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Ignoring timezones altogether in Rails and PostgreSQL

I'm dealing with dates and times in Rails and Postgres and running into this issue: The database is in UTC. The user sets a time-zone of choice in the Rails app, but it's only to be used when ...
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Best way to load module/class from lib folder in Rails 3?

Since the latest Rails 3 release is not auto-loading modules and classes from lib anymore, what would be the best way to load them? From github: A few changes were done in this commit: Do not ...
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Repairing Postgresql after upgrading to OSX 10.7 Lion

I recently upgraded to OSX 10.7, at which point my rails installation completely borked when trying to connect to the psql server. When I do it from the command line using psql -U postgres it ...
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rails error, couldn't parse YAML

After updating the gems I've got this: /home/megas/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p136/lib/ruby/1.9.1/psych.rb:148:in `parse': couldn't parse YAML at line 182 column 9 (Psych::SyntaxError) from ...
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Undefined method 'task' using Rake 0.9.0

I just updated Rake to the latest version (0.9.0.beta.4) and the rake command ends up with the following error message: rake aborted! undefined method `task' for ...
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Facebook how to check if user has liked page and show content?

I am trying to create a Facebook iFrame app. The app should first show an image and if the user likes the page, he will get access to some content. I use RoR, therefore I can't use the Facebook PhP ...
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How to disable logging of asset pipeline (sprockets) messages in Rails 3.1?

Sprockets tends to be quite verbose in the (dev) log by default under Rails 3.1 (RC1): Started GET "/assets/application.css" for 127.0.0.1 at 2011-06-10 17:30:45 -0400 Compiled ...
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Remove ActiveRecord in Rails 3

Now that Rails 3 beta is out, I thought I'd have a look at rewriting an app I have just started work on in Rails 3 beta, both to get a feel for it and get a bit of a head-start. The app uses MongoDB ...
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Build vs new in Rails 3

In the Rails 3 docs, the build method for associations is described as being the same as the new method, but with the automatic assignment of the foreign key. Straight from the docs: ...
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No route matches “/users/sign_out” devise rails 3

I've installed devise on my app and applied the following in my application.html.erb file: <div id="user_nav"> <% if user_signed_in? %> Signed in as <%= current_user.email ...
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Best way to add page specific javascript in a Rails 3 app?

Rails 3 has some unobtrusive javascript which is pretty cool. But I was wondering what the best way is to include additional JS for a particular page. For example, where I might have previously ...
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How to fix the uninitialized constant Rake::DSL problem on Heroku?

I am getting errors similar to the ones in these questions, except mine are occuring on Heroku: 2011-05-30T09:03:29+00:00 heroku[worker.1]: Starting process with command: `rake jobs:work` ...
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Can't find the 'libpq-fe.h header when trying to install pg gem on ubuntu

I am using rails 3.1 pre version. I like to use PostgreSQL but the problem is installing the pg gem. It gives me the following error: demonchand@system-001:~/exercise/personal/pro$ gem install pg ...
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Rails - Could not find a JavaScript runtime?

I created a new Rails project using rails 3.1.0.rc4 on my local machine but when I try to start the server I get: Could not find a JavaScript runtime. See here for a list of available runtimes. ...
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Devise form within a different controller

I am using a devise gem for sign_in/sign_out procedures. I generated views files from devise, using rails g devise views I saw there was a devise/sessions/new.html.erb file which contained a form ...

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