Comments for Cameron Stitt

Comment on LINQ to SQL by Cameron

Cameron — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:58:04 +0000

I will have to try it out. So far I have found no major problems with LINQ2SQL and therefore haven’t felt the need to move away from it. Maybe if I try ADO.Net I will be convinced otherwise. Thanks for the recommendation.

Comment on LINQ to SQL by Adam

Adam — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:18:11 +0000

You should have a look at the ADO.NET Entity Framework. While LINQ2SQL is still supported, the Entity Framework is Microsoft’s flagship data access framework.

Comment on Authlogic Issues With Rails 3 by Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:38:34 +0000

the simplest solution is to include ActiveModel modules for conversion and naming:
class UserSession < Authlogic::Session::Base
include ActiveModel::Conversion
extend ActiveModel::Naming

def persisted?
false
end
end

see Railscast #219 http://railscasts.com/episodes/219-active-model

Comment on Date Selection for Ruby on Rails by Sara

Sara — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 02:25:11 +0000

OMG! You are so right and I am so glad that it isn’t just me. I am new to rails and I was beginning to wonder if there was something that I was missing with this date and time crap.

Comment on Authlogic Issues With Rails 3 by Jonah

Jonah — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:18:37 +0000

Thanks Cameron! This was exactly what I needed.

Comment on Deploying Your Ruby on Rails Application Using Git and Capistrano by Andy Callebs

Andy Callebs — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:41:58 +0000

Just wanted to say that this helped me out tremendously. Deploying my first rails app tonight and this was a godsend.

Comment on Friendly URL’s with Ruby on Rails by Cameron

Cameron — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:43:36 +0000

Thanks for the question Peter. If you use the to_param method, you must use the Id still which can pose a problem if you have large id’s or if you just didn’t want the id to be displayed. If you choose to not use the Id and just use the name in to_param then you will have to go through the process of changing ALL links to search by the name instead of the id (eg. Project.find_by_name(params[:name])). This would be another step of work that you would have to remember to do all the time. If you use the friendly-id gem, you do not have to change any settings on how objects are found.

Comment on Friendly URL’s with Ruby on Rails by Peter

Peter — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:15:21 +0000

Nice article, but what advantage does this gem have above overriding the to_param method of activerecord?

for example:
def to_param
“#{id}-#{name}”
end

Comment on Many to Many Associations in Ruby on Rails by Cameron

Cameron — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 03:45:31 +0000

I forgot to mention in the post that you need a model for the Loan migration in the has many through method. You could then use a fields for tag in one of the other classes etc. I’ll leave it at that for you to work out how to complete it.

Comment on Many to Many Associations in Ruby on Rails by Cameron

Cameron — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:56:08 +0000

I think you need to have another look at how the relationships are working or how you have worded your question. Firstly, where does the student model link in with all of this?

A quick answer off the top of my head would be to use the find method or even the find_by_sql method as found here http://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_querying.html#finding-by-sql. I can’t really answer it in detail until I understand how everything is working exactly. Feel free to send me an email with some source code so I can help you out.