Starting Ruby on Rails: What I Wish I Knew

Thanks Mark, glad you liked it.

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I’m just starting learning Ruby and your article is very helpful, thanks !

Glad you liked it – Ruby is really fun once you get into it, good luck.

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:conditions =>[ " name like ?", ‘".params[:keyword]."%’])

what is correct code of this line ???

Hi, I think it’s supposed to be like this:

@records = MyModel.find(:all, :conditions => ['col LIKE ? ', '%'+@term+'%'],:limit => 10)

http://railsruby.blogspot.com/2006/08/like-as-condition-to-get-records.html

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Kalid, as i understand the server where web application is going to be hosted has to have Ruby installed? If so, it does not look like many hosting companies have it installed.
Excellent article by the way. Spent few hours on your site, and learned more than a month browsing elsewhere. Thank you!