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Yesterday I got the beta version of ROR recipes book and the recipes are great. For those of you still thinking about it, I highly recommend the book. The only thing I wish is that if there were some more recipes (greedy me), especially AJAX related and installing an application within your current application. For instance, it will be great to see how one can implement the typo blog

I''m using Rails Recipes to create a login form but instead of username and password, my setup is firstname, lastname, password. I seemed to be gramatically challenged and not sure how to set up the parameter list. Can anyone offer up a suggestion. The book shows the method starting like: if request.post? user = User.find(:first, :conditions => [''username = ?'' ,

I can''t see how to use variables so I am using console to test things out... clients table - a column named first_name My very brief console session... >> clients = Client.find_by_sql("select * from clients where first_name = FN") ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: RuntimeError: ERROR C42703 Mcolumn "fn" does not exist Fparse_expr.c L1034

Hi .. (I seem to be having some problems getting my posts to the list for some reason. Sorry if you see this as a repost). A conceptual question this time. I have the relation: member (m)---(1) member_type The schema looks something like this (simplified + PGSQL) create table member_types ( id serial, info varchar( 20 ) not null, primary key( id

I am having trouble getting error_messages_for to work. My controller(relevant parts) looks like def configure @account = session[:account] @user = User.new end def add_new_user_to_account @user = User.new(params[:user]) if @user.valid? session[:account].users << @user end redirect_to :action=> ''configure'' end end and my

I''m trying to create a form where a collection is created, using the example from the Rails 0.9.5 weblog posting: http://weblog.rubyonrails.com/archives/2005/01/26/rails-095-a-world-of- fixes-and-tweaks/ I''m having a bit of trouble. The controller currently looks like this: class StudentController < ApplicationController def new render_text @params.inspect

I can''t figure out why I am getting a failure. It renders out fine in the browser. <h1>New member</h1> <%= error_messages_for :member %> <% form_for(:member, :url => members_path) do |f| %> <fieldset> <legend>Member Info</legend> <p><label for="member[first_name]">First Name:</label> <%=

Currently I have a registration form that is built like this: <label for="First name">First name</label> <%= text_field "user", "first_name" %><br> <label for="Last name">Last name</label> <%= text_field "user", "last_name" %><br> <label for="Email">Email</label>

I''ve searched and searched and searched again, and I cannot find any help with this problem. There''s an identical problem on this forum, but it was never resolved. I''ll try to re-open the subject with a bit more information. Problem: The form_remote_tag() method in my "list" view is not passing the params[] hash of the values stored within my form.

I am having trouble rendering a partial called ''names'' through a submit tag located within that partial. The form data is saving with my current code. However, the existing data is not loading into the form and the partial is not being re-rendered upon submission to reveal the changes to this data.What might I do to fix this? show.rhtml <%= javascript_include_tag :defaults

I have a form with about 30+ fields, which the client is wanting to separate into 3 pages/steps - just wondering what is the best way to go about this, specifically remembering data entered, from one page to another, and making sure the various bits of data are validated correclty, error messages outputted etc etc... is there a best practice method for doing this? -- Posted via

I have the text_field_with_auto_complete woking on my user DB using last_name. so looking for ''ivanoff'' works great, but I can''t find ''john''. Plus I like to have ''last_name, first_name'' show up in the dropdown. what I can''t figure out is how to concat first_name and last_name to make a name and use that to look it. working

Hi .. A conceptual question this time. I have the relation: member (m)---(1) member_type The schema looks something like this (simplified + PGSQL) create table member_types ( id serial, info varchar( 20 ) not null, primary key( id ) ); create table members ( id serial, first_name varchar( 100 ) not null,

Trying to use Eric''s help and Amy Hoy''s page of playing with auto_complete and decided that the script/console is the place to rapidly test. I have this feeling that CONCAT isn''t working for postgresql... c = find_by_sql(SELECT * FROM clients WHERE CONCAT (first_name,middle_initial,last_name) = "johnadams") ^ (irb):61:

I added a new column using a migration. Once I updated the new.html.erb, edit.html.erb, show.html.erb, and the index.html.erb I brought up my web pages. There was a field to update show. I tried the update and the it was successful but the update did not show up in any of the other pages. What did I miss? I am using 2.3.3 of ror.

I am sitting with the Agile book on my desk and scratching my head at the discussion on aggregation - perhaps that isn''t what I need. I have a db called clients. fields include - first_name middle_initial last_name I want to combine them all into one name element in a list view. I can add/edit the fields separately but in the list view, I only want the one combo field. Is there a

Hi .. I am getting started with RoR and having fun :-) So, my problem is how to integrate the static and dynamic sides of the site I am making. I have a standard look-and-feel, the usual stuff, graphic header, left sidebar with menu, content in the centre. Some pages are static -- main page, contact, that kind of thing -- and some are dynamic, such as the admin pages. My problem is I

I had a similar problem yesterday. I would go to the root of my site and I would get a Too Many Redirects message. It seems like there was an infinite loop. After struggling for over an hour yesterday late at night, it seemed like I fixed it. But now, when I want to create a New User, it''s redirecting me to the Sign In screen. Seems like I didn''t fix the problem completely. I

I am working on writing a search method where a user can type a string of words and I return all the objects that have fields that match all of the words in one or a combination of fields. Person first_name last_name Pet name Person has_many :pets I want to write some SQL so that if I search for "Tony AAAA" I will get all the people who have Tony and AAA either in their

I simply can''t figure this out. I have been reading and re-reading Agile book and wiki.rubyonrails.org - all sorts of validation methods and still, it doesn''t work. Controller code def create @client = Client.new(params[:client]) if @client.save! flash[:notice] = ''Client was successfully created.'' redirect_to :action =>