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I am working my way through Agile web development with rails and I''m in the testing chapter. when I run the following test(or any other test) I''m new and not sure where to start looking. require ''test_helper'' class ProductTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase # Replace this with your real tests. test "the truth" do assert true end end I

Hi Is there any freeware anybody would recommend for showing database models and how they relate to each other? I''m picking up an app another developer left in a mess and I''m trying to sort it out. Diagrams would be a great help. Suggestions? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this

I would like to know if there is a way to ''package'' an application with all the associated gems and ship it to a new server and having it to "just work" in a Windows environment. Although I have never done it I know that Rails can be frozen into the application. I am wondering if I can do the same thing with other gems. I have found this

hi there, How do we share variables in a given data migration? For example, the code below fails to work because "statuses" don''t seem to be in scope for both up and down. class AddDefaultValuesToStatuses < ActiveRecord::Migration statuses = [ { ''details'' => ''details'', }, {

I''ve inherited an EAV database and there''s really no option to remodel it. Data is stored as key_name, key_value pairs Trying to return a meaningful, unified recordset is far too complex to be efficient. I''ve decided to make use of the MySQL GROUP_CONCAT, and CONCAT_WS functions to return a fast query result, with the consolidated fields as one string. The final data is

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.

Hi Folks, I use render :js => "alert(''Test !'')" in my modele, but instead of having the alert displayed, the browser try to donload a file containing this string : <<render :js => "alert(''Test !'')">>. Do you know why I the browser behaves such a way ? Regards -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received

I am extremely new to RoR, I am. I am slowly but surely learning Ruby and the Rails concepts but the environment is confusing. I have an application that was written for my company in RoR. It is on a ubuntu server that is going to be shut down. I want to move the app to my two Macs (one Leopard and one Snow Leopard). We want to keep the app to demo a business concept but it can run locally

I''ve got two entities created by scaffolding: Expense & Vendor In Expense#new there''s a form with a Vendors-drop-down and a NewVendor- button. The latter button brings up Vendor#new. The Create button in Vendor#new brings up Vendor#show with Edit & Back links. I want to append a third link conditionally to Vendor#show: if the Expense#new form led to the Vendor#show

I am using http.get in a model to parse html code returned from a Oracle server. My first try was to use assertions (assert and assert_select) to test and parse the html code. But I have problems including the methods in the model. Have tried both "include" and copy/paste to get assertion methods into my model. Works as a model, but I get load errors when I am using the model from a

Hi Guys I''d like to know how to change from using sqlite3 to mysql. I''m running windows xp. What is the command that I must type under my application folder? How to I log into the mysql database afterwards? My database.yml file contents at the moment are: # SQLite version 3.x # gem install sqlite3-ruby (not necessary on OS X Leopard) development: adapter: sqlite3

I am trying to decide between two different database architectures for an application to manage properties. For capturing the property features, I have two options: a single model/table with all the features as fields, or a set of joined models - property, feature, feature data. (see attached ERD diagram) OPTION A Properties name address has_pool has_doorman has_etc. (a bunch of values, not all

Hi: I am using authlogic, and following railscast tutorial. I am running into this error code with the password confirmation. authlogic password confirmation is too short Has anyone experienced this error? I need your help. Thanks in advance for your help.

I''m trying to run " rake db:migrate " and im getting an error back: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ C:\wamp\www\demoproject>rake db:migrate (in C:/wamp/www/demoproject) rake aborted! Mysql::Error: query: not connected: CREATE TABLE `schema_migrations` (`version` varchar(255) NOT NULL) ENGINE=InnoDB (See full trace by running task

I''m about to embark on a project and am seeking advice on my approach. I have an automotive site that needs to have shared categories. I''ve checked out different nested set, ancestral, acts_as_tree, acyclic plugins but feel they don''t exactly fit. So I am about to roll my own simple solution. Any feedback as to whether this looks good is appreciated. Essentially I

I recently upgraded to Rails 3, and this error has come up ubiquitously: DEPRECATION WARNING: Base.named_scope has been deprecated, please use Base.scope instead. Any ideas on how to get rid of it? Or should I just wait for something? There''s actually no place in my application where the code "Base.named_scope" exists, so I assume the problem is inherent in gems that

I''m an experienced programmer, but new to Rails. I would like to echo an unanswered question I''ve recently read elsewhere. Can any recommend an overview of get/post, cookies, sessions, etc., and how Ruby on Rails interacts with all of this? I''m interested in understanding how to harden a Rails application Regards -- Dave

Hi, i want to use development database for my testing purpose. The problem is with, when test cases are run, it deletes the data before and after the test. but i dont want the data to be deleted. how to do this. -- 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,

Hi, I have two model say- ZipCode < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :state_provinces end StateProvince < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :zip_codes end if I do @zip_code.update_atribute(:city, "My City") its giving Undefined method updated? for StateProvince if I remove belongs_to specifier in ZipCode class then it work fine. Any alternate solution?? Thanks -- Regards, Himanshu

Hi Everybody, Greetings!! I want to use rspec for my applications. Please guide me with the Rspec tutorial. I want a good example to start with. Please help me by providing good tutorials on Rspec to start with. I actually followed the example from http://rspec.info Please guide me on more examples. Waiting for your reply. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received