "Add person to your contacts"%> in my controller i have

I can''t imagine what I''m trying to do is complicated at all in Rails. Yet, I am now getting this error: undefined method `state'' for :StudentFailState:Symbol. student.rb has_one :student_fail attr_accessor :student_fail_attribute #controller def student_fail @student = @student.find params[:id] def update_student_fail @student.build_student_fail

Can anyone direct me to a really good tutorial on Shibboleth integration with Rails, or indeed some sample code? I''ve been tearing my hair out all day on this one. Thanks RobL --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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

I have a simple form , with a file field = form_for (Clip.new), :html => {:multipart => true} , :remote => true , do |f| = f.hidden_field :user_id, {:value => current_user.id} = f.text_field :name = f.text_area :description = f.file_field :image = f.submit I18n.t(:add) generating the html code <form accept-charset="UTF-8"

Hi everyone! :) I''m currently accomplishing what I want, but I''d like to clean it up a bit. I''ve placed the following items in an array (please excuse my lack of proper syntax): @widgets = [1, red] [2, blue] [3, red] [4, blue] I''d like to learn a way to search through the @widgets variable an separate the widgets, so that I could have: @blue_widgets = [2,

Hey all, I know that this: Called id for nil, which would mistakenly be 4 -- if you really wanted the id of nil, use object_id means that I have an instance variable that has not been initialized. However, I''m a little confused as to what to do in a signup form for form_for: <% content_for :login do %> <% form_for @user, :url => { :action => "login" } do

I''ve been having problems making threaded comments for the last few days. Mainly with creating children and displaying the children. Currently, I have comments shown at the bottom of my articles show view. The top level comments work, but I do not really know how to implement a way for users to "reply" to the top level comments and take them to a form (the comment

Hi there, I''ve been looking for a while now and can''t seem to find where I''m going wrong.. I''m following a railscast tutorial to send invites out to people. there''s n invitation.rb page: class Invitation < ActiveRecord::Base #attr_accessible :sender_id, :recipient_email, :token, :sent_at belongs_to :sender, :class_name =>

Hi everyone, I have a problem. I want to display a different select box wether the current user is an admin or an user. So I thought I could do this in my view where my form is displayed : <p class="form-input"> <%= f.label(:role_id, ''Role:'') %> <% if (current_user.admin?) then collection_select(:user, :role_id, Role.find(:all, :order =>

In rails app, I add the following line of code in application.js and I get jQuery is not defined in firebug console. In application.html.erb, I have the following: <script type="text/javascript" src="../javascripts/application.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../javascripts/jquery-1.4.2.js"></script> and I installed