[Rails] Re: Re: active record question

2010-07-09 Thread RailsFan Radha
Thanks michael. the link helps to understand .reject. thanks again To get a clear pic, is the .all here truely a syntax error or typo or is it correct? self.questions.reject{|q| q.nil?}.all can anyone clarify. - thanks, radha. Michael Pavling wrote: On 9 July 2010 03:08, RailsFan Radha li

[Rails] Re: Re: show action - restrict manual url change from user to view

2010-07-09 Thread RailsFan Radha
wrote: On 9 July 2010 03:35, RailsFan Radha li...@ruby-forum.com wrote: What is this named_scope. You have provided a very good example, but still.. Try googling for named_scope. It will provide many useful links. Did you not think of that yourself? Google is generally much quicker than

[Rails] Re: Re: How do you deploy RoR? Newb alert!

2010-07-08 Thread RailsFan Radha
Excellent Ulises. Thanks for this listing. I think this will be helpful to everyone. Ulises Ramirez-Roche wrote: The .gitignore file should be created in the root directory of your rails project. It tells git which files to ignore when looking at files to commit, for whatever reason. So

[Rails] Re: active record question

2010-07-08 Thread RailsFan Radha
I come from a db world. Can someone interpret this please, self.questions.reject{|q| q.nil?}.all I'm overwhelmed by the syntax in the second line, self.questions.reject{|q| q.nil?}.all def needed_questions self.questions.reject{|q| q.nil?}.all end something like that. i can somewhat

[Rails] Re: show action - restrict manual url change from user to view

2010-07-08 Thread RailsFan Radha
is this named_scope. You have provided a very good example, but still.. I'm sure all gurus are aware of it, i see it recommended by several ppl. thanks in advance. radha Matt Jones wrote: On Jun 28, 10:36�pm, RailsFan Radha li...@ruby-forum.com wrote: Active/inactive are set via status column in category

[Rails] Re: Second App in localhost

2010-07-02 Thread RailsFan Radha
on the road to developing two different rails apps in my local machine) - thanks, radha. Robert Walker wrote: RailsFan Radha wrote: Env: In VirtualBox / Ubuntu Lucid / current stable version of Ruby on Rails / Apache2 / Passenger I wouldn't consider this question on-topic for this forum

[Rails] Re: Re: Second App in localhost

2010-07-02 Thread RailsFan Radha
I have this apache2/passenger / rails stable version stack running in ubuntu. Do u think i could change to mongrel_rails now ? Michael Pavling wrote: On 2 July 2010 21:42, RailsFan Radha li...@ruby-forum.com wrote: yes, this is purely for local development purposes only. Of course, when I

[Rails] Re: Re: Second App in localhost

2010-07-02 Thread RailsFan Radha
Update: I have only couple of sample rails apps running in this stack. How easy/tough it is to switch from apache2/passenger to mongrel rails? thanks, radha RailsFan Radha wrote: I have this apache2/passenger / rails stable version stack running in ubuntu. Do u think i could change

[Rails] Re: How do you deploy RoR? Newb alert!

2010-07-02 Thread RailsFan Radha
.gitignore seems to be really cool. but where is this? what is the path for this file .gitignore? should this be created manually or is it present as part of git install? I have git installed and couldn't find this file in /home/myuser/myrailsapp/.git -thanks Jeremy wrote: Just don't check

[Rails] Re: Re: MySQL not Connected ...... *pull hair*

2010-07-02 Thread RailsFan Radha
Hopefully your answer is in this thread. http://forums.aptana.com/viewtopic.php?f=20t=7563p=27407hilit=libmysql.dll#p27407 one quick q: did u install mysql after installing ror ? -thanks Dave Digital wrote: I'm able to log in to MySQL and CRUD databases easily with PHPMyAdmin. WAMP on

[Rails] Re: Re: MySQL not Connected ...... *pull hair*

2010-07-02 Thread RailsFan Radha
) - restart MySQL server src: http://forums.aptana.com/viewtopic.php?f=20t=7563p=27407hilit=libmysql.dll#p27407 RailsFan Radha wrote: Hopefully your answer is in this thread. http://forums.aptana.com/viewtopic.php?f=20t=7563p=27407hilit=libmysql.dll#p27407 one quick q: did u install mysql after

[Rails] Re: Re: MySQL not Connected ...... *pull hair*

2010-07-02 Thread RailsFan Radha
looks like the link didn't get thru.. here it is http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/svn/trunk/InstantRails-win/InstantRails/mysql/bin/libmySQL.dll RailsFan Radha wrote: Update to the post: Since the error says cannot find mysql client, follow these... - download older MySQL client library

[Rails] Re: Re: list using a sql statement

2010-07-01 Thread RailsFan Radha
Colin Law wrote: On 29 June 2010 03:19, RailsFan Radha li...@ruby-forum.com wrote: � def list �def self.find_active_categories � � �find_by_sql(SELECT * from category � � � � � where status = 'A') � � �order by category_id ) �end Don't use find_by_sql unless absolutely necessary

