Notes posted by schmidt

@ssoroka and @drova and future readers

I guess these two have already found a solution, but future readers might have not. index and references do not map perfectly

change_table :foo do |t|
  t.references :bar
  t.index      :bar_id
end

references gets the model name while index gets the column name.

Not working in create_table

When using the index method within a create_table statement, it does not have any side effect - at least not in MySQL.

create_table :comment do |t|
  t.belongs_to :post

  t.timestamps

  # not working inside create_table !
  t.index :post_id
end

It is working properly in change_table though

change_table :comment do |t|
  t.belongs_to :user

  # this works inside change_table
  t.index :user_id
end

Unfortunately this flaw is not reported in any way. The index is just not created.

I have only tested this with the mysql2 driver in Rails 2.3.x. I’m not sure, if this happens in other versions/adapters as well.

Set ids when using a collection of values (cont.)

Concerning greeneggs614’s post:

The following version would be a bit more intention revealing while providing the same output:

<% Car.each do |c| %>
  <%= check_box_tag "car_ids[]", c.id, :id => "car_ids_#{c.id}" %>
<% end %>

Setting a custom Content type

The given example seems to be broken. The :mime_type option as well as the [] access on the Mime::Type class are both not working.

The following code allows the custom setting of content types as intended by the original example:

class  PostsController < ActionController::Base
  def show
     @post = Post.find(params[:id])

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html
      format.ics { render :text => post.to_ics, :content_type => Mime::Type.lookup("text/calendar")  }
      format.xml { render :xml => @people.to_xml }
    end
  end
end

Using global $! to address exception

@noxyu3m: Your code is actually syntactically wrong. The global is called $!

Your code should have been:

def create
  @model = Model.new(params[:model)
  @model.save!
rescue
  logger.error($!.to_s)
end

Although I would prefer

def create
  @model = Model.new(params[:model)
  @model.save!
rescue ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid
  logger.error($!.to_s)
end

to only catch expected exceptions, just like the documentation proposed.