# Rails **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby-on-rails/6.md?page=707 [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:** 708 --- ## [Webrat step to go to view](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webrat-step-to-go-to-view/183826)
**Author:** [@Learn\_by\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Learn_by_D)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webrat-step-to-go-to-view/183826 "2010-02-21T05:13:55Z")
I am trying to make webrat step just go to /controller/view url . I have the following, but it takes a full URL. How can I make it to take only the relative path containing only /controller/view. Thanks. When /^I… --- ## [Mp3 player](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mp3-player/183819)
**Author:** [@resident\_moron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/resident_moron)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mp3-player/183819 "2010-02-21T01:37:58Z")
Looking for a good mp3 player to integrate into a rails app. Any suggestions? --- ## [Question about Bundler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-bundler/183813)
**Author:** [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-bundler/183813 "2010-02-21T00:16:33Z")
Trying to understand how to think of Bundler in terms of what I already know about using rubygems in Rails up until now. Am I right in thinking that “bundler install” does the same thing that “raks gems:install” did b… --- ## [Rails3 validator - has no error message?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails3-validator-has-no-error-message/183792)
**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails3-validator-has-no-error-message/183792 "2010-02-21T00:04:15Z")
Hey So I can create validations like this: validates :title, :presence =\> true, :uniqueness =\> true, :length =\> { :maximum =\> 100 } BUT I cannot use “:message=\>‘blah blah’” … ? I am stuck with the default “is invali… --- ## [Formhelper password\_field only takes two arguments](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formhelper-password-field-only-takes-two-arguments/183784)
**Author:** [@ralphshnelvar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ralphshnelvar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formhelper-password-field-only-takes-two-arguments/183784 "2010-02-20T23:13:56Z")
When I look at the docs, password\_field seems to take 3 arguments. So when I 'play around" with things and I attempt to pass three arguments to password\_field … I get an error saying that it only takes two parameters … --- ## [Segmentation fault](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/segmentation-fault/183814)
**Author:** [@MJFuzz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MJFuzz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/segmentation-fault/183814 "2010-02-20T22:55:47Z")
Anyone ever see this issue with Mongrel on Fedora ? Server seems to crash randomly… /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active\_support/ dependencies.rb:313: \[BUG\] Segmentation fault ruby 1.8.6 (2009… --- ## [JavaScript and cookies](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascript-and-cookies/183670)
**Author:** [@DanC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/DanC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascript-and-cookies/183670 "2010-02-20T22:39:24Z")
Hi, My app has a series of sidebar menus that are getting a bit long and I’d like to compact them into an optional dropdown. I know how to do a simple show/hide action, but I’d like to use cookies to store the user p… --- ## [Looking for a small database testing application](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/looking-for-a-small-database-testing-application/183812)
**Author:** [@vfclists](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vfclists)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/looking-for-a-small-database-testing-application/183812 "2010-02-20T22:29:27Z")
I keep getting an error when I try to run a redmine installation. This is what comes up. .gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active\_record/connection\_adapters/ mysql\_adapter.rb:589:in \`real\_connect’: Can’t connect to lo… --- ## [Advanced use of to\_xml and to\_json](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/advanced-use-of-to-xml-and-to-json/183807)
**Author:** [@camilleroux](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/camilleroux)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/advanced-use-of-to-xml-and-to-json/183807 "2010-02-20T20:00:47Z")
Hello, I’m working on a Rails app which has a REST API. I manage two formats JSON and XML. Very often to simplify the use if the API, I’m making includes. But when you add params to to\_json and to\_xml like :only, :ex… --- ## [Rails and decimals problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-and-decimals-problem/183767)
**Author:** [@fipa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fipa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-and-decimals-problem/183767 "2010-02-20T18:39:49Z")
Hi, I was working on a plugin to enhance ActiveRecord’s models so that it’s easy to handle decimal numbers and store them as integers. I was dynamically creating instance methods to output the formatted attribute (14… --- ## [\[rails-3.0beta\] Problems with routing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-3-0beta-problems-with-routing/183810)
