# Rails **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby-on-rails/6.md?page=1650 [Latest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.ruby-forum.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.ruby-forum.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1651 --- ## [GoDaddy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/godaddy/118445)
**Author:** [@snantz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/snantz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/godaddy/118445 "2007-10-27T01:09:29Z")
So I’m stillllll trying to get my app up and running on Godaddy. I get the rails welcome page which is odd since I have deleted all the index pages that I can find. I’m beginning to think that this is a routes issue? … --- ## [How do I determine the used rails version from within Ruby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-determine-the-used-rails-version-from-within-ruby/92436)
**Author:** [@Sebastian\_Winkler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sebastian_Winkler)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-determine-the-used-rails-version-from-within-ruby/92436 "2007-10-26T23:48:25Z")
How do I determine the used rails version from within Ruby? --- ## [2 questions: redirect and form fields](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/2-questions-redirect-and-form-fields/118115)
**Author:** [@elle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/elle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/2-questions-redirect-and-form-fields/118115 "2007-10-26T23:46:53Z")
Just three quick questions: when a user logs in, how do you redirect her to the last page they were on? what do most use for a form field that lists all the states in a certain country? when you create a form, the de… --- ## [Mailer question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailer-question/118431)
**Author:** [@elle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/elle)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailer-question/118431 "2007-10-26T23:25:50Z")
Hi, If I already have a Mailer class with a contact\_message method for an enquiry form, can I use the same Mailer, just add methods to it if I want to send a confirmation email when an order i splaced? or should I cr… --- ## [Standalone ActiveRecord application can't find ActiveRecord](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/standalone-activerecord-application-cant-find-activerecord/118440)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Gagne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jim_Gagne)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/standalone-activerecord-application-cant-find-activerecord/118440 "2007-10-26T23:23:29Z")
I need a standalone script to load models every two hours from an external source. I copied code from the original Ruby on Rails (RoR) application that works fine. The problem is that on my system, even the simplest r… --- ## [Redirecting with flash errors](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redirecting-with-flash-errors/118340)
**Author:** [@michael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/michael)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redirecting-with-flash-errors/118340 "2007-10-26T22:00:23Z")
Hey, I have two controllers: accounts\_controller and profile\_controller. Whenever a user is updating information in their profile, they can do so from an accounts controller action, which gets posted to the profile c… --- ## [Image\_science broken on leopard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-science-broken-on-leopard/118433)
**Author:** [@wickie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wickie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-science-broken-on-leopard/118433 "2007-10-26T21:38:06Z")
Does anyone know how to contact the image\_science folks? In any case, it appears image\_science is broken on leopard. After fighting a bit with the Makefile for FreeImage, I have been able to compile it successfully. A… --- ## [How to test a function not a action on controller on ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-test-a-function-not-a-action-on-controller-on-ruby/118370)
**Author:** [@OnRails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/OnRails)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-test-a-function-not-a-action-on-controller-on-ruby/118370 "2007-10-26T20:17:55Z")
Hi, everyone, How to test a function not a action on controller test on ruby? like this: def namesomeone ( firstname, lastname) some codes end how to test this function namesomeone. who knows, please tell me, Than… --- ## [Stylesheet\_link\_tag, javascript\_include\_tag - food for thought](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stylesheet-link-tag-javascript-include-tag-food-for-thought/118426)
**Author:** [@kyle\_n](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kyle_n)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stylesheet-link-tag-javascript-include-tag-food-for-thought/118426 "2007-10-26T19:56:48Z")
stylesheet\_link\_tag and javascript\_include\_tag both have a very handy hash options generator at the end of the files. ie: def stylesheet\_link\_tag(\*sources) options = sources.last.is\_a?(Hash) ? sources.pop.stringify\_… --- ## [Post\_via\_redirect - testing problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/post-via-redirect-testing-problem/118417)
