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Hi there, I have a database with phonenumbers, and I want to make a function that runs a command for each of these numbers, with the number as an argument Something like this in Perl: system("/bin/command $number"); mysql> select * from numbers where list = "one" +----+----------+----------+---------------------+-----------+ | id | number | name | email

Hello All, I have a little challenge and I am not sure if this is even possible I am working on a dating/event site and few functionalities are similar that I want to centralize them. We have users which can have - favorite users - interest list - blocked users All these relations are like; User <-> Relation <-> User I was thinking I could have a class called Relation (with a

Does anyone know if it''s possible to set constraints to the size & type of file that file_column will accept? I''d like to limit to image files of less than 2MB. If this isn''t possible with file_column, is there a graceful way of getting the controller to handle it? thanks dorian -- -- I do things for love or money

Is it possible to override has_many''s :order attribute at run-time? e.g. something like: <% for category in @site.categories(:order=>''name'') %> ... <% for category in @site.categories(:order=>''rank'') %> ... thanks csn -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

is there any special requirement for validates_confirmation_of ? I am trying to make sure 2 passwords are equal (cleanly the rails way).. In my view i have two fields with id user[password] and user[password_confirmation]. in the model i have validates_confirmation_of :password, :message =>"Passwords do not match " Am i missing something here ? thanks adam

Hi all, I''m using Capistrano and SVN to version control and deploy, but I''m not sure what to do about my images directory. I use file_column and RMagick to save images to the disk under a model called "Image", and they''re saved in public/image/... etc. Each time I deploy a new version, my image folder doesn''t exist anymore. I don''t want

I tried putting this inside my controller: def goodbye @link = Link_to "goodbye!", :action =>"goodbye" end and display it in my views calling the @link variable. Of course it doesn''t work. Why? Thanks -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hello everybody, I have been developing small applications in Rails from quite some time. But lately, I came across a bug which I have not been able to correct. If anybody could help me with it, would be of great help thankyou. Actually, the problem is that I have a form in my application with some set of fields. Now what "validates_presence_of" should do is that if I submit the form

I am just going through the book and I come across a problem with the code in the app/models: validates_format_of :image_url, :with => %r{^http:.+\.(gif|jpg|png)$}i, :message => "must be a URL for a GIF, JPG, or PNG image" It seems to moan when it''s empty even though I removed :image_url from validates_presence_of. How should I make it optional?

I have a project under Subversion, deployed by Capistrano. When it is deployed, obviously I need to deploy "real" copies of database.yml, deploy.rb, and maybe a couple of other files. But if I offer it for public checkout, I obviously do not want these files as part of the checked out code. What''s the best way to handle this? --Al Evans -- Posted via

How can I get mt RJS template to accept a variable as the ID value? Doing this works: page.replace_html ''1'', "some text..." This does not: page.replace_html @employee.id, "some text..." Looked and searched but little documentation at the mo especially in RDocs. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

So I am now able to set/upload an image to my app using file_column, with a little bit of a change to the code. I can change the image using an Edit page, but I''m trying to figure out what to do if the user wants to remove the image. I tried adding a Remove Image link in my list, but I''m not sure what to do in the remove_image method in my controller. I tried setting the

I just installed RoR on my server and I can access it using port 3000, but it''s not very nice to have it in the URL. How can I hide the port from the URL? Thanks, -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hello all, I use lighttpd 1.4.8 and I have a problem with image uploads. I tried file_upload plugin, but it is strangely working sometimes and refuse to work sometimes. Function in the controller is (@user is loaded in before_filter) def update_watermark @user.watermark = params[:user][:watermark] @user.save redirect_to :action => "index" end Model is

Hi all - I''d like to implement a lookup table in my app that contains some reference data, just some status codes and their descriptions. What''s the most appropriate approach according to the "rails way" of doing things? Would I just implement a has_many relationship? Let''s say these are Order status codes, would the StatusCode have many Orders? This

Hello guys, I am building a photo website and I have some questions before I really start programming the site. My system will be Debian + lighttpd + mysql +fastcgi + ImageMagick I plan to use file_column for image handling/verification and thumbnail creation. My question is; I need to store images in a place outside of webroot so only registered members can see them. To serve them secure

Hi, which is the best way to upload an image, keep that and also make a thumbnail? The images should not be stored in the database, but as normal image files in a specific directory. I think that for the thumbnail i should use rmagick, but for the upload ? (something which work with and without javascript, in every browser) Thanks :) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi, I want to allow the downloading of specific file only to authorized user, lets say an MPEG. where do I start? ;-) Thx, Dor. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I am disappointed about the (seeming) lack of Unicode support in Rails. Is there a howto about working the most important limitations? For example, figuring out the length of an entered word: "???".length() will return 6, not 3. So if there is a maximum number of characters a user is allowed to enter, this won''t work as it should -- it treats strings as byte arrays instead

What is the equivalent of the WHERE SQL condition in rails? I''m thinkin this could be something like: <% for product in @products where category="1" %> but obviously the syntax is wrong. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.