Date and Time Helpers in Rails
Just for reference http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/DateHelper.html#M001695
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Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Gem Information with Gem List
If you want to get version information about a gem the easiest way to do it is with this command
gem list
For example
gem list activemerchant
will output the activemerchant versions I have installed. You can pass only part of the name like
gem list ...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How To Fix ActiveRecord::ConnectionTimeoutError with Sinatra
If you get this error message
ActiveRecord::ConnectionTimeoutError could not obtain a database connection within 5.000 seconds (waited 5.001 seconds)
Try closing the connection after each request using "after" in Sintara.
# app.rb
after { A...
Written by Sean Behan on 11/09/2013
Installing Ruby with RVM without Xcode using CLANG
I am not using the full Xcode package on my laptop. Instead I'm using the command line tools, offered by Apple as a separate and much smaller install. I haven't had too many issues, aside from not being able to use the FileMerge program that ships with ...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/24/2012
Using the PHP Mail Function with Additional Headers
Pass a fourth parameter to the mail() function with the header information.
<?php
$to = "jane@example.com";
$subject = "Hello World!";
$body = "This will be sent from email-addr@example.com";
$headers = "From: email-addr@example.com\r\nX-Mailer: php";...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
