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# If your workers are inactive for a long period of time, they'll lose
# their MySQL connection.
#
# This hack ensures we re-connect whenever a connection is
# lost. Because, really. why not?
#
# Stick this in RAILS_ROOT/config/initializers/connection_fix.rb (or somewhere similar)
#
# From:
#   http://coderrr.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/activerecord-threading-issues-and-resolutions/

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####################################################
# this file belongs in the ./spec/support directory
####################################################
require 'rspec/core/formatters/base_formatter'

class RSpec::Frogger < RSpec::Core::Formatters::BaseFormatter

  COLOR_START   = "\e[34m"   # blue
  COLOR_FAILED  = "\e[31m"   # red
  COLOR_PASSED  = "\e[32m"   # green

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# Chuck this in config/initializers for view-first validations
ActionView::Base.default_form_builder.class_eval do
  def error(field)
    errors(field).first
  end
  def errors(field)
    object.errors.for(field)
  end
end

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## 
# Calendar helper with proper events
# http://www.cuppadev.co.uk/webdev/making-a-real-calendar-in-rails/
#
# (C) 2009 James S Urquhart (jamesu at gmail dot com)
# Derived from calendar_helper
# (C) Jeremy Voorhis, Geoffrey Grosenbach, Jarkko Laine, Tom Armitage, Bryan Larsen
# Licensed under MIT. http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
##

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# Consider:

def parse(*options)
  if options[0].is_a?(Symbol)
    if options[0] == :foo
      "foo!"
    elsif options[0] == :bar
      "bar!"
    elsif options[0] == :force
      if options[1] == "foo"