# Rails

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## [Thetis ver.0.9.5\_1 \<Open-Source Groupware\> Released!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thetis-ver-0-9-5-1-open-source-groupware-released/155176)

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**Author:** [@Shintaro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shintaro)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thetis-ver-0-9-5-1-open-source-groupware-released/155176 "2008-12-09T01:08:12Z")

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Hi all, We have just released Thetis ver.0.9.5\_1, the newest version of the World-Strongest Open-Source Groupware based on RoR. It is absolute free, under the terms of Modified BSD License. Try our Demo http://sy…

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## [Problem installing mysql gem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-mysql-gem/134020)

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**Author:** [@Asaf\_Mesika](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Asaf_Mesika)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-mysql-gem/134020 "2008-12-08T23:40:03Z")

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Hi guys, I’m totally new in ruby. I’d appreciate some help. I followed the Getting Started guide in www.rubyonrails.org, and got the server up and running on a sample app I’ve created, as the guide perscribed. Now I…

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## [Problems with German special characters](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-german-special-characters/155171)

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**Author:** [@ollip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ollip)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-german-special-characters/155171 "2008-12-08T23:35:33Z")

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Hi, I have been fighting for a while now with a problem that the German special vowls (Umlaute), e.g. Ã¼Ã¶Ã¤ get scrambled when read in from file using IO.readlines. I have played quite some time with various code pa…

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## [\[ADV\] New Rails and Ruby Studios](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adv-new-rails-and-ruby-studios/155168)

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**Author:** [@clarkware](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/clarkware)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adv-new-rails-and-ruby-studios/155168 "2008-12-08T23:30:26Z")

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Hi Folks, Apologies for the commercial. Just a quick reminder that we have two Pragmatic Studio hands-on training courses scheduled early next year to help you learn Rails and Ruby. You’ll learn directly from Dave …

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## [Thinking sphinx working..?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thinking-sphinx-working/155108)

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**Author:** [@shrikant](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shrikant)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thinking-sphinx-working/155108 "2008-12-08T23:05:41Z")

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Hello All, Please let me know if some one done Thinking sphinx on rails. i wanted procedure how can i use that. Thanks-

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## [How to attach a pdf generated on the fly to an email](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-generated-on-the-fly-to-an-email/155164)

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**Author:** [@arnaudcoquelet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/arnaudcoquelet)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-generated-on-the-fly-to-an-email/155164 "2008-12-08T22:40:42Z")

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Hi, I’m using rfpdf to generate pdf files in a modificated redmine application. It’s work when I generate pdf to the browser. But I want to send email with generated pdf (if possible without saving in a file). Any …

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## [Image crop + jQuery](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-crop-jquery/155162)

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**Author:** [@golf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/golf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-crop-jquery/155162 "2008-12-08T22:28:37Z")

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I found a really nice image cropping plugin (http://deepliquid.com/content/Jcrop.html), it is written in jQuery, but I dont know how to implement this into my application. Could anyone help me? Cheers Pete

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## [Session ID always changing!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/session-id-always-changing/155109)

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**Author:** [@sigma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sigma)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/session-id-always-changing/155109 "2008-12-08T22:21:35Z")

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Hi there I’ve got a problem. I need to use the session.session\_id for tracking the amount of actual (not logged in) website-visitors. But the session-id is changing on each request! I use the default rails 2.2.2 set…

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## [Very simple Date math goes randomly bonkers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/very-simple-date-math-goes-randomly-bonkers/155156)

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**Author:** [@vanderkerkoff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vanderkerkoff)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/very-simple-date-math-goes-randomly-bonkers/155156 "2008-12-08T21:15:06Z")

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I have a “timesheet” in my app that simply displays the week range based on a passed in date (params\[:date\]). The view iterates through the Date::ABBR\_DAYNAMES and shows a link to the corresponding date. Trouble is t…

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## [2 forms in one page,how to arrange the code and do it restful?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/2-forms-in-one-page-how-to-arrange-the-code-and-do-it-restful/154941)

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**Author:** [@SSSBMpKSSzE5SSB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSSBMpKSSzE5SSB)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/2-forms-in-one-page-how-to-arrange-the-code-and-do-it-restful/154941 "2008-12-08T20:37:54Z")

