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rails sendmail settings

indiehead (John) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:23:44 GMT



config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = true

ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :sendmail

ActionMailer::Base.sendmail_settings = {

    :location       => '/usr/sbin/sendmail',

    :arguments      => '-i -t'

}

record grouping

indiehead (John) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:22:33 GMT



@users = User.find(

  :all, 

  :select => "MONTH(created_at) as month, YEAR(created_at) as year, COUNT(*) AS records",

  :conditions => ["admin = 0'"], 

  :group => "year, month")



<% for @user in @users %>

  <%=@user.month%>

  <%=@user.year%>

  <%=@user.records%>

<% end %>

date_select conversion

indiehead (John) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:20:35 GMT

function to convert a value from a date_select into a more sql-friendly value



<%=date_select(:date,'',:start_year => 1950,:include_blank => false, :default => { :year => '1970' })%>



def convert_date(obj) 

  return “#{obj[‘(1i)’]}-#{obj[‘(2i)’]}-#{obj[‘(3i)’]}” 

end