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METHOD 1

This should roughly sort the items on distance in MySQL, and should work in SQLite.
If you need to sort them preciser, you could try using the Pythagorean theorem (a^2 + b^2 = c^2) to get the exact distance.
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SELECT *
FROM table
ORDER BY ((lat-$user_lat)*(lat-$user_lat)) + ((lng - $user_lng)*(lng - $user_lng)) ASC

jrissler

If you want a run-down of the 1.3 changes and the design decisions behidn those changes, check out the LonestarElixir Phoenix 1.3 keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMO28ar0lW8

To use the new phx.new project generator, you can install the archive with the following command:

$ mix archive.install https://github.com/phoenixframework/archives/raw/master/phx_new.ez

Bump your phoenix dep

Phoenix v1.3.0 is a backwards compatible release with v1.2.x. To upgrade your existing 1.2.x project, simply bump your phoenix dependency in mix.exs:

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# our conditions would be an array of 5 true or false conditions
case our_conditions
when /TT.FF/
  ClassOne.new(self, our_conditions)
  return_value   
when /FT.../
  ClassTwo.new(self, our_conditions)
  return_value   
when /TT.TF/
  ClassThree.new(self, our_conditions)

jrissler

  #application_controller
  before_filter CASClient::Frameworks::Rails::Filter
  before_filter :current_user

  def current_user
    if session[:cas_user]
      @current_user ||= User.find(:first, :conditions => ["LOWER(users.email) = ?", session[:cas_user].mb_chars.downcase], :include => [:user_collections, :main_role])
    else
      @current_user = nil
    end