**Author:** [@cmaxvv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cmaxvv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/post-via-redirect-testing-problem/118417 "2007-10-26T19:13:52Z")
I’ve got an integration test that’s failing but i can’t work out why: Here’s the action being tested - in case anyone recognises it, it’s based on the Depot app in Agile Web Dev with Rails. def checkout @in\_checkout … --- ## [Copy a unique row to another table](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/copy-a-unique-row-to-another-table/118410)
**Author:** [@inriz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/inriz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/copy-a-unique-row-to-another-table/118410 "2007-10-26T18:06:15Z")
hello list, ive got a simple problem of copying a row to another table the to tables have enough identical columns, so i used the attributes hash of my object to get less work with it the my piece of code for that d… --- ## [Symlink etc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symlink-etc/118409)
**Author:** [@cyrille](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cyrille)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symlink-etc/118409 "2007-10-26T17:48:31Z")
I’m really new to Ruby so have patientce. I got this instruction from my web host: “Put application catalog outside public\_html and then create a symlink from myapp/public catalog to public\_html/myapp so it will be ac… --- ## [Composite Keys on RESTful Routes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/composite-keys-on-restful-routes/118406)
**Author:** [@brianb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brianb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/composite-keys-on-restful-routes/118406 "2007-10-26T17:37:01Z")
I am building an app with existing controllers/actions, using traditional rails routes. I recently started moving over to RESTful routes and have hit a snag. Now I am reconsidering my whole effort and may go back to… --- ## [Loser question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loser-question/118336)
**Author:** [@pedz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pedz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loser-question/118336 "2007-10-26T17:23:19Z")
Ok. I’m a loser. I’ve been told and warned. But I still got bit. If I do: irb(main):001:0\> GOLF = \[ 1, 2, 3\] =\> \[1, 2, 3\] irb(main):002:0\> g = GOLF =\> \[1, 2, 3\] irb(main):003:0\> g \<\< 4 =\> \[1, 2, 3, 4\] irb(main… --- ## [Remote\_form\_for](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/remote-form-for/118392)
**Author:** [@martijn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/martijn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/remote-form-for/118392 "2007-10-26T16:58:22Z")
Dear all, I’m having problems with a hidden form field in remote\_form\_for. When I remove the comment on the second line of the code (see below), I get the error: undefined method \`merge’ for 1:Fixnum 1 is the user.i… --- ## [Apache+fcgi is out, apache+mongrel is in](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-fcgi-is-out-apache-mongrel-is-in/118381)
**Author:** [@mgreenly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mgreenly)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-fcgi-is-out-apache-mongrel-is-in/118381 "2007-10-26T16:22:37Z")
I’m switching from apache fcgi (which actually corrupts my server’s memory, which causes some interesting results… none good) to apache mongrel\_cluster. I have this in my apache config file: \ **Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/limiting-size-of-output-field/118353 "2007-10-26T15:57:28Z") Hi! I have a really stupid/simple question. How do you go about limiting the size of a field for the output? For example, I have a field that says… \<%= response.description %\> in my list.rhtml file. However, the… --- ## [How to use javascript in rhtml](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-javascript-in-rhtml/196502)
**Author:** [@advait](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/advait)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-javascript-in-rhtml/196502 "2007-10-26T15:09:37Z")
hello, I needed to know a javascript function which I can use for focusing my cursor on the first text field of a given page. That is as soon as I load a page, my cursor should start blinking in the first text field … --- ## [Dynamic Finders and Count](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamic-finders-and-count/118383)
**Author:** [@lordbyte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lordbyte)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamic-finders-and-count/118383 "2007-10-26T13:32:22Z")
Hi! I have a (hopefully) simple problem, but just don’t get the idea how to implement it in rails. There are two classes, one for users and one for comments. A user has\_many comments and each comment belongs\_to user. … --- ## [Where to put this to have access from everywhere](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-put-this-to-have-access-from-everywhere/118387)
**Author:** [@jawosis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jawosis)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 1:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-put-this-to-have-access-from-everywhere/118387 "2007-10-26T13:07:47Z")
I have this class Pic \< ActiveRecord::Base def self.active\_pics find(:all, :conditions =\> \[“thumbnail is NULL AND active = 1”\]) end end in my pic.rb model file. I have an area on my site which uses a different lay… --- ## [Validate\_presence\_of radio button selected?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validate-presence-of-radio-button-selected/118386)
