Just do: gem ‘mysql2’, ‘~> 0.3.18’ this gem works with rails version 4.x.x if install gem ‘mysql2’, ‘~> 0.4.0’ it produces gem load error and causes compatibility issues
You can add false to the save method to skip the validations if you want. User.new({:email => “guy@gmail.com”, :roles => [“admin”], :password => “111111”, :password_confirmation => “111111” }).save(false) Otherwise I’d do this User.create!({:email => “guy@gmail.com”, :roles => [“admin”], :password => “111111”, :password_confirmation => “111111” }) If you have confirmable module enabled for devise, make sure … Read more
%r{} is equivalent to the /…/ notation, but allows you to have “https://stackoverflow.com/” in your regexp without having to escape them: %r{/home/user} is equivalent to: /\/home\/user/ This is only a syntax commodity, for legibility. Edit: Note that you can use almost any non-alphabetic character pair instead of ‘{}’. These variants work just as well: %r!/home/user! … Read more
I’ve updated this answer to reflect modern conventions in capybara. I think this is ideal since this is the accepted answer, and what many people are being referred to when looking for a solution. With that said, the correct way to check the current path is to use the has_current_path? matcher provided by Capybara, as … Read more
You can use fixture_file_upload method to test file uploading: Put your test file in “{Rails.root}/spec/fixtures/files” directory before :each do @file = fixture_file_upload(‘files/test_lic.xml’, ‘text/xml’) end it “can upload a license” do post :uploadLicense, :upload => @file response.should be_success end In case you were expecting the file in the form of params[‘upload’][‘datafile’] it “can upload a license” … Read more
You should do: <%= f.hidden_field :service, :value => “test” %> hidden_field expects a hash as a second argument
The build method signature is different for has_one and has_many associations. class User < ActiveRecord::Base has_one :profile has_many :messages end The build syntax for has_many association: user.messages.build The build syntax for has_one association: user.build_profile # this will work user.profile.build # this will throw error Read the has_one association documentation for more details.
If it is just avoiding the exception you are worried about, the “find_all_by..” family of functions works without throwing exceptions. Comment.find_all_by_id([2, 3, 5]) will work even if some of the ids don’t exist. This works in the user.comments.find_all_by_id(potentially_nonexistent_ids) case as well. Update: Rails 4 Comment.where(id: [2, 3, 5])
I think you want to turn any given URL string into a HASH? You can try http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/cgi/rdoc/classes/CGI.html#M000075 require ‘cgi’ CGI::parse(‘param1=value1¶m2=value2¶m3=value3’) returns {“param1″=>[“value1”], “param2″=>[“value2”], “param3″=>[“value3”]}
Are you using Heroku? Heroku will inject plugins in Rails 3.x applications .. To avoid this injection in Rails 3, include the rails_12factor gem in your application. (Heroku Ruby Support 2013-10-26) The rails_12factor gem is also required in rails 4. If this gem is not present in your application, you will receive a warning while … Read more