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Backgroup: Customer has many old documents(just some scanning pictures) and want to store them into computer,we need to input the doc and relate them to the existing authors in DB. Key works: document;author UI of d…

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## [Association to return only the first of an associated list](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/association-to-return-only-the-first-of-an-associated-list/155120)

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**Author:** [@cmaxvv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cmaxvv)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/association-to-return-only-the-first-of-an-associated-list/155120 "2008-12-08T19:20:38Z")

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A little background: in our schema, Resource has\_many :assets, through a join table called items. Whenever we show a resource, we also show a thumbnail for its first associated asset. Currently, this means that we’re…

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## [Scheduling E-mail Alerts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scheduling-e-mail-alerts/155146)

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**Author:** [@MarkusW](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MarkusW)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scheduling-e-mail-alerts/155146 "2008-12-08T18:59:28Z")

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Greetings RoR:Talk, I’m in the process of developing a web application for my company. It’s a simple app developed to alleviate a portion of manual tasks for our administration department. It’s core function will be t…

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## [Rails \[BUG\] Segmentation Fault - help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-bug-segmentation-fault-help/155086)

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**Author:** [@felipero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/felipero)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-bug-segmentation-fault-help/155086 "2008-12-08T18:59:15Z")

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Hi all, When trying to execute that: @files = Dir.glob(’\*’ ) and render as \<% for file in @files %\> file name is: \<%= file %\> \<% end %\> using rails 2.2 and ruby 1.8.7, I’m getting the following message: C:/lang…

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## [\[JOBS\] Ruby on Rails developer in Gurgaon, India](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jobs-ruby-on-rails-developer-in-gurgaon-india/155145)

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**Author:** [@Gurudas\_Sarkar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gurudas_Sarkar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jobs-ruby-on-rails-developer-in-gurgaon-india/155145 "2008-12-08T18:43:04Z")

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We are looking for Ruby on Ralis developers in our Development Center in Gurgaon, India. Please visit www.saviance.com

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## [Restless Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restless-rails/153198)

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**Author:** [@reggieb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reggieb)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restless-rails/153198 "2008-12-08T18:33:37Z")

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Is Rails moving to a pure RESTful design? I don’t like REST but love Rails. I’d hate to think that as Rails develops it will become more difficult to use it RESTlessly. After moving to Rails 2 a few months ago I’ve be…

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## [Single URL/route --\> Different controller/action routing. Is this possible?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/single-url-route-different-controller-action-routing-is-this-possible/154704)

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**Author:** [@raghus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/raghus)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/single-url-route-different-controller-action-routing-is-this-possible/154704 "2008-12-08T18:09:02Z")

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I am on Rails 2.0.2 I’ve set up routes.rb so that the URL http://mysite.com/username routes the user to :controller =\> ‘foo’, :action =\> ‘bar’ However, I am rev-ing my app and based on a flag in the Users table, I w…

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## [PHP Developer Job Opportunity - Austin, TX](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/php-developer-job-opportunity-austin-tx/155144)

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**Author:** [@heathers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/heathers)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/php-developer-job-opportunity-austin-tx/155144 "2008-12-08T18:01:25Z")

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PHP Developer Capital Thought, a growing technology and consulting firm, is ready to hire an experienced and talented PHP Developer who is equally passionate about Ruby on Rails and other cutting edge languages and f…

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## [Help with tutorial --- Sproutcore + Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-tutorial-sproutcore-rails/155143)

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**Author:** [@geneeyuss](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/geneeyuss)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-tutorial-sproutcore-rails/155143 "2008-12-08T17:32:10Z")

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Hi, I have been using rails to talk to sproutcore. I did exactly what the tutorial talks about. Also I downloaded the sproutcore-examples as instructed in the tutorial. Now when I run the local host : http://localhos…

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## [RESTfull authentication location storage problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restfull-authentication-location-storage-problem/155139)

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**Author:** [@cautaro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cautaro)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restfull-authentication-location-storage-problem/155139 "2008-12-08T17:12:03Z")

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Hello, I am using RESTfull authentication as my login manager. The following scenario fails to work properly. I have a public page on which there is a button on a form (a create action), which when clicked requires l…

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## [Rails 2 caching?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-caching/154991)

