how to add github to gem repository

gem sources -a http://gems.github.com

How to dynamically insert html code with Javascript and Rails

somePage.html.erb

<%= text_field("myObjectName", "someAttribute", "onchange" => "calculateMyVar()") %>

When the user moves out of the text field, the javascript will be called.

<% if @myVar.nil? %>

<% else %>
<%= @myVar %>
<% end %>

Notice that, in order for this to work the value between the td tags is empty. If you have some dynamic output tag as shown in the else section then the javascript will not work. The above code will work for new and edit cases.

Include the following javascript within the head section of the html.erb file.

function calculateMyVar()
{
var f1 = document.getElementById('field1').value;
var f2 = document.getElementById('field2').value;
document.getElementById('myVar').innerHTML = f1 - f2
}

Rails Documentation Bug for Time extension

If you have a table with an attribute of type :time then to access the minutes, use min method. There is no minute or minutes method on Time extension object in ActiveSupport.

You can list all the methods available by: myActiveRecordObject.game_time.methods.sort

How to format date in US format in Rails

ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Date::Conversions::DATE_FORMATS[:default]='%m/%d/%Y'

How to replace space with comma in sed

test.txt :

Bugs Bunny
Daffy Duck

cat test.txt | sed -e 's/[ ]/,/g'

outputs:

Bugs, Bunny
Daffy, Duck

cat test.txt | sed -e 's/[ ]/,/g' | sed 's/$/,/'
will append comma to the end as well, so:

Bugs, Bunny,
Daffy, Duck,