I just pushed version 0.5.2 of MetaWhere after some discussion on the Rails core mailing list, adding the debug_sql method. What’s the difference between debug_sql and to_sql, you ask?
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Uploadify and Rails 3
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If you’re using Uploadify, the nifty jQuery file upload plugin — which we’ll forgive for providing all its examples in PHP (*shudder*) — there’s a good chance you followed the general pattern outlined by John Nunemaker over at RailsTips. His article describes in detail how to get Flash to play nicely with Rails sessions using Rack middleware. Unfortunately, Rails 3 requires a few minor changes to this setup.
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Jul 9, 2010
ActiveRecord::Relation vs Arel
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Since the release of ActiveRecord Query Interface 3.0, I think the line has been pretty blurry for the Rails community about where ActiveRecord ends and Arel begins. I’ve seen folks attribute ActiveRecord::PredicateBuilder to Arel, and I’ve seen folks assume that an ActiveRecord::Relation is an Arel object. Neither is the case. Since MetaSearch and MetaWhere both use combinations of ActiveRecord::Relation and Arel under the hood, and I’ve spent some time putting together patches for both Rails core and Arel, the blurry line between them has become more distinct for me. In this post, I hope to clear up some misunderstandings before Rails 3 is released, and the AR 3.0 query interface becomes the norm.
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May 11, 2010
Why (fork) Arel?
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In a few recent posts, you may have noticed me mention my Arel fork on GitHub. I’ve never really devoted a post to discussing that fork, what’s different about it, and why it exists, so here’s some background.
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May 3, 2010
SimpleSearch, searching ActiveRecord Objects with form_for
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About 2 years ago, I made a basic how-to post on building a search model that could be used with form_for. I still really enjoy this basic pattern for search forms, but it always seemed like most of the gems I found relating to search were far more involved than I need, providing integration with fulltext search engines, and so on.
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Feb 24, 2010
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I'm Ernie Miller. But then, you probably knew that by looking at the page title, or the URL. I'm a Ruby programmer in Louisville, Kentucky. This blog used to be called "metautonomo.us", which I thought was kind of clever, but nobody, including me, could type it. Lesson learned.