# Rails

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## [Activerecord Relationships: Can children access parents?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-relationships-can-children-access-parents/114260)

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**Author:** [@chris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chris)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-relationships-can-children-access-parents/114260 "2007-09-10T20:03:20Z")

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I am having trouble when using a child to reference the parent object in a relationship, it always claims the parent is nil. I could easily be doing something wrong as this is all hazy but I thought I’d ask if anyone…

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## [Please give locations in job postings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-give-locations-in-job-postings/114272)

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**Author:** [@iceburgh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/iceburgh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-give-locations-in-job-postings/114272 "2007-09-10T19:42:16Z")

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Looking at a couple of recent job/contract postings, I was struck by the fact that neither one said where the firm is. One of the postings said: able to meet-up with project lead to review/assign work How would someo…

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## [YourPay with ActiveMerchant?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yourpay-with-activemerchant/105788)

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**Author:** [@HSWade\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/HSWade_M)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yourpay-with-activemerchant/105788 "2007-09-10T19:05:10Z")

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I’m getting ready to use ActiveMerchant with a bank that uses YourPay as their e-commerce service provider. ActiveMerchant says it supports LinkPoint, and the YourPay website says “Powered by LinkPoint”, but I’m not …

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## [New website (using Rails)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-website-using-rails/114267)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Doggett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Chris_Doggett)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-website-using-rails/114267 "2007-09-10T18:57:09Z")

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I’m announcing the release of my first “real” Rails site to the general public. Too Many Secrets \[http://www.too-many-secrets.com/\] is a site for anonymous confessions and secrets. I tried to combine the best of bash…

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## [Displaying string that was inserted using Select statement](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/displaying-string-that-was-inserted-using-select-statement/114265)

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**Author:** [@sgudibanda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sgudibanda)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/displaying-string-that-was-inserted-using-select-statement/114265 "2007-09-10T18:54:26Z")

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Hi, While updating the patient record, i am using select statement \<%= select ‘patient’, ‘status’, \[\[‘case study’,1\], \[‘Critical!’,2\], \[‘Normal’,3\] %\> and now when i am displaying the patient record, i dont want to…

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## [Rails Developer Needed - Immediate - Contract](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-developer-needed-immediate-contract/114264)

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**Author:** [@birdwatcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/birdwatcher)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-developer-needed-immediate-contract/114264 "2007-09-10T18:40:07Z")

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I am looking for a proficient Rails developer that can assist on an existing project. This will be a 1-2 month contract with possible long-term. Dev must be: Skilled with Rails/MySQL/SVN Dedicated to the project Re…

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## [Filter\_parameter\_logging](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/filter-parameter-logging/114191)

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**Author:** [@ritesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ritesh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/filter-parameter-logging/114191 "2007-09-10T18:33:37Z")

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Hi, Is there a way to specify keys of a hash in params to filter\_parameter\_logging. For example, my payment form sends creditcard\[:number\] and creditcard\[:type\] in params and I filter these keys using filter\_paramet…

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## [Helper for testing default routes generated by a resource](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/helper-for-testing-default-routes-generated-by-a-resource/114261)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/helper-for-testing-default-routes-generated-by-a-resource/114261 "2007-09-10T17:46:56Z")

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Snippet posted to: http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/4517 These methods test that the routes for resources defined in routes.rb are working as expected. Call them from your functional (controller) tests. Add the f…

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## [Activescaffold forms and \<script\> tag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activescaffold-forms-and-script-tag/114255)

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**Author:** [@brunopreis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brunopreis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activescaffold-forms-and-script-tag/114255 "2007-09-10T17:10:49Z")

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Hi, I want to put an tag on an activescaffold form. The docs say I can use a helper or a form overhide… but when I put a tag in one of those, it gets stripped. I think it’s some security stuff. But I need to trigge…

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## [WYSIWYG editor plugin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wysiwyg-editor-plugin/114256)

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**Author:** [@eizesus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eizesus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wysiwyg-editor-plugin/114256 "2007-09-10T17:08:03Z")

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hi all, i know about the plugin to implement tinymce, but is there one for the WYMeditor? thanks

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## [Images larger than 40k uploaded with attachment\_fu won't dis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-larger-than-40k-uploaded-with-attachment-fu-wont-dis/114202)

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**Author:** [@sp00nyg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sp00nyg)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-larger-than-40k-uploaded-with-attachment-fu-wont-dis/114202 "2007-09-10T16:53:44Z")

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I have a problem displaying images when using attachment\_fu. When I try to display the image, only about 40k appears in the browser, and with some images even that much is not visible (just garbage when I view source)…

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## [How to override association proxy push()](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-override-association-proxy-push/114251)

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**Author:** [@jemminger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jemminger)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-override-association-proxy-push/114251 "2007-09-10T16:14:36Z")

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i’m trying to override the push method on a habtm association, so i can run code each time an element is added to the collection. the module.included method is never being called when habtm includes the module… how c…

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## [Turning off logging for a function](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/turning-off-logging-for-a-function/114250)

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**Author:** [@simplydope](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/simplydope)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/turning-off-logging-for-a-function/114250 "2007-09-10T16:09:36Z")

