module ApplicationHelper # for each record in the rails flash this # function wraps the message in an appropriate div # and displays it def flash_display(clazz = '') flashes = flash.select{|key, msg| msg.present?}.collect { |key, msg| content_tag :div, (content_tag :p, msg), :class => "message #{key}" }.join if flashes.present? content_tag :div, flashes.html_safe, :class => clazz else nil end end def active_scaffold_column_timestamp(column, record) value = record.send(column.name) value.nil? ? nil : Time.at(value) end end