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  def self.authenticate(login, password)
    return nil if login.blank? or password.blank?
    
    # need to get the salt
    if login.match("@")
      user = find_in_state :first, :active, :conditions => { :email => login}
    else
      user = find_in_state :first, :active, :conditions => { :login => login}
    end
    

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## django

from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.core.validators import email_re

class BasicBackend:
    def get_user(self, user_id):
        try:
            return User.objects.get(pk=user_id)
        except User.DoesNotExist:

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// Examples:
// 
//    button_to "Mark as unread", mark_as_unread_message_path(message), :method => :put, :class => "form_to_link"
//    button_to "New Alert", new_alert
//    
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
  var form_to_link = jQuery('.form_to_link');
  var form = form_to_link.parents('form');
  form.after('<a href="' + form.attr('action') + '" class="button_link_to">' + form_to_link.attr('value') + '</a>');
  form.hide();

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>> Business.search(:conditions => { :state => "paid" }).length
=> 20
>> Business.find_all_by_state("paid").length
=> 321

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Interesting.