similar to: Link to an other model

Hi everybody I would like a function as the "before_save" method in the model. But it must be the opposite. When I take out data from the database through the model, I want to call a function before the data are available in the controller. Can anyone help me? ---- >>>> thx <<<< ---- -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

hi @all Can anyone help me? I would like to read the last two records from a database. In the database I have a table with id, name and sex. How can I read the last two records from the entered names, who are female? There are two conditions I need: > last entries > sex-condition User.find(:all, :condition.....) ?? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I use the following code in my view: <%= collection_select(''datedata'', ''date'', @allDate, :id, :date) %> It''s show me the date of all entries in the database (Dropdown menu). Additional, I wrote a helper method "showDate" in the application_helper.rb! How can I use this method in the collection_select for every date entry? thanks

Hello, Is there an way to easy comment of sections of code? I was thinking something along the lines of \dontrun{ codeline 1 .... codeline k } but that could be used in regular script files. When I am still working on a script, I often want to being using what is done, but I would like the parts I am still working on not to be run when I use source() on the file. I can set everything off

Is there a ruby embedded code replacement for something like this? <a href="#" onclick="window.open(''http://192.168.78.12:3000/portfolio/show/<%= item.id %>'', ''test'', ''width=660, height=500,resizable=no'')"> <%= image_tag item.image_url, :size => ''200x150'' %></a> Thanks, Dan

Can anyone help me?? I validate a form-field: protected def validate errors.add(:name, "should be longer than 2 chars") unless name.length <= 2 end I want to check the variable name. It should have a size over 2 characters. But my function "validate" doesn''t run! Why ??? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I have a very simple form that looks allows an input for an error code and then give the show page from the scaffolding if the error code is in the database and a notification on the list page, again from the scaffolding if not. Here''s the form: find.rhtml <h1>Find error</h1> <%= start_form_tag :action => ''search''%> <p><label

Hi List, I''m trying to get my grip on the restful methods that are now part of edge rails. Making the first steps was impressive as well as easy because there are already great resources on the blogs of early adopters: http://www.ryandaigle.com/articles/2006/08/01/whats-new-in-edge-rails-simply-restful-support-and-how-to-use-itand

Hi All, I am new to both Ruby and Rails, so please be patient with me. I am currently working on a view for a controller and I have used the following excerpt: <td><%= link_to_image "b_edit", :action => ''edit'', :id => part_prefix %></td> The image is being displayed and the link is working. However, the formatting of image rendered

please help me with my code: im calling a helper, which has to return different links. --list.rhtml ... <% for message in @messages %> <tr> <td><%= message.author.send(''name'') %></td> <td><%= message.send(''date'').strftime("%d.%m.%y/%H.%M.%S") %></td> <td><%=

Hi ! Is there any way to have stream pushing from an icecast server to another ? Of course, it can be easily done with a third party app but could be useful if embedded in the server part... Thx, Guillaume (sorry for the first wrong thread)

This is my first rails app with a legacy database and I''m having a terrible time getting the models set up correctly. I have an order table that has a primary field named order_number. I have a name table with a primary of item_number. These two tables are liked by the item_number and the order_number, but not as you might think. If the order_number is 2500, then each entry in

Can Rails be used for printing an order in a store application that has arrived? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

The current full-text search will return the AND collection results,for example,if we use Article.search("aa bb"),then the articles that include "aa" and "bb" in the fields will be returned,how to return the articles that include "aa" OR "bb" effectly? A stumb method is to setup two queries respectly and collect them together with remove the

Hi, when doing: render :update do |page| page.replace_html ''suggested_contractors'', :partial => ''contractors'' page.visual_effect :highlight, ''suggested_contractors'' end I got js as output, it is not executed, return html *contains*: try { Element.update("suggested_contractors", " \n 12345678910\n \n

Hello all, I remember and have lost a link to the blog on hints about 37s modularization of basecamp, backpack, etc. Anyone remeber this and can remind me of the link? Thanks ! -- ------------------------------ Forget the icing. Bake the cake! - the epicentered developer ------------------------------ Peter Fitzgibbons -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was

Hi , I was trying to use link_to along with image_tag to setup a link that would open in an external window. But I was unable to make a link using both text & an image So my current workaround looks like this inside a partial where link is http://foo.com & text would be descriptive <img src="images/arrow.gif" border="0"/> <%= link_to(text, link, :popup

I''ve implemented Ferret, using the instructions here: http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowToIntegrateFerretWithRails I get no errors in the application at all... however, I always get 0 results. I built an index off of some data, it exists in the index/ directory, the form submits find... etc... Just 0 results... all the time :) I confirmed the data from my models is being put

Hi, I just installed via script/plugin from the stable svn tag. (Revision 54) I''m running Rails 1.1.2 and have Ferret 0.9.3 (with C extensions. no compilation problems) I put together a simple model to test it and I''m getting a segfault. The model: class Report < ActiveRecord::Base acts_as_ferret :fields => [:title, :name] end $ script/console Loading development

I am just diving into Rails and I am a bit puzzled by the link_to function. am writing an app to display my photographs in categories. My application layout has a sidebar to show a menu with categories from the categories table in the database (like in taken from the tutorials), to be shown on every page. I managed to get a global @menu_categories object that keeps track of all the categories