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In the ''basecamp'' product from 37signals if I search for ''ruby'' the I get a bunch of results. In the search result page the search term (ruby in this case) is highlighted. I was wondering how to accomplish the same. How to highlight the ''search term'' in the search result? Is there any already existing utility that I could use? Thanks.

validates_presence_of :fname results in the error message "Fname can''t be blank". What I want is "First Name can''t be blank". I could do this def validate errors.add_to_base("First Name can''t be blank") if fname.blank? end I find this clunky and I have to put everyrhing in the validate method. Is there an easy to get what I want. I

I intend to override pagination_links method. I added following lines of code in application_helper.rb module ActionView module Helpers def pagination_links(paginator, options={}, html_options={}) raise("boom!!") end end end But my code is not executing my code. The view is still using the method pagination_links from rails. What''s the correct way to override

I have following line in route.rb #event info for an event name map.connect ''event/:name_url'',:controller => ''home'',:action => ''event_info'' It causes a URL like http://localhost:3000/event/_jewels_exhibition_ to be sent to the home controller with action as ''event_info''. I am trying to test this action. My first

class Event < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :venue belongs_to :category end class Venue < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :city end class City < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :state end I want to retrieve all event records belonging to a state. Coming from hibernate background I tried something like this: def self.list_for_a_state(state_id) find_by_sql(["select e.*

My code is something like this. class FirstController < ApplicationController def foo #some processing render (:controller => ''second'', :action => ''index'') end end I tried using both render and redirect but it seems it''s not possible to send the control from within a controller to some other controller. Am I missing something

Le''s say that I have a table called people and the column middle_name is nullable. If the user enters say blank or empty space then in the database it is recorded as empty space. I would like in all my models all empty spaces to be recorded as null. I guess I can write a plugin which will do so for all the models but I''m sure something like that should already be existing.I

Hi, I installed login generator using gem. It''s installed and it''s working fine. I wanted to browse the source code of login generator installed by gem. I couldn''t find the source code anywhere. Thanks. -=- Neeraj _______________________________________________ Rails mailing list Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org

My code is like this: <%= select_time () %> 1) I would like to pass more options so that the a blank value is at the top. I tried ":include_blank => true" but it didn''t work. 2) I would like to limit the number of hours to only upto 12. With the current code the hours has value rangin from ''00'' to ''23'' 3) Would like to have

I have a wizard which consists of two pages. To keep it simple let''s say that the first page asks the user to select a state from the drop down menu. In case the user doesn''t select any state, an error message needs to be displayed. Ideally I would like to do something like this. def new selected_value = params[:addevent][:state_id] if selected_value == "-1"

Hi, I am developing on windows xp and am trying to create RSS feed for an app using RoR. How do I test my RSS feed while I am developing it. I don''t know of any feed reader that would accept localhost as the input. Thanks -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

inside controller def foo @city = City.find(@params[:id]) @city.bar = 1234 end While writing functional tests how do I ensure that the @city.bar is 1234? def test_edit get :edit, :id => 1 assert_not_nil assigns(:city) #?? how to assert that city.bar is 1234 end Thanks -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

The input values could be something like this: 01-Dec-2006 01-December-2006 1-June-2006 Is there an easy to way to get the three variables populated dd, mmm and yyyy for any of the above input values? I tried to look at regex but couldn'' anything simple. Thanks -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Kforce is currently seeking a Ruby on Rails Web Developer project in downtown Denver. The client is open to perm employee or consultants. POSITION OVERVIEW: Develop Ruby on Rails applications to extend existing platform for client''s public facing website. Environment: Mac OS X with deployment on Linux servers. RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Implement software as needed to accomplish features

I am using Ruby Feedparser and keep running into situations when a feed is valid but feedparser throws an exception - REXML::ParseException: Declarations can only occur in the doctype declaration. The following feed does validate at feedvalidator.org (with a warning, but does validate): http://www.engadget.com/rss.xml However, when I run feedparser I get this error: <REXML::ParseException:

I''m going though the paper back edition of agile development with Rails. On page #128 I encountered following lines of code: attr_accessor :password attr_accessible :name,:password What''s the difference between attr_accessor and attr_accessible? -=- Neeraj _______________________________________________ Rails mailing list

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In the page 148 of the AWD book it''s mentioned that the while testing @products and @version_control_book are automatically made available. That''s not the case with me. In my test environment I don''t get those two variables. I was wondering if anything has changed in Rails 1.1 because in the new edition of the book (AWD - edition 2) there is no mention of such

I can''t use active record or anything. I need to validate inside the controller. I thought I could use to_f in the string method. The problem is that for a value of 1.3fsfs it returns 1.0 . I thought it would be consistently 0.0 . I can get a hack around it but looking for an elegant solution. Thanks. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Let''s assume that I am trying to build an application where the user can enter invoice. In the app the user can add lines items. Each line item has decription, date, rate and hours. When the invoice screen comes up the first time I have one blank row for the line items. <tr> <th>Description</th> <th>Date</th>