Take advantage of the named_scope method in your models and make find queries simple and beautiful! #app/models/comment.rb class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :post named_scope :pending, :conditions => ["pending = ?", true] named_scope :...

In the view there is a regular Rails form and a javascript function that will be triggered when the country select field is changed. The javascript function will make an ajax request to the country_select url with the country code passed as the id variabl...

Here are a few snippets for cross database queries. It's important to note that you must be explicit in enumerating the columns and types you are querying. Otherwise, things will probably not work as expected. -- enable extension create extension db...

Sometimes you want to see JSON from the command line. I'm sure there are better tools for the job, but here is a little snippet you can throw in your ~/.bash_profile. function json { curl -s "$1" | python -mjson.tool; } Usage json https://g...

After installing Ruby Enterprise Edition, REE, and Passenger on Ubuntu you may see this error message when you run script/console for the first time ./script/console production # => Loading production environment (Rails 2.3.5) Rails requires RubyGems >=...