Use a Rack Middleware. # lib/force_ssl.rb class ForceSSL def initialize(app) @app = app end def call(env) if env[‘HTTPS’] == ‘on’ || env[‘HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO’] == ‘https’ @app.call(env) else req = Rack::Request.new(env) [301, { “Location” => req.url.gsub(/^http:/, “https:”) }, []] end end end # config/environment.rb config.middleware.use “ForceSSL”
This is a multi-step process, and depending on the size of your application, it can take a long time. At each step, you’ll want to test your application for bugs and problems and broken gems (because they are most certainly going to crop up). I have included links for the most complicated steps. Here is … Read more
This is an approach I have used in the past: In app/models/tableless.rb class Tableless < ActiveRecord::Base def self.columns @columns ||= []; end def self.column(name, sql_type = nil, default = nil, null = true) columns << ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column.new(name.to_s, default, sql_type.to_s, null) end # Override the save method to prevent exceptions. def save(validate = true) validate ? valid? … Read more
This is the expected behavior. I think David explains this the best himself, so here is a quote from Ruby, S., Thomas, D. & Hansson, D.H., 2009. Agile Web Development with Rails, Third Edition Third Edition., Pragmatic Bookshelf (p.330). When you use a finder driven by primary keys, you’re looking for a particular record. You … Read more
Just a note that the currently accepted answer is deprecated in Rails 3. You should do this instead: Comment.where(:created_at => @selected_date.beginning_of_day..@selected_date.end_of_day) Or, if you want to or have to use pure string conditions, you can do: Comment.where(‘created_at BETWEEN ? AND ?’, @selected_date.beginning_of_day, @selected_date.end_of_day)