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**Author:** [@jrochkind](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jrochkind)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-caching/154991 "2008-12-08T16:27:15Z")

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There’s a part of my code that really needs to get the latest value from the database. But AR in Rails 2 seems to have some kind of caching, so if I execute a Model.find statement with the exact same arguments, it won…

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## ["singleton can't be dumped," but not using singleton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/singleton-cant-be-dumped-but-not-using-singleton/154996)

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**Author:** [@fritza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fritza)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/singleton-cant-be-dumped-but-not-using-singleton/154996 "2008-12-08T16:22:57Z")

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An action handler (select\_person\_by\_name) in my controller class assigns into session, and then does a redirect\_to. I get the error “TypeError (singleton can’t be dumped):” followed by a stack trace that doesn’t cross…

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## [Names and nested routes?!?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/names-and-nested-routes/155131)

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**Author:** [@dnstevenson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dnstevenson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/names-and-nested-routes/155131 "2008-12-08T16:08:56Z")

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Hi Guys, I have the following route to show the articles for a selected service in my application. http://localhost:3000/services/4/articles I want to be able to have a route to the service name rather than the rout…

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## [Database calls in my views?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/database-calls-in-my-views/155113)

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**Author:** [@bushymark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bushymark)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/database-calls-in-my-views/155113 "2008-12-08T15:50:08Z")

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I am working on re-factoring my admittedly ambitious employee management Rails app that I created for work. The good news is, my first major version went over like a dream(With no small amount of thanks due to the com…

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## [Multiple polymorphism?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-polymorphism/155124)

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**Author:** [@vincenzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vincenzo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-polymorphism/155124 "2008-12-08T15:30:49Z")

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Hello all, Let me explain a fairly complex problem, I am blocked and if someone could give me a boost I can thank him enough! The concept: I have a series of tables in DB (users, functions, expertize, …) I want to p…

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## [Calendar\_date\_select\_includes not found](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calendar-date-select-includes-not-found/155102)

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**Author:** [@steveluscher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/steveluscher)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calendar-date-select-includes-not-found/155102 "2008-12-08T15:30:08Z")

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Hi - I tried to install the calendar\_date\_select date picker and it doesn’t work for me. I get this error: undefined local variable or method \`calendar\_date\_select\_includes’ for #ActionView::Base:0x2640314 Here’s w…

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## [ActionController::Base.send :include,](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actioncontroller-base-send-include/155116)

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**Author:** [@sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actioncontroller-base-send-include/155116 "2008-12-08T14:11:47Z")

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Hi n one of the pluggin I saw this code Could anybody please tell what does all this mean ActionController::Base.send :include, helper\_name ActionController::Base.helper helper\_name ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder.…

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## [Searching using ajax](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/searching-using-ajax/155118)

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**Author:** [@sreekanth.G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sreekanth.G)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/searching-using-ajax/155118 "2008-12-08T14:08:14Z")

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hi, i have implimented one application with search facility. Now i want u se the ajax application for searching using the tags created? how can we do that? if some one worked on this help me. thanks srikanth

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## [Problems installing termios](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-installing-termios/155132)

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**Author:** [@Miquel\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Miquel_O)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-installing-termios/155132 "2008-12-08T14:07:03Z")

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Hi there In trying to install termios in my home server (which uses Debian testing) using gem and I get the following error: gem install --include-dependencies termios /usr/bin/ruby1.9 extconf.rb install --include-dep…

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## [Complex polymorphic routes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/complex-polymorphic-routes/155129)

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**Author:** [@mgreenly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mgreenly)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 1:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/complex-polymorphic-routes/155129 "2008-12-08T13:28:15Z")

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I’ve used polymorphic routes which seem to not be QUITE what most people mean when they use this term. Most discussions are intended to handle things like: /blogs/1/comments /article/1/comments where the comments c…

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## [How to update the existing application to new rails version?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-update-the-existing-application-to-new-rails-version/155117)

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**Author:** [@prkarve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/prkarve)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-update-the-existing-application-to-new-rails-version/155117 "2008-12-08T12:00:15Z")

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I have a rails application created with an earlier version of Rails. I would like to take benefit of new features in Rails version 2.2.2 Is there a way or command by which the configuration settings of the existing ap…

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