**Author:** [@Andreas\_Happe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Andreas_Happe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-3-0beta-problems-with-routing/183810 "2010-02-20T18:10:10Z")
Hi, I’m in the progress of converting an existing Rails 2.3.5 to Rail 3.0- beta and experiencing some problems. By now I can start the console through “rails console”, database access etc. works. Alas invoking “rails… --- ## [How to describe a decimal field in Rails scaffolding](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-describe-a-decimal-field-in-rails-scaffolding/183800)
**Author:** [@nfv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nfv)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-describe-a-decimal-field-in-rails-scaffolding/183800 "2010-02-20T18:09:35Z")
Hi, Can anyone explain how to use decimals in Rails scaffolding ? When I enter the scaffold command : ruby script/generate scaffold payment amount:decimal, :precision =\> 10, :scale =\> 2 event:string datum:date nothi… --- ## [Create custom validation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/create-custom-validation/183803)
**Author:** [@aldoitalo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aldoitalo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/create-custom-validation/183803 "2010-02-20T16:48:49Z")
hi, i created a validation to prevent users to write text uppercase in my fields, i have writing the code on my class model like this: ##################### validate :detect\_uppercase\_title, :detect\_uppercase\_descript… --- ## [How to render a partal after form load](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-render-a-partal-after-form-load/183798)
**Author:** [@newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/newb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-render-a-partal-after-form-load/183798 "2010-02-20T15:54:22Z")
\<% @departmentinfo = Department.find\_all\_by\_company\_id( @user.company\_id, :order =\> "department\_name ASC" ) %\> \<%= render( :partial =\> 'departments', :object =\> @departmentinfo, :locals =\> { :userinfo =\> @user } )… --- ## [Running script/server leads to executing incorrect version of initalizer.rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-script-server-leads-to-executing-incorrect-version-of-initalizer-rb/183801)
**Author:** [@RichardOnRails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RichardOnRails)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-script-server-leads-to-executing-incorrect-version-of-initalizer-rb/183801 "2010-02-20T15:37:24Z")
Hi All, When I run ruby script/server, I get the error message: K:/\_Utilities/ruby186-26\_rc2/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.3/ lib/initializer.rb:328:in send': undefined methodsession=’ for ActionController::B… --- ## [Script/server reference wrong version of initializer.rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-server-reference-wrong-version-of-initializer-rb/183791)
**Author:** [@RichardOnRails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RichardOnRails)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-server-reference-wrong-version-of-initializer-rb/183791 "2010-02-20T15:34:28Z")
Hi All, In my Rails app RTS, I specify: RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION = ‘2.3.5’ in \\RTS\\config\\environment.rb I have no Windows environment variable named RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION When I run ruby script/server, I get the error messag… --- ## [Faceted Navigation & Search](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/faceted-navigation-search/183660)
**Author:** [@johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnnybutler7)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/faceted-navigation-search/183660 "2010-02-20T12:20:10Z")
All, I need an amazon like menu system so you can drill down categories, price ranges, etc etc until you eventually find what you want. Then what i would like is a direct link to this product so if you send it to a … --- ## [Url\_helper mail\_to escapes @ as %40 in cc and bcc elements](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/url-helper-mail-to-escapes-as-40-in-cc-and-bcc-elements/183797)
**Author:** [@neil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/neil)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/url-helper-mail-to-escapes-as-40-in-cc-and-bcc-elements/183797 "2010-02-20T12:19:00Z")
I’ve run into an annoying inconsistency between the mail\_to method’s documentation and its implementation. This would be an easy fix if the documentation was incorrect, but it seems that the implementation is the one… --- ## [DateTime format](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/datetime-format/183673)
**Author:** [@amabdelsalam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amabdelsalam)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 11:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/datetime-format/183673 "2010-02-20T11:39:12Z")
Hello, I have an application which stores date in DateTime format, and displays it as long format, for example: November, 4, 2009 I want to extract month name and year only from the DateTime format to display it as: … --- ## [Change field name of select\_day, select\_month](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/change-field-name-of-select-day-select-month/183710)
**Author:** [@ang89](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ang89)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 10:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/change-field-name-of-select-day-select-month/183710 "2010-02-20T10:48:17Z")
Hi there, Functions like select\_day, select\_month, or select\_year by defaults have a field name of “date\[day\]”, “date\[month\]”, and “date\[year\]” respectively. Well, I want to change it to be as simply as “day”, “month… --- ## [Weird gsub behaviour](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-gsub-behaviour/183739)
