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Apparently SQLite doesn’t have *very* good date handling. It seems that there are no functions that will extract parts of a standard date format. What I mean is that there is no ability to extract `YYYY` from `MM-DD-YYYY`. That bites. It means Matt’s going to have to *de-normalize* the dates used in [Squib][1]. My understanding…
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Just doing a little backup.
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My beautiful daughter Sophie is 5 years old today. One of these days I’ll get around to editing this post and adding a photo.
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Apparently MySQL, Postgresql, SQLite and I’m sure other SQL based databases don’t all utilize the same SQL queries. This, naturally, causes problems when trying to develop an app that is able to work with any of the SQL-flavored databases out there. I know nothing about SQL queries. Fortunately Matt does. And he’s coming up with…
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I’ve tried, in my extreme inexperience, to run Squib with an SQLite database. I can’t figure it out. Fortunately that’s what Matt’s for. 馃槈 Supposedly migrations are possible. That leaves Matt without any more excuses. > Q: Does ActiveRecord::Migration support SQLite? > A: Migrations appear to work fine with SQLite in Rails 0.14.0 and later.…
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Ruby on Rails is amazing. Or more appropriately what is achievable is amazing. Check out [fluxiom][1]. It’s jaw dropping. >Fluxiom is a pure HTML/CSS/JavaScript browser-based application that doesn’t require any plug-ins (like Flash). As a back-end it uses the [Ruby on Rails web development framework][2], combined with many open-source tools. It’s what makes [Squib][3] so…
