Setting up PostgreSQL 8.x with Ruby 1.8.6 on Rails 2.3.4

PostgreSQL is a:

Sophisticated open-source Object-Relational DBMS supporting almost all SQL constructs, including subselects, transactions, and user-defined types etc…

The Problem

You have just installed PostgrelSQL but getting this error when you try to run the server:

The ordinal 284 could not be located in the dynamic link library SSLEAY32.dll

Installing mysql gem on MAC OS + XAMPP + Rails 2.3

If you are on a MAC, using the easygoing XAMPP and need that rails app to get up and running using MySQL, then read on.

File browser for Ruby on Rails

I have spent all day yesterday looking for a good(any) Ruby on Rails file explorer or browser for a web application but did not find anything. Few people mentioned Boxroom which looks great except …