**Author:** [@stevo84](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stevo84)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 8:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-gsub-behaviour/183739 "2010-02-20T08:48:20Z")
ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) str = ‘&123’ puts “abc”.gsub(“b”, str) puts “abc”.gsub(“b”, “#{str}”) puts “abc”.gsub(“b”, str.to\_s) puts “abc”.gsub(“b”, ‘&123’) puts “abc”.gsub(“b”, “&123”) ruby test.rb … --- ## [What's the latest reliable version of Rails 2?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-latest-reliable-version-of-rails-2/183781)
**Author:** [@RichardOnRails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RichardOnRails)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-latest-reliable-version-of-rails-2/183781 "2010-02-20T04:05:41Z")
Hi, I just installed Rails 2.3.5 over Ruby 1.8.6 When I try to bring up Webrick now, I get: K:/\_Utilities/ruby186-26\_rc2/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb: 827:in \`report\_activate\_error’: RubyGem version error:… --- ## [First time rails install, help with gems/rake](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-time-rails-install-help-with-gems-rake/183776)
**Author:** [@danwoods](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danwoods)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-time-rails-install-help-with-gems-rake/183776 "2010-02-20T02:53:40Z")
Hello all, I just did a first time ruby enterprise edition, installed some gems, and now I’m trying to do a ’ sudo ./rake gems:install’ and getting a: rake aborted! No Rakefile found error. Firstly, what directory… --- ## [Error: undefined method for nil:NilClass](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-undefined-method-for-nil-nilclass/183785)
**Author:** [@jeff-k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff-k)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-undefined-method-for-nil-nilclass/183785 "2010-02-20T01:53:55Z")
When I test functionals, I get the following error: test\_should\_display\_index(AlertsControllerTest): ActionView::TemplateError: undefined method \`name' for nil:NilClass On line #9 of app/views/alerts/index.html.erb … --- ## [Debugger stopped working](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugger-stopped-working/183783)
**Author:** [@acreadinglist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/acreadinglist)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugger-stopped-working/183783 "2010-02-20T01:07:44Z")
script/server --debug and script/server --debugger lead to an error. Despite just uninstalling and reinstalling rails and ruby-debug. It worked 3 days ago. :~/Workspace/my\_app$ sudo gem1.8 install rails Successful… --- ## [Can't run script/console on with rails 2.3.5](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-run-script-console-on-with-rails-2-3-5/183706)
**Author:** [@soroe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/soroe)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-run-script-console-on-with-rails-2-3-5/183706 "2010-02-20T00:34:13Z")
Hey Guys, When I try to start up the console, I get the following to stdout: $ script/console Loading development environment (Rails 2.3.5) /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb:271:in \`require\_… --- ## [Escaping URL on routes.rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/escaping-url-on-routes-rb/183762)
**Author:** [@Marcos\_Placona](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Marcos_Placona)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/escaping-url-on-routes-rb/183762 "2010-02-20T00:27:20Z")
Hi, this is my first time posting anything here, and I’d like to make you aware that I’m quite a newbie myself, so if this is a dull question, I’d like to offer my excuses. I’m working on this restful project of mine,… --- ## [Env: ruby1.9: No such file or directory - FIX](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/env-ruby1-9-no-such-file-or-directory-fix/183779)
**Author:** [@Kristian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kristian)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/env-ruby1-9-no-such-file-or-directory-fix/183779 "2010-02-20T00:03:56Z")
In the root of a rails 3 app: $ rails env: ruby1.9: No such file or directory $ script/rails env: ruby1.9: No such file or directory $ script/rails generate env: ruby1.9: No such file or directory $ ruby -v ruby … --- ## [You are being redirected](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/you-are-being-redirected/183775)
**Author:** [@byrnejb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/byrnejb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/you-are-being-redirected/183775 "2010-02-19T21:22:57Z")
I have done something to my application controller so that instead of the redirected page itself am now seeing this as a response: You are being redirected. I do not know why this is happening or what I did to trigger … --- ## [Jobs $3000 usd referral for ruby developer in beijing to $120,000 usd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jobs-3000-usd-referral-for-ruby-developer-in-beijing-to-120-000-usd/183735)
**Author:** [@Kevin\_Cure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kevin_Cure)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jobs-3000-usd-referral-for-ruby-developer-in-beijing-to-120-000-usd/183735 "2010-02-19T20:49:35Z")
I hope all is going well for everyone as we move deeper into 2010. I am looking for a referral for a Ruby/ROR developer for a multinational startup in Beijing. Can be relocated from anywhere in the world. I am payi… [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby-on-rails/6.md?page=706) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby-on-rails/6.md?page=708)