[Rails] Re: Re: list using a sql statement

2010-07-01 Thread RailsFan Radha
to view all categories? thanks, radha RailsFan Radha wrote: Colin Law wrote: On 29 June 2010 03:19, RailsFan Radha li...@ruby-forum.com wrote: � def list �def self.find_active_categories � � �find_by_sql(SELECT * from category � � � � � where status = 'A') � � �order by category_id

[Rails] Q on P331 in SimpleRails2 book

2010-07-01 Thread RailsFan Radha
If anyone has read the book, Sitepoint Simply Rails 2 book. then... here is my mind breaking q: Page 331 - Join Model Relationship: He has User Model, Story Model and Votes Model in the sample scenario which he is walking through in this book. User can write many stories. So, User

[Rails] Re: Re: list using a sql statement

2010-07-01 Thread RailsFan Radha
thanks Marnen. this is exactly what i as looking for. Your answer is informative and it explains why i should avoid writing sqls in it. thanks again. -radha. Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: RailsFan Radha wrote: [...] What is the bext practice in this case? (Yes, I always want to show

[Rails] Re: check for new record?

2010-07-01 Thread RailsFan Radha
I just read this from the Simply Rails 2 book model.new_record? If it is not yet saved, will return true. If saved, will return false. Excerpt from this book: From the Rails console, let’s create this Story class, and an instance of the class called story, by entering these commands: class

[Rails] Re: check for new record?

2010-07-01 Thread RailsFan Radha
i'm trying to see if any would return false in your case, as the record already exists for update. stumbled upon this: https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/1219-new_record-not-set-when-using-joins let me know if there is any clue here? (assert ?) badnaam wrote: Well so

[Rails] Re: active record question

2010-07-01 Thread RailsFan Radha
You could either use the find_by_sql method or the :joins method. (As someone has stated earlier that avoid find_by_sql for performance and maintanence reasons) sample sql to put in find_by_sql in your model select question_id from responses r1 where not exists (select question_id from

[Rails] Second App in localhost

2010-07-01 Thread RailsFan Radha
Env: In VirtualBox / Ubuntu Lucid / current stable version of Ruby on Rails / Apache2 / Passenger I have one app called firstapp hosted in my localhost I think i added one entry to apache2.conf file to view this app from the browser. So, now i can access this from the browser 127.0.0.1:3000

[Rails] Re: Second App in localhost

2010-07-01 Thread RailsFan Radha
Ofcourse, my firstapp and secondapp (both) are ruby on rails apps. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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-t...@googlegroups.com. To

[Rails] Re: commenting in new.erb template file

2010-06-28 Thread RailsFan Radha
ssmithstone wrote: change !-- %= collection_select(:book,:subject_id,@subjects,:id,:name) %/ p -- to %#= collection_select(:book,:subject_id,@subjects,:id,:name) % thanks for all . thanks rajeev and hassan and michael. thanks MicahelPavling, santosh, axelsef and ssmithstone. special

[Rails] list using a sql statement

2010-06-28 Thread RailsFan Radha
I have a table called category and i want to show only the records where status = A in my list.erb currently, my list.erb shows all records from category table. but, i would like to show only the records where status = 'A' for example: select * frm category where status = 'A' the idea behind

[Rails] Re: list using a sql statement

2010-06-28 Thread RailsFan Radha
RailsFan Radha wrote: I have a table called category and i want to show only the records where status = A in my list.erb currently, my list.erb shows all records from category table. but, i would like to show only the records where status = 'A' for example: select * frm category where

[Rails] Re: list using a sql statement

2010-06-28 Thread RailsFan Radha
Does this mean, that always create a method and call that in the controller? Even for find(:all) ? Is this the best practice? - thanks, radha -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Ruby on Rails: Talk group.

[Rails] Adding a new project to git

2010-06-28 Thread RailsFan Radha
I would like to put this in some sort of version control for source control as well as for easy deployment when i am ready for hosting. So, please let me know, which is the post popular one git or sub version? most probably, i will be hosting in dreamhost. If it is git, then what are the steps

[Rails] show action - restrict manual url change from user to view

2010-06-28 Thread RailsFan Radha
This is show action in my category controller. # Show --- def show # @category=Category.find(params[:category_id]) @category=Category.find(params[:category_id]) end show action - restrict manual url change from user to view the inactive records. Active/inactive are set via

[Rails] Re: Adding a new project to git

2010-06-28 Thread RailsFan Radha
Jason Michael wrote: there are git irc channels and mailing lists and books and web sites and tutorials. This is a ruby on rails resource. my new app is in ruby on rails. -thanks -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[Rails] Re: Re: Re: My First Ruby App

