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How do I check if an entry exists before saving? Someone one told me to use the method find_or_create (or something like that) but it didn''t work because I think the version of rails that we have is not the most recent. I need a way to check if an id exists in the db before saving. Any suggestions? Thank you -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I''m thinking about signing up with DreamHost for the base Level 1 $9.95 plan. Does anyone think that''s a bad idea? I''d like to know others thoughts, and who they recommend for RoR hosting? Thanks! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi, I''m working on a web app that allows users to submit links to external sites. I''m curious if there are any special security considerations I should take aside from escaping the user input with h( )? Is it safe to directly link_to h(user_inputted_url), h(user_inputted_url) or could that be exploited in a way that I''m not thinking of. Thanks. -------------- next

I''m trying to add some executable code to my blog posts. How can I include this inside of a blog post and eval it? Charlie bowman http://www.recentrambles.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060523/a3536408/attachment.html

It was said at one time that Rails 1.1 might be released in February. Is that still likely? Thanks, Don Mc -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I''ve written my own blog (I know typo is better, but I wanted the experience of writing my own) and I want to add syntax highlighting to it. I''ve read about using the ruby gem syntax but I can''t figure out how to implement it. I''ve also wondered if it could be used in my case. How does it work when you have a long line of code but the <div> your

Hey all, Here''s the issue... I''m not entirely sure it''s even a Cache-related issue, but here it goes: I''ve deployed a Rails app onto a subdomain of my clients site... The server is running Apache2, and I''m proxying through to Lighttpd. The issue I''m having is that I''m able to add content to the site (data exists in the db), but

Hi, could someone tell me how to list and update the currently installed gems on my rails installation? Thanks in advance, -Conrad

= numbersToWords - convert your integers and floats to english or japaneese words,or translate it into american currency - This plugin was created from a solution to the ruby quiz (english numbers) by Matthew D Moss. I modified the code to work as a rails plugin and added the to_dollars method. - the to_dollars method will work with integers and floats - the to_english and to_japaneese methods

I have page caching turned on for all actions in my controller (pragmatic is it''s name). Rails will cache each actions except for one. I''ll list the three ways this action can be called. It is only cached one of the ways. Can somebody help? http://www.recentrambles.com/pragmatic/index - This will not cache httphttp://www.recentrambles.com/pragmatic This will not

Hello, does anyone know if there is a "best practice" how to implement wizard pages in RoR? I want to have multiple pages for entity editing and creation. Is there any rails plugin available? I think it would be nice to have a howto in the rails wiki or to have built-in wizard support in RoR. What do you think? Any suggestions how to implement this elegant? -- Oliver Paulus OpenPGP

Are there config files for vim that offer syntax highlighting of rjs templates? Charlie Bowman http://www.recentrambles.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060329/486c9d84/attachment.html

I''ve developed a very useful (at least to me) plugin for rails. How do I go about releasing it. I have an account with rubyforge but I don''t know how to let rails know about it. Charlie Bowman www.recentrambles.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

I''m trying to set the modified_by in my user table from the remote user name. I have htaccess set up for the rails directory but I can''t seem to get it to read the remote users name. is ENV[REMOTE_USER] the correct syntax? I searched but I can''t seem to find a definitive answer. Thank you for any help! Charlie Bowman http://www.recentrambles.com -------------- next

Can anyone point me in the direction of a good tutorial on visual effects in rails? I''ve searched and I''ve asked but I can''t seem to find any good documentation on ajax visual effects, combining of effects, or queued effects. Charlie Bowman http://www.recentrambles.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

I am currently using 2 layouts in my site. One is for the admin area. I am trying to get content in my sidebar to change depending upon the current controller. Example: Within admin I have a users controller and a articles controller. When in the users view I want the sidebar to display options (like add user delete user etc). What is the best actionview way to do this. I don''t

Anyone know of any Ruby modules which can be used to parse an HTML page ? Thanks, Wes -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Given that Rails has built in ways to do almost everything else :) , is there a way to keep view specific javascripts inside the head tag of a layout without having to include that javascript on every page? -- Marlon -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060404/65e9bb6d/attachment.html

Hi, While viewing part of a long list of records, the user may want to do a Find of a specific record (for example, find_by_name). The found record is then displayed using the list view. I''ve searched the wiki and couldn''t find a sample or information that will help directly in implementing this function. Any pointers? Thanks! gk -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I''ve been running edge rails for a while but I can''t seem to get my sessions and to be written to the rails_root/tmp folder. My sessions keep getting wrote to the servers /tmp directory. What do I need to do to get rails to use the new tmp folder? Thanks in advance Charlie Bowman www.recentrambles.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed...