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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

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 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/.

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

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, 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''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

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 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, 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, I was wander if anyone can tell based on self expirience what would be limitations for rails app regard shared hosting. For example on PHP/MySql db driven app on shared hosting can handle 1000 users a day without problems. I know there are many factors involved but would like to hear your thoughts, when would you upgrade and if you would deploy rails app on shared hosting at all. thanks

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

When displaying a date field using a text_field object, is it possible to specify how the date will be formatted? <%= text_field ''item'', ''created_at'', {:class=>"text-input", :size=>18, :disabled=> true} produces 2006-07-07 12:00:00 I would like to reformat it to something like 07/07/2006 12:00pm -- Posted via

I''ve tried Time.parse() and DateTime.parse() but they interpret the date as US format. Is there any way to tell it to interpret as dd/mm/yyyy? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi all, Is there any standard plugin available for date validations, email address validation & url validations in rails? Thanks in advance, Medha. -- If not you then who..... If not now then when...... ----------------------------------------------------- With Best Regards, Medha. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

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

hi. i currently have tyop setup on a shared rails hosting server. my problem is that the ''links'' on my blog site are not ''active''. the home page is fine, but when you try to click on the menu, the buttons take you nowhere. but when I start webbrick, the site then becomes fully functional. any ideas? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.