2010-06-27 Thread RailsFan Radha
I should have removed the quoted text in the previous posts too. Just realized it. -- I posted this last night. somehow , i don't see it here. so resposting this fourth update, which is purely for delete action and this completed CRUD pages setup. Fourth update to this

[Rails] Re: commenting in new.erb template file

2010-06-27 Thread RailsFan Radha
Ugis Ozols wrote: Can you post categories controller new action content? here is this: though the erb is called as new.erb. the action in the controller is named as create def create @category = Category.new(params[:category]) if @category.save redirect_to :action =

[Rails] Re: commenting in new.erb template file

2010-06-27 Thread RailsFan Radha
here is the full content of category_controller.rb -- class CategoryController ApplicationController def index # List all categories list render:action='list' end #--- List-- def list #

[Rails] Re: commenting in new.erb template file

2010-06-27 Thread RailsFan Radha
Just thought of giving a bit moe info: So, i added these two lines back into new.erb and reproduced this error. here is the exact error message: --- NoMethodError in Category#new Showing app/views/category/new.erb where line #14 raised: You

[Rails] Re: My First Ruby App

2010-06-26 Thread RailsFan Radha
Hi Murali, This is excatly what i want! (Looks like my trip to tirupati got answered) Murali Tirupati wrote: Hi Radha, As per the details given by you, you want to run the application with out using the database migrations and Rake command, provided by the ROR. Yes! You have your own

[Rails] Re: Re: Re: My First Ruby App

2010-06-26 Thread RailsFan Radha
ruby script/server If you have data or you do not want to delete them put the new fields in table which you want to create and then You have to define other fields in in you MVC separately that brings a lot of pain for you On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:08 PM, RailsFan Radha li...@ruby

[Rails] Re: Re: My First Ruby App

2010-06-26 Thread RailsFan Radha
googled doc) given this scenario, if this is an existing db, how could we create the CRUD pages for this without doing migration. thanks radha Hassan Schroeder wrote: On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 10:35 AM, RailsFan Radha li...@ruby-forum.com wrote: �I have just got a simple db and has been

[Rails] Re: Re: My First Ruby App

2010-06-26 Thread RailsFan Radha
: Hi Radha, My id is sumud...@gmail.com, you can send me the desired requirements, I will guide you how can you achieve this. On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:05 PM, RailsFan Radha li...@ruby-forum.comwrote: As per the details given by you, you want to run the application with Thanks a ton

[Rails] Re: Re: Re: My First Ruby App

2010-06-26 Thread RailsFan Radha
Hassan Schroeder wrote: On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:56 AM, RailsFan Radha li...@ruby-forum.com wrote: given this scenario, if this is an existing db, how could we create the CRUD pages for this without doing migration. There's an active_scaffold plugin that (I believe) replicates the old

[Rails] Re: Re: Re: My First Ruby App

2010-06-26 Thread RailsFan Radha
RailsFan Radha wrote: Hassan Schroeder wrote: On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:56 AM, RailsFan Radha li...@ruby-forum.com wrote: given this scenario, if this is an existing db, how could we create the CRUD pages for this without doing migration. There's an active_scaffold plugin that (I

[Rails] commenting in new.erb template file

2010-06-26 Thread RailsFan Radha
app/views/category/new.erb In this file , i have two line like this !-- plabel for=book_subjectSubject/label: -- !-- %= collection_select(:book,:subject_id,@subjects,:id,:name) %/p -- But, if these two lines are present , i get an error saying you have an unexpected nil error

[Rails] Re: Re: Re: My First Ruby App

2010-06-26 Thread RailsFan Radha
RailsFan Radha wrote: RailsFan Radha wrote: Hassan Schroeder wrote: On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:56 AM, RailsFan Radha li...@ruby-forum.com wrote: given this scenario, if this is an existing db, how could we create the CRUD pages for this without doing migration. There's

[Rails] Re: Re: Re: My First Ruby App

2010-06-26 Thread RailsFan Radha
RailsFan Radha wrote: RailsFan Radha wrote: RailsFan Radha wrote: Hassan Schroeder wrote: On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:56 AM, RailsFan Radha li...@ruby-forum.com wrote: given this scenario, if this is an existing db, how could we create the CRUD pages for this without doing migration

[Rails] Re: My First Ruby App

2010-06-25 Thread RailsFan Radha
kannav rajeev wrote: Thanks for helping.. here is my comments. hey radha please explain what you need actually if you trying to making a rough apps write down the table field here migrattion tell to create or you i am not sure of what you mean by write down the table field here. do u mean

[Rails] Re: Re: My First Ruby App

2010-06-25 Thread RailsFan Radha
and username and password for accessing the database were discussed in database.yml not in routes.rb * On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 6:06 PM, RailsFan Radha li...@ruby-forum.comwrote: do u mean in the scaffold command or write here? user_modified varchar(45) 2) datatype specification