Declare an enum attribute where the values map to integers in the database, but can be queried by name.
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How to remove/disable the automatic XSS protection helper html escaping for Rails 3. This is probably a horrible idea.
On Ubuntu, you can scroll horizontally with your mouse wheel when holding the Shift key while scrolling.
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Put the attached file to config/initalizers to ignore some fields for rejecting nested records (e.g. hidden input fields).
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Just found out about a great feature in Rails that seems to be around since Rails 2. Start a console...
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