Validating Boolean Value of False in Rails
I came across a bit of a weird one this afternoon when trying to validate. Several of my fields appeared to be incorrectly flagged as not having a value. This is the…
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Errno::ECONNREFUSED in - Ruby on Rails
First problem of the morning – Errno::ECONNREFUSED in ProductsController#create. This one was actually a little bit tricky – for me anyway. The error seemed to imply…
Read postlink.smartscreen.live.com - Google Analytics Referral
Well, today I was looking through the Google Analytics overview of the WhatIBroke.com and I noticed a referral I hadn’t seen before from link.smartscreen.live.com. I…
Read postTruncating 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…
Read postAdding 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…
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