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Hi all, What is best way to show only records belonging to logged user? I understand that it is better to handle this in model and not controller. I am thinking of intercepting find methods in model and add clause something like "WHERE id_user = #{user_id}". I would like to hear if you would do it likewise and if yes is it better to hack find_by_sql() or find() method? thanks in

Does anyone knows how to embed Type1 font with PDF::Writer? I read manual, tried everything but nothing seems to work (The font ''FontName'' contains a bad /BBox error on PDF). any help or hint would be really appreciated, Bojan Mihelac -- Bojan Mihelac Informatika Mihelac, Bojan Mihelac s.p. | www.informatikamihelac.com -> tools, scripts, tricks from our code lab:

Hi list, is it possible to check if form field will be required when form is submitted (through validates_presence_of or some other validates_* method)? I could do this manually but it doesn''t seems to me very DRY. For example, I would like to be able to dynamically add asterisk with some helper method if city is required here: City*: <%= text_field

I am wondering why is in creating text fields with form_helper used value_before_type_cast instead of attribute value for field value? I set rails enviroment so date fields are in european format (dd.mm.yyyy) and would like to have same format in forms, but because of value_before_type_cast is called, form fields are filled with ''yyyy-mm-dd'' or timestamp integer, etc.

Hi, is it possible to store RHTML templates or partials in database? thanks, Bojan Mihelac -- Bojan Mihelac Informatika Mihelac, Bojan Mihelac s.p. | www.informatikamihelac.com -> tools, scripts, tricks from our code lab: http://source.mihelac.org

I try to extend db:test:copy_structure task to poulate test database with some existing data everytime i run it. It seems that "after_" task is not called as should be: > namespace :db do > namespace :test do > task :after_clone_structure do > puts "after_clone_structure_to_test" > end > end > end Anyone know what I am doing wrong?

Hi all! I have ''send_status'' table which looks something like these: id code title 1 sent Sent 2 error Sending error 3 success Success Next I would like to associate some processed records with their ''send_status''. Is it better to use: 1) record.status_id = SendStatus.find(:one, :condition => "code=''sent''").id to

Hi all, In the code below I don''t understand: 1. Why I have to prepend overriden method content_columns with "self." to get it working? 2. Why column_for_attribute method is not working (no such method?) even if SomeTable is subclass of ActiveRecord::Base which have public column_for_attribute method? > class SomeTable < ActiveRecord::Base > > def

Hi all, can you recommend me which web server config to use for developing rails on windows machine. I tried webrick, which is good but it''s annoying because console window is in taskbar for every site running and it have to be started manually. Apache with CGI is to slow and using FastCGI on the other side brings me lot of problems, like randomly not working RoR sites. Any help is

Hi all, I am having problems with FCGI and Apache2 on windows. The error I often receive is 500 error code response with logs listed down. I successfully use Webrick server and CGI (very slow). I had configured apache as is described in these document: http://dema.ruby.com.br/articles/2005/08/23/taming-fastcgi-apache2-on-windows. Any suggestions? Logs: > Errno::E232 (The pipe is being

Hi all, I wander if it is possible to force reload of all ActiveRecord object''s of some class that are already loaded, something like Book.reload_all? I know that I am able to reload specific objects with reload method but I would like to reload all that are currently in memory. thanks in advance, Bojan -- Bojan Mihelac Informatika Mihelac, Bojan Mihelac s.p. |

Hi all, I am looking for some time tracking software for our small company. Does anyone knows if such project on rails exists? I need simple functionality such as recording spent time for employees and managing projects or tasks. Ideally, it would be possible to integrate it into Instiki and to some existing database. There are some other solutions, but it seems to me that RoR would be ideal

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Hello, It seems I need to restart webrick everytime I modify a module in order for my modifications to be taken into account. Is this normal and is there a workaround? Regards, -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yannick Majoros http://www.inma.ucl.ac.be/~majoros Informaticien UCL/INMA-MEMA 4, avenue G. Lema?tre B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Tel:

Hi I have justed started using Rails. How do I create a contact page. By this I mean one with a contact form etc. Thanks -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I''m looking through the api for something like find(:all, :distinct => true) so that multiple instances of a row won''t be returned - is this possible? Thanks!

I have to present german umlaute as "?" on my webpage. When writing the text within the view, everything is fine - the characters are presented correctly. When I declare variable within the controller (e.g. via flash or as a list of values for a listbox) the text is displayed with the umlaute replaced by strange characters. I assume I have to adjust the character encoding somewhere.

hi all, im using ruby FPDF to generate my pdf. the problem im facing now is i need to use some new font that is not included in basic fpdf font. then i have generated the font using the makefont.rb. but then i dont know how to define the font_path in ruby. the font work great in PHP-FPDF. Is anybody there had solved the problem im facing now. ** sorry for my english ... -- Posted via

When I do this, I store the after a successful login. user''s id in session. My controller actions pass that id into the find method @tasks = Task.find_all_by_user_id(session[:user_id]) The session would have to be hacked in order for that to be broken. It''s been secure enough for me. -----Original Message----- From: rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org

Hi, How can we trigger a JavaScript built in function from a <%= link_to %> ie. i have the below statement in my view. I want to invoke a JavaScript function on "MouseOver" of this below text (''TestingMouseOverEvents''). <%= link_to "TestingMouseOverEvents" , :controller => "login", :action => "logout"%> Note: The