the interactive, command-line interface to the Ruby-based Rails framework. The Rails console allows developers to interact directly with their application without using a browser.
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Rails: saving record from console with Timezone
I created a new object and saved the same through the console. I noticed that created_at and updated_at columns were in GMT format but when I do a Time.now in my console I get the time in my time zone. How can save my records from the console with…

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Rails 2.3.14 - to_datetime returns UTC time
I have a following issue - I'm not using config.time_zone, so it should default to my server time zone (if I understand it correctly).
And in my rails console when I do something like
'Oct 12, 2012'.to_datetime
it returns
Fri, 12 Oct 2012…

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Validation works in the browser but doesn't work in the console. Why?
I have the following custom validation:
app/validators/clock_able_validator.rb
class ClockAbleValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
def validate(record)
time_tracker = time_tracker(record)
error_location =…

Marius Pop
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how to use rails-console to manage multiple applications in Cloudfoundry
I have 2 applications hosted on Cloudfoundry. when i created the first application. i used vmc rails-console app1 to manage it and it worked perfectly. then i added the second application and try to connect to rails-console by vmc rails-console app2…

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rails dbconsole drops me into my 'test' database
For some reason, when I run rails dbconsole command, it brings up my test database. I think that I must have some file misconfigured. I don't even know where to start looking to correct this. Its really annoying.

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Cloudfoundry - Can not access database when using vmc rails-console
I have deployed a rails application (using rails 3.2.3. ruby 1.9.2), it's up and running and everything is working. Then I tried to manage it using rails console, as vmc rails-console myapp. The console can be connected but when I issue a command…

sufish
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how to replace null by value of an attribute in rails console
I'm writing a redmine plugin where model is Allissue. I added two attributes project_name and create_date. First, I added column project_name and assigned them some values. Second, I added one more column created_date for which values become null as…

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Unitialized constant error in rails console vs. irb using a Mechanize wrapper
First question from a fundamental level - What is the meaning of an un-initialized constant error in Ruby? I come from an objective-c background, if that helps provide some context.
Secondly, I am running a rake task in rails that is throwing the…

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Rails 3: Undefined method after adapting existing sqlite db
In rails console doing User.first and Post.first works fine. Post.first.user works fine but User.first.posts gives me an Undefined method error
The models:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :role :user_email, :user_name
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RSpec results and Rails Console behaving differently
Here is my Lesson model:
before_create :set_sequence
def set_sequence
maxseq = Lesson.where(:course_id => self.course_id).maximum("sequence")
if (maxseq.nil?)
maxseq = 0
end
self.sequence = maxseq + 1
end
when I run rspec the following…

Rajesh Bhatia
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Ruby on Rails - how to invoke a ruby class from console?
I have this class:
module App
module Tools
module Pollers
class Kpi
...
I am in the rails console and I am trying to do something like this:
x = App::Tools::Pollers::Kpi.new
The system does not give an error, but it doesn't do…

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Difference between memory and database calls
Ok, my main problem on my first project was speed. I don't know which is which, between memory and database calls. I have two questions:
How can I differentiate a database call from a memory call (if that's how its called)?
I had encountered an…

Rafael Perea
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Rails Console requiring Factory Girl fails
I know that FactoryGirl has been deprecated in favor of FactoryBot, but we haven't yet updated our code, so we are still using FactoryGirl. Regardless, requiring FactoryGirl in the Rails Console should work, but it isnt'.
The gem is included…

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How to print JSON object in browser console, using ruby controller?
I want to print a JSON object in the browser's console, I searched a lot but I din't find any appropriate result.
Here is my ruby controller:
class ScheduleTime < ApplicationController
available_schedule = ScheduleTimeSlot.where(:doctor_id =>…

Vishal Nagda
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