**Author:** [@mgiorno](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mgiorno)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 12:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validate-presence-of-radio-button-selected/118386 "2007-10-26T12:44:29Z")
Hi, I’m trying to force a user to pick one of several options, but validate\_presence\_of doesn’t seem to work on my radio buttons. Has anyone else had this problem? ##Model validates\_presence\_of :category\_id ##View … --- ## [Eager loading associations with ordering](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eager-loading-associations-with-ordering/118379)
**Author:** [@arvliet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/arvliet)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 11:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eager-loading-associations-with-ordering/118379 "2007-10-26T11:49:47Z")
This was a sneaky bug that I managed to track down in my code… I hope it helps someone. I first thought this might be a shortcoming or a bug in Rails but I’m not really sure where the fault lies: I guess it’s just an … --- ## [Captcha Validation fails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/captcha-validation-fails/118368)
**Author:** [@Bala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bala)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 10:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/captcha-validation-fails/118368 "2007-10-26T10:55:23Z")
Hello Experts, I’ve done Captcha validation for model, when i try to save, captcha validation fails Did anyone has this problem? plz help me guys. regards, Bala --- ## [How do you use form helpers with nested objects?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-you-use-form-helpers-with-nested-objects/118063)
**Author:** [@avramd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/avramd)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 9:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-you-use-form-helpers-with-nested-objects/118063 "2007-10-26T09:17:21Z")
Hello, I have a form which contains a table that users fill in. The table data will not be going into the form’s own object, but into a series of objects (one per row) via a has\_man :through relationship. I can’t fig… --- ## [Custom method in Application Controller](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/custom-method-in-application-controller/118364)
**Author:** [@mifi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mifi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/custom-method-in-application-controller/118364 "2007-10-26T05:43:55Z")
Hi All, I took this idea Christian Hellsten and Jarkko L.'s “Beginning Ruby on Rails E-Commerce”. Here is the situation. I will be using the “options\_from\_collection\_for\_select” and “collection\_select” form helper … --- ## [Appending to a textarea with RJS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/appending-to-a-textarea-with-rjs/118359)
**Author:** [@johnhutch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnhutch)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/appending-to-a-textarea-with-rjs/118359 "2007-10-26T05:05:58Z")
Ok, this is driving me nuts. I’m trying to RJS some text into a text\_area which may or may not have been written in by the user. if I page.insert\_html :before, :after, :top, or :bottom, it either sticks the contents a… --- ## [Report generation in rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/report-generation-in-rails/118287)
**Author:** [@abhi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/abhi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 4:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/report-generation-in-rails/118287 "2007-10-26T04:54:52Z")
Hi, I am using MySql . I there any option in ror as in c# and MS Sql that I can generate reports from my application. Like MS sql is having reporting services thru which we can generate customized report and c# is ha… --- ## [How Do I: Avoid an Infinite Loop using Before Save and After Save?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-avoid-an-infinite-loop-using-before-save-and-after-save/118356)
**Author:** [@dark-omen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dark-omen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 2:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-avoid-an-infinite-loop-using-before-save-and-after-save/118356 "2007-10-26T02:59:10Z")
I have an entity that looks something like this: journal author\_first\_name author\_last\_name journal\_name journal\_email\_address where journal\_name = author\_first\_name + ’ ’ + author\_last\_name journal\_email\_address… --- ## [Find - group - postgres](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-group-postgres/118351)
**Author:** [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-group-postgres/118351 "2007-10-26T00:00:23Z")
I am not sure that this is entirely a rails question as I am trying to run the command in postgres and I am getting the same error… controller code… @client\_slot\_count = ClientSlotsDaily.find(:all, :conditions =\>… --- ## [Acts\_as\_conference keynoters announced!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-conference-keynoters-announced/196504)
**Author:** [@inari](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/inari)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-conference-keynoters-announced/196504 "2007-10-25T22:47:14Z")
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