Truncating a String within a View - Ruby on Rails
Another quick post, just on how to truncate a string within a view. I used the following in order to ensure that my order_item title is never longer than 100…
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Adding a Link Within a Flash Notice/Message - Ruby on Rails
I came across an instance where I needed to add a link to flash notice tonight. Manually creating a hyperlink seems to work fine, however I was chasing a rubyish way…
Read postCustom Form Submit Button Text - Ruby on Rails
Just a quick post on how to set the text of a form submit button. By default, the tag will appear as follows: In order to change the text all you have to do is the…
Read postError 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE) - Ruby on Rails
I managed to break my app again while playing around with the routes and a few redirects: No data received Unable to load the webpage because the server sent no data.…
Read postNo HTTP_REFERER was set in the request to this action, so redirect_to :back could not be called successfully
Well, I’ve managed to break my app again today – getting the following error message: ActionController::RedirectBackError in OrdersController#new No HTTP_REFERER was…
Read postPassing Variables to a Partial from a View - Ruby on Rails
Just another one of those things that I find myself needing to do from time to time. Luckily this is all pretty straight forward (thankyou Ruby on Rails!). Assuming…
Read postValidation Error Messages not Displaying - Ruby on Rails
Just another quick problem I ran into, the validation was indicating that an error had occurred however it did not show what the error was: 1 error prohibited this…
Read postHow to View a Table's Structure - Sqlite3
Just a quick post on how to view a table’s structure in SQLite3. Again, not something I’ve broken yet – more something I seem to keep forgetting. Simply start Sqlite:…
Read postPlacing Multiple Button_To on the Same Line - Ruby on Rails
This is a problem that had me confused for an embarrassingly long time. Rails wraps button_to elements within a form and a div. Unfortunately this will take up 100%…
Read postRails Server - Address Already in Use
Well, looks like the first thing I’ve managed to break today is WEBrick – a web server for ruby on rails. The general idea behind the error message appears to be that…
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