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Hi all, (I''m new with RoR) I''m using a migratio to import data into a database but nothing is being happens. I''m importing strings from a parsed file. this is what I have: controller: class UploadController < ApplicationController def create table = { } params[:localized_string][:data].each_line do |line| if line =~ /^\s* " (.*?) "

Hi, I have two models: category and subcategory. (one to many relationship), and a controller ''home'' I''d like to display all the categories and their sub categories in the view: home\index.rhtml. I have a method in the ''home'' controller'' like this: def list_categories @categories = Category.find(:all) end This list all the categories

Hi, I''m quite new to this language and I''m having trouble finding out simple things like a dropdown menu in rhtml. I know I have to use <% select_tag %> but I''ve read lots of different ways to put in the options so I''m a bit confused. Options are hard-coded for the menu I''m trying to create so no database is involved! Thanks v much! Bex --

Hi all, I''m trying to create a related dropdown box: In my view: <select name="category" id="category"> <option value="">Select category</option> <% @categories.each do |category| %> <option value="<%= category.id %>"> <%= category.title %> </option> <% end %>

People, I can order categories when looking at the categories list page but how do I change the recipe page to list the categories in alpha order in the recipe pull-down box?: > <p><b>Category:</b><br> > <select name="recipe[category_id]"> > <% @categories.each do |category| %> > <option value="<%= category.id

Is the REST Controller (for calling APIs through the REST interface) already built-in ?? Or, I have to generate one -- generate controller rest ?? MSN id: ICEMANyears@netscape.net -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi all, I wander if it is possible to force reload of all ActiveRecord object''s of some class that are already loaded, something like Book.reload_all? I know that I am able to reload specific objects with reload method but I would like to reload all that are currently in memory. thanks in advance, Bojan -- Bojan Mihelac Informatika Mihelac, Bojan Mihelac s.p. |

Hi, In my environment.rb, I have set: config.active_record.schema_format = :ruby Whenever I do a rake db:migrate, both db/development_structure.sql and db/schema.rb get generated. This shouldn''t happen should it? I thought I should only get db/schema.rb? Thanks, Jordan

Does anyone know where I can find good documentation on how to use RJS template. I know I can do various things with the page object: page.visual_effect :shake, ''some_id'' Is there a list of method I can run on the page onject and what parameters they are expecting? I can''t find this anywhere. Thanks for your help. Thank You, Ben Johnson E: bjohnson@contuitive.com

Is there a simple way to get the original url which spawned a controller action, including any query parameters? Thanks in advance, Don Mc -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Is there something similar for rails that is like $_SERVER in PHP? Something that gives you the hostname, etc. I tried using just host in my controller, because the documentation says there is a host method, and got an undefined method error. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to

Hi, I have a small blog application, and I would like to shorten its routes. Here they are: Blog::Application.routes.draw do resources :categories do resources :articles do resources :comments end end A rake routes command produce the following lines: GET /categories/:category_id/articles/:article_id/comments(.:format)

I was brainstorming today about a smooth way to define conditions in an sql query, when the numbers of attributes increase, so does the uglyness. So instead of passing a hash, I thought you could specify the conditions directly in code. I hacked together some example code which actually turned out to work. The result is concise and pretty beutiful. def search(params) Ad.find(:all) do

I have a form that sends the following query string to my Rails controller: transaxion[category_association_attributes][][category_id]=2& transaxion[category_association_attributes][][amount]=12& transaxion[category_association_attributes][][category_id]=1& transaxion[category_association_attributes][][amount]=8 But ActionController parses it as:

I want to be able to find items according to various params - category_id, member_id, type_id, rating, etc. What I have now is something like: if(@params[''category_id'']) @items=Item.find(:all, :conditions=>["category_id=?", @params[''category_id'']) elsif(@params[''category_id''] and @params[''member_id''])

Is there any particular distro that seems to be most used among RoR developers on Linux? Any that might provide better support somehow for development of RoR apps? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi, I have an array with objects and I want to generate an XML like: <objects> <object> <category_id>1</category_id> <helper-method>result 1</helper-method> </object> <object> <category_id>2</category_id> <helper-method>result 2</helper-method> </object> </objects> The helper

The AWDwR book has the following: add_index :categories_products, [:product_id, :category_id] add_index :categories_products, :category_id The first, composite index actually serves two purposes: it creates an index which can be searched on both foreign key columns, and with most databases it also creates an index that enables fast lookup by the product id. The second index then completes

Hi all, I am a newbie to Rails. Please enlighten me on how to do this appropriately, the Rails and the Ruby way: Suppose I have a Recipe model. Let''s simplify things and pretend that it has only 2 attributes, a :name and the other is a ''category_id''. In the recipes table, category_id is a foreign key to field id of table categories. We also assume that I have generate

Hi Gurus, I''m trying to tackle a drop down list. I have category and item dbs, and they''re wired up with category has_many :items and item belongs_to :category, and an item has a category_id. I have this code in my new/edit.html.erb for item: <%= f.collection_select :category_id, Category.find_main, :id, :header, {}, :multiple => false %> And a pretty drop down list