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I''m trying to generate a "page slug" i.e. a url sanitized id from some text in my model that I want to be saved into the database and I''m not seeing how I can do it. The closest I''ve come to getting this to work has been... class Page < ActiveRecord::Base attr :name before_save :generate_slug def generate_slug self.slug = self.name.gsub

One of my models has a column that is updated very frequently from a separate process, so it is important that when a record is saved in rails, this column should be left alone. In the update method of the controller I have: @record = MyModel.find(params[:id]) @record.update_attributes(params[:my_model]) params[:my_model] doesn''t have a reference to the column I''m talking

Hi, I have some problems with an application where I''m using custom accessors to do currency conversions. In my model, I have a price attribute in the database that stores the value in cents, to avoid future problems with float arithmetic and round. But at the views, I would like to show the price in euros, with decimal for the cents. So I defined a new attribute called price_in_euros,

Hi! I''m new to Rails! Rails rox! 1 quesion so far: I have :email attribute in User model. I dont'' want :email to allow to be updated. How do i do this with Rails? Do I have to implement required validation manually? Thanks! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails:

In a belongs_to association, is there a way to tell if the associated object was newly created? Hopefully this will explain my question: A Firm class declares has_many<http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActiveRecord/Associations/ClassMethods.html#M000530>:clients and a client class declares

Hi all, Is there a way to invoke validations at times other than save, create and update? I know that I can do this by writing my own validation checks using errors.add_[blah], but I''d like to leverage the existing validation code. What I have is two sets of fields in a record, set A and set B. Both sets must be validated on record create. However, the trouble is that after

i have a problem with the datetime format of rails. i am unable to save a dataset to the db. here''s the error message -- the original error message was in german, so i translated it -- i get: DBI::DatabaseError: Execute OLE error code:80040E07 in Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server Couldn''t convert a char-Datatype to datetime HRESULT error code:0x80020009

Greetings! I''m attempting to use the act_as_versioned plugin to provide versioning functionality for my rails app, but can''t think my way through this: How can you use act_as_versioned to perform versioning on a HABTM join table? It is easy to see how to do so for join models (:has_many :through) but not so for the join table. I want to use act_as_versioned to maintain

A person has a many company_branches and A company_branch has many people. This join is represented using a "contacts" table. I am using a legacy schema so i am forced into using non-standard rails primary keys. I am using the new through relationship in rails 1.1. p=Person.find(1) b=p.company_branches # gives this error: ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: OCIError: ORA-00904:

I have started to get the error message "wrong number of arguments (1 for 0)" since I upgraded to Gusty Gibbon. I am new to ROR so I have no clue. This is the code that was running def create @user = User.new(params[:user]) if @user.save flash[:notice] = ''User was successfully created.'' redirect_to :action => ''list'' else

hi all, i''m learning rspec and i can''t figure out how to test if a callback is executed in a model. my model code is: class User < ActiveRecord::Base before_save :encrypt_password ... def encrypt(password) self.class.encrypt(password, salt) end thanks a lot, cs. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I have one form in which i enter Person data and Employee Data. A Person and Employee model are used. I am using a legacy schema, so this is forced. How do i use save the data while using rails form validation?? I only want both models to save if they both save. Controller : This odviously doesnt work: def create_employee_and_person employee = Employee.new(params[:employee]) person =

According to the book, @timesheets["first_timesheet"] should be accesible from within my functional test, but its not! Timesheets.yml : first_timesheet: status: 2 start_date: 2006-04-24 cost: 10 employee: 444 id: 10683 charge: 20 My Test : class AdminTimesheetsControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase fixtures :timesheets def test_viewTimesheet get

Is there any way of executing a full sql script, and not just one statement? You can do this: ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("insert into batches (name) values ''name''") but not this: ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("insert into batches (name) values ''name''; "insert into batches (name) values

I''ve used putty to SSH in to our solaris system as root: Here is what happens when i try to install rails: # gem install rails -include-dependencies -p http://saiproxy:3128 Attempting local installation of ''rails'' Local gem file not found: rails*.gem Attempting remote installation of ''rails'' Successfully installed rails-1.0.0 So my question is why

I am unable to get ActiveRecord session support to work under 2.x against a SQL Server database. I''m starting to wonder if anyone is running 2.x against SQL Server? Is anyone running under the following configuration: Rails 2.x SQL Server 2000 DB (using AR adapter in ODBC mode) AR store for ActionController session store. I''d like to chat with you if you are. Thanks, Wes --

We spent a big chunk of yesterday hunting down a strange bug in one of our rails apps and created a test project to try out different theories on what was going on. The result so far is a very small test case app that perfectly reproduces the problem. The question is, is there anything *wrong* with what we''re doing here, or is it a problem with ActiveRecord? We''re on rails

ALl my controllers require the user to be logged in. SO they will be redirected to my "login" controller. How do i login first in a functional test? Im assuming i use the setup method to login the controller. This is the setup method for the Activities controller functional test: def setup @controller = ActivitiesController.new @request =

I have a user model and a status model. Each user has a specific status (accepted, rejected, declined, etc). I have a form that allows the adminstrator to change certain options for a user, including their status. I''m using a drop down menu populated with the different status values, and a default option that says "Choose a new status" with a value of "". I want to

Hello, How can I save an ActiveRecord without trigger before_save, after_save, etc? Thanks for the help. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group,