Setting timeouts for the ruby SOAP library

This post helped me with setting the connect_timeout, receive_timeout, and send_timeout attributes for the ruby SOAP client. Make sure to read the first comment!

The timeout is specified in seconds. You can use a decimal number to set sub-second timeouts.

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Kill annoying Postgresql NOTICE messages when running Rake

If you use Postgresql for your Rails development, and if you reset your local database a lot, then you may appreciate this tip.

1. Edit your postgresql.conf file


2. Un-comment the client_min_messages setting


3. Lower it from notice to warning


4. Restart postgresql

No more annoying NOTICE messages.