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PaperClip and Rails 2.1

Posted in RubyOnRails on June 24, 2008 | Comments Off

These are a couple of quick tips for using PaperClip 2.1.2 and Rails 2.1. I don’t know if there is a difference with other version combinations.
For security reasons, you may want to store your attachment out of the public directory:
class DocumentVersion < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :document
has_attached_file :version,
:path => [...]

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Timestamped Migrations

Posted in RubyOnRails on June 17, 2008 | Comments Off

<update>As soon as I figure out how, I will be submitting a patch to Rails to make this an option. I would like to use something like:
config.active_record.timestamped_migrations = true
This was suggested in a comment by hardbap referencing the announcement of this post. I agree with idea, but think the default should be false [...]

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Generators and Timestamped Migrations

Posted in RubyOnRails on June 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I’ve never liked the idea of timestamped migrations, still don’t. So, not to my surprise, this was the first (and only) thing that bit me when testing the Lockdown generators against the latest release of Rails (2.1).
What happened? Well, the Lockdown generator generates 5 migrations, and contrary to all the speed talk surrounding [...]

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