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I''m just wondering. Is there an easy way to take a hash that I have and store it in a DB text column and then read it as a hash from it again. The reason is that I have a db table called contents. But it stores all kinds of information and even data that I do not know of yet. I know I could store it inside the text column using XML or YAML or something else but then I would have to

Hi, I have a partial frame on the side of a page which shows the current users logged in (as text). Now, I would like to be able to right-click on each user''s name, and get a menu containing links such as "View Profile", "Send Message", etc. These links could open in a new window. Is this possible? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Aditya Rajgarhia

Hi, I have observers for a group of radio buttons, an observe_field for each radio button (I think its not possible to have one observe_field for a group of radio buttons). Now, the problem is that when I click on one radio button, all the observers get trigerred, so the method which the observe_field calls gets the wrong result. I just want that method to get the radio button that is

Hi, I need to observe a set of radio buttons but am having great trouble. My observe_field looks like this: <%= observe_field :user_select, :frequency => 0, :url => { :action => :admin_control } %> Now it works fine if I use a text_field like this: <%= text_field :user, :select, "size" => 20, "maxlength" => 16 %> But I want a radio button, and

Hi y''all; A quick note to announce the release of mongrel_cluster, a gem_plugin for Mongrel. This plugin provides commands for managing multiple Mongrel processes behind a reverse-proxy server and load balancer. To install: gem install mongrel_cluster Configure (use -h to options): mongrel_rails cluster::configure Start: mongrel_rails cluster::start I''ve posted a quick

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Hi, I have a javascript function that returns a value. Is it possible to store this value into a rails variable? If you really want to know the reason why I need to do such a thing, look at http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/76733. If it''s possible to store the javascript value into the rails variablem then the problem is solved. Thanks! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I have a page with a form that is longer than the page view. Yet there is no scroll bar. How can I get one? Thanks, Aditya -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi, I have a page containing 3 views (2 are partials). One of the partials needs to have a button that will clear a table called "messages" in the database. I can put a button like this "<%= button_to "Clear Messages", :action => ''clear_messages'' %>" and have the controller do "Message.delete_all". But the problem is that the

Hi, I have a javascript file for generating a menu when the user hovers over a link. These links are basically a list of logged in users. Now, in the menu I would like to have a link to "Display Profile" so that a user can view the profiles of other users. Also nice would be a picture in the menu. The problem is obviously that the javascript expects static links. But I want to

Hi, I downloaded the unobtrusive_javascript pluing from this link (http://www.lukeredpath.co.uk/index.php/2006/06/06/introducing-unobtrusive-javascript-for-rails/) since I needed to have dynamic content in javascript (for a pop-up menu). Unfortunately I have been unable to make the plugin work. I followed the instructions on the website, but for some reason the javascript doesn?t work (for

Hi, After spending a few days thinking about this problem (and trying out several ways), I can say that I have absolutely no clue on how to do the following: There is a page generated by rails that has shows a list of logged-in users. I would like to click/hover on a user''s name and get a pop-up box which contains a few links, such as "View Profile". Such menus have been