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Hi, I''m lost and my mysql connection as well... I got this error in my production.log: ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid (Mysql::Error: Lost connection to MySQL server during query: SET NAMES ''utf8''): Config: Debian Sarge (last updated), Rails 1.1.2, Webrick, mysqld Ver 4.1.11-Debian_4sarge2 for pc-linux-gnu on i386 apache2 with mod_rewrite and webrick as proxy on 8080.

I''ve got a couple apps that I use (billing app, support ticket app, some other custom apps) that I want to integrate into one site. They will all use the same layout for the most part, and will link between each other. When I initially thought of doing this, I figured if I put the apps at different roots - /billing /support etc - then the links wouldn''t work at all, because

How are you guys handling threads or server processes that have to, for example, process the data in your application on a periodic basis? Cron jobs can do it and then run on the database. But, are there ways to launch threads within the rails application itself. I have heard of WebBrick ways, but I am working with lighttpd, fastcgi? (textdrive if you are really interested).

Looks like Rails 1.1.0 RC1 is finally here: http://dev.rubyonrails.org/changeset/4010 -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I have three Rails apps on my laptop. Two can runs tests just fine. The third generates this error when I try to run any tests: > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.5/lib/ > active_support/dependencies.rb:200:in `const_missing'': > uninitialized constant Test (NameError) > from ./test/unit/../test_helper.rb:5 > from

I''d like to add some filter choices to display a list of items. These items has some boolean fields for example, and would like to have a checkbox at the top of the window to let me select how to filter the list. here''s what i put in my controller if @params[:filter].nil? @params[:filter] = { ''sent'' => "1"} end ... generate the corresponding

Hello all. I''m a seasoned system administrator and have no fear of building source packages on a variety of platforms, but RMagick has, until recently, evaded all of my attempts to building it on my PowerBook. Someone else just mentioned that they had trouble with RMagick on OS X (Intel, don''t really know if my advice will help) so I decided to post a HOWTO to the list. I

I want to build a one page finance calculator in Rails. The form has several fields on it. When I press the calculate button it will return to the same page with the answer. If there is an error it will also return to the same page with the appropriate error messages. I want it to be able to 1. Carry over all the values on the form fields 2. Use the rails validation methods How can I acheive

I know that Mongrel is a web server that hosts rails applications. But i don''t understand what part Lighttpd (or Apache) has in the setup. I know that you can use Mongrel on its own. What does Lighttpd improve on? Thanks, Chris -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Can anybody share some examples of their Money implementation ? I''m trying to setup a Model to use this library, but can''t seem to wrap my head around how it is exactly supposed to work. My Model (Foo) looks like: =============== composed_of :commission, :class_name => "Money", :mapping => [ %w(commission_cents cents), %w(commission_currency currency) ] Yet, in

Hello, I am trying to figure out how to use switch tower.I have a local copy of source code and I want to put it on the host.Now I dont want to put directories like config/ because the settings on the host and the one on my machine are different. Any way to do this? Also is svn necessary to use SwitchTower? Vivek -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

I read in various places that although migrations aren''t transactional, all you need to do is wrap you migration method in "ActiveRecord:: Base.connection.transaction do" to make the self.up or self.down transactional. In my experience (Rails + PostgreSQL), this doesn''t work very well. If my migration hits an exception, any tables that were touched remain modified.

Hi , Just discover a interesting way to connect ror developers locallly. http://www.citycita.org let groups of people who share same interests to plan events and meet offline in local communities around the world. The service is quite new but it seem to have an ROR Oslo community that use it - http://rubyonrails.citycita.org/22498/. Worth a look ! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hello all! I''m having an issue with Observers, and I''m hoping someone knows the answer. Here is the definition: app/models/vehicle_observer.rb > class VehicleObserver < ActiveRecord::Observer > def after_save(vehicle) > breakpoint > if vehicle.has_new_mil_indication? > UserMailer.deliver_mil_notice(vehicle) > end > end > end

Hi all, A little question. How can u use an constructor in controller? I would like to initialize some central stuff before i''m processing the controller. thanks in advance, Martijn

Hi Im uisng the lgoin generatior that as far as I can tell stores the username in session. I have another table that i need to store the id of the user who creates an entry. (the logged in user) Is it possible to store return the id and store it in session once the user is created. then do somthing like @project.user_id = session[:user].id; or can I perform a search in the product table

i have a Project model, which belongs_to :user when i add a project, the users_id is based on the session[:users_id]. to get the users_id into the projects table, i''m doing this: @project = Project.new(params[:project]) @project.users_id = session[:users_id] this is working, i''m just verifying this is the best way to do it.

I''m trying to use composed_of within my model. I have a field in my database named ''card1'', which is simply a string. I have this in my model class Player < ActiveRecord::Base composed_of :card1, :class_name => ''Card'' end class Card attr_reader :value, :suit def initialize(s) @value = s[0].chr @suit = s[1].chr end end The

I''m thinking of experimenting with some currency conversion. However, I''d like the conversions to be in synch with the current rates. Anyone know (and this maybe out in left field) if there is some online (perhaps xml) or other data stream I can connect with in my code to output values based on user selection ? TIA Stuart

I want to have a field in model, which I''m not storing in a database. And I want to do something like the following in the model code : validates_format_of :field_NOT_in_db, :with => session[:field] How can I do it ? Thanks, Pratik -- rm -rf / 2>/dev/null - http://null.in