Nested Has_one Relationship with Fields_for and Attr_accessible in Model Class
To make child attributes accessible to your model through a nested forms (Rails 2.3) you'll need to add the "#{child_class}_attributes" to the attr_accessible method in your parent class. If you don't use attr_accessible in your parent model (you would do...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Using to_sentence method on an Array in Ruby on Rails
Member.all.collect {|member| member.firstname}.to_sentence
=> "Alex, Andy, and Sean"
Declare separator and the connector
Member.all.collect {|member| member.firstname}.to_sentence(
:connector => "and last but not least,",
:skip_last_comma => tr...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How to Render Partials with an Underscore in Sinatra
Sinatra doesn't have a method for rendering partials. It defers to the template language of your choice. For instance, if you're using ERB, it's as simple as
erb :'path/to/partial'
Rails has a nice convention of using an underscore to mark file...
Written by Sean Behan on 10/13/2013
Manage Sinatra Server in Development Mode with Shotgun
Sinatra won't reload your files. So if you're developing your app and want to see any changes made in the browser, install the shotgun gem.
gem install shotgun
You can then use shotgun to run your server
shotgun your_sinatra_ditty.rb
Presto, your ditt...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How to Resolve ERROR 1396 (HY000): Operation CREATE USER failed for Error in MySQL
If you run into this error when trying to create a user in mysql, chances are you already have this user account created.
create user 'someuser'@'localhost' identified by 'somepassword';
ERROR 1396 (HY000): Operation CREATE USER failed for 'someuser...
Written by Sean Behan on 03/02/2017
