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HTML and Ruby templates used in ruby-on-rails.
Action View is the View part of mvc for ruby-on-rails, and is a part of the Ruby-On-Rails Action Pack.
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ruby on rails: ActionView::Template::Error (no implicit conversion of Bignum into String) when use form_for
I have a problem with form_for on Ruby on Rails, using Ruby 2.0 and Rails 4.0.0.
I followed this tutorial, everything went perfect until i added the form_for. When I open the sign up page, it throws:
Completed 500 Internal Server Error in…
Manuel
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rails/ruby - how to rescue ActionView::TemplateError
i am testing an application built with rails and from time to time get bugs
when it happens, ActionView::TemplateError occurs and gets logged in log/production.log
how do i catch it and f.ex. send myself by email whenever it happens somewhere in the…
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Is it possible to get a list of available layouts in rails (including those from engines)?
I'm allowing admins to choose a different layout for their page. Right now it's just a text input and they type the name in. This means they have to know the name in advance.
If they make a typo it would raise an exception, so I am checking the…
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Rails 2 Render ERb template in controller?
This code in the controller
av = ActionView::Base.new(Rails::Configuration.new.view_path)
av.extend ApplicationHelper
content = av.render(:file => "show", :locals => { :user => @user })
and the show.html.erb have the link_to helper , operation…
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Rendering a CSV sends a file (as if I used send_data) instead of rendering a text
The following code returns me a people.csv file instead of rendering a text. If I am not using respond_to block and simply render a text, the browser works as expected. What forces the browser to send data in a file? The mime-type is 'text/csv', as…
Alexei Danchenkov
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How do you spec an overridden Rails 3 FormHelper?
I have overridden the standard Rails FormHelper to get it to spit form elements out in our (pretty much Bootstrap-based) format (after http://www.likeawritingdesk.com/posts/very-custom-form-builders-in-rails).
It works fine, but it is difficult to…
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ActionView::Template::Error (highcharts.js isn't precompiled):
my app on heroku shows this error:
ActionView::Template::Error (highcharts.js isn't precompiled):
I tried two solutions I found on internet
config.assets.initialize_on_precompile = false
and
config.assets.compile = true
I read a post (I don't…
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How to get number with precision in a controller in rails
See this question. An answer points out that you can include ActionView::Helpers::NumberHelper in order to get the number_with_precision method to work in your controllers. This is also described as a bad practice. I am working on exporting data…
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MissingTemplate : Render partial in Rails 3.2.3
Hi I am new to Ruby on Rails and I am following Michael Hartl's book online.
In Partials section of his book. The code he used to render partial was <%= render 'layouts/stylesheets' %>
but I get this error.
I read the API and tried this <%=render…
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Show missing I18n translations in views
As stated in ActionView's documentation, the t view helper in Rails automatically mangles missing translations. Eg:
irb> helper.t('words.foo_bar')
=> "Foo…
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'Called id for nil' when accessing collection elements in a view
I've got some really weird stuff happening.
In a view, I'm populating a collection like this:
<% foo_options = Bar.find(f.object.bar_id).supplier_contracts.collect(&:foo).uniq.compact : [] %>
This is a collection of ActiveRecord models.
EDIT: This…
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Launching a file using ACTION_VIEW Intent Action
I have the following code to launch a file :
try {
path = fileJsonObject.getString("filePath");
if (path.indexOf("/") == 0) {
path = path.substring(1, path.length());
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Rendering ActionView without Rails for testing
How can I test my ActionView extensions (e.g. a new helper) without using full Rails stack?
I use RSpec, so I have somehow to render a template from my /spec/views/ folder from spec_helper.rb. What is the best way to do that?
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Ruby on Rails links
I have an instance with a description:
instance = Object.new
instance.description = 'Google'
Then in the view, I display it using
= sanitize(instance.description)
It displays the link correct but when I hover over the…
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