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Bulk MySQL Imports in Rails

March 26th, 2008  |  by Derek Willis  |  published in Rails

In which I praise the utility of ar-extensions for bulk MySQL inserts.

Starting with Rails

January 11th, 2008  |  by Derek Willis  |  published in Rails

So as part of my new job I’m learning to use Rails, and by extension, the Ruby language. Both have been easier to pick up, at least initially, then I had expected. For that, I’m sure I have my experiences with Python and Django to thank: many concepts are similar, with sometimes similar syntax. I [...]

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