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How to Merge a YAML File Into a Single Hash in Ruby
require 'yaml' # Nested YAML structure from something-nested.yml # # nested: # key: value # key_two: value_two # Procedural Approach to building a single Hash from nested YAML data structure. @yaml = YAML.load_file("something-nested...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Sample Rails Database Config for MySQL
Sample Ruby on Rails database config file for connecting to mysql. production: adapter: mysql encoding: utf8 reconnect: false database: db_production pool: 5 username: db_user password: db_password #socket: /tmp/mysql.sock #this may vary ...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How to Generate a UUID in PHP 7
Here is a little snippet for generating a UUID in PHP 7 function uuid(){ $data = random_bytes(16); $data[6] = chr(ord($data[6]) & 0x0f | 0x40); $data[8] = chr(ord($data[8]) & 0x3f | 0x80); return vsprintf('%s%s-%s-%s-%s-%s%s%s', str_...
Written by Sean Behan on 10/26/2017
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
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