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I swear I posted this a few hours ago but I can’t see it!!! Does anybody know a way to turn off logging for a few LOC/block, a function or even a class? Why would you want to do that? Well we have a script that check…

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## [ChicagoRuby.org](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/chicagoruby-org/114249)

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**Author:** [@RTH](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RTH)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/chicagoruby-org/114249 "2007-09-10T15:51:17Z")

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ChicagoRuby.org is a group of Chicago area Ruby and Ruby on Rails enthusiasts. The group covers multiple levels of Ruby on Rails expertise. Here’s the agenda for Saturday, September 15, 2007: \* Beginner Topic: \[Bobby…

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## [Backgroundrb: failed to find slave socket - (RuntimeError)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backgroundrb-failed-to-find-slave-socket-runtimeerror/112098)

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**Author:** [@nappin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nappin)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backgroundrb-failed-to-find-slave-socket-runtimeerror/112098 "2007-09-10T15:46:15Z")

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Every time I try to create a worker using backgroundrb, I receive this error in the backgroundrb server log: failed to find slave socket - (RuntimeError) /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/slave-1.2.1/lib/slave.rb:435:…

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## [Chicago Users Group for Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/chicago-users-group-for-ruby/69901)

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**Author:** [@trex](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trex)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/chicago-users-group-for-ruby/69901 "2007-09-10T15:44:13Z")

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Hello, I am looking to connect with the Chicago users group for Ruby and would appreciate any help in directing me to present members. Regards, terry

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## [Cols not responding in text\_area](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cols-not-responding-in-text-area/113670)

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**Author:** [@miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miked)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cols-not-responding-in-text-area/113670 "2007-09-10T15:21:09Z")

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Hi: I’m doing a pretty simple text\_area in a form. I need it to have a minimum width that’s really small - about 10, or 10 cols. I’ve tried it both ways, and neither will go small enough to what I need. Does texta…

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## [Multiple kind of relationships, Howto?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-kind-of-relationships-howto/114139)

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**Author:** [@Georges\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Georges_A)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-kind-of-relationships-howto/114139 "2007-09-10T15:07:07Z")

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Hi there, I am newbie on RoR and I am wondering how to solve the following situation using “has\_x” and “belongs\_to” (and eventually polymorphism if needed). Let say that I have a Salesman table containing salesmen :s…

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## [SVN and Rails problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-and-rails-problem/114141)

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**Author:** [@jnicholson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jnicholson)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-and-rails-problem/114141 "2007-09-10T14:54:05Z")

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Hi guys, I’ve finally managed to get my server up and running with mongrel\_cluster and all that jazz. My rails app works fine, but when I try to access my svn repos as I was doing before everything was setup rail is …

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## [Opening for ruby on rails(Hyderabad)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/opening-for-ruby-on-rails-hyderabad/114242)

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**Author:** [@dilip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dilip)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/opening-for-ruby-on-rails-hyderabad/114242 "2007-09-10T13:33:24Z")

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Hi Friends, Here is an opportunity for Ruby On Rails programmers in my company 2+ years of commercial experience and should have atleast 1 year experience in ROR can apply. Interested ones’ can send your resumes to r…

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## [Answer me some ror interview questions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/answer-me-some-ror-interview-questions/114227)

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**Author:** [@vidyagayathri](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vidyagayathri)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/answer-me-some-ror-interview-questions/114227 "2007-09-10T12:50:32Z")

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Hi, I want to know what are the different types of plugins are there and other types of gems available except rubygems. please let me know. and what is rake then how to update the database by using the migrations.

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## [Billing clients automatically](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/billing-clients-automatically/113128)

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**Author:** [@mhfs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mhfs)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 12:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/billing-clients-automatically/113128 "2007-09-10T12:47:17Z")

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Hello, I’m in the process of implementing invoce functionality to my Rails app. The service is monthly billed. I already have an Authorize.NET test account. What I would like to do is bill the customers automatically…

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## [Globalize currency](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalize-currency/114238)

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**Author:** [@timperrett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/timperrett)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalize-currency/114238 "2007-09-10T12:21:59Z")

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Hey Chaps I was wondering if anyone had experience with the globalize plugin and using it with currency? As I seem to be having problems with it! For some reason, even when i do what it says on the wikki, it still dis…

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## [Polymorphic Associations and REST](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/polymorphic-associations-and-rest/114224)

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**Author:** [@yottameter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yottameter)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/polymorphic-associations-and-rest/114224 "2007-09-10T12:03:54Z")

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Has anyone gotten this to work in Rails?

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## [Who's the moderator here?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whos-the-moderator-here/114152)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 11:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whos-the-moderator-here/114152 "2007-09-10T11:43:52Z")

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For some reason, I can’t get a post onto your forum. I have in the past, but now they seem to disappear? Are my posts’ asking questions inappropriate? Is this some type of mans’ club where women aren’t allowed? Kathy …

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## [Exception Handiling](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exception-handiling/114221)

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**Author:** [@advait](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/advait)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 9:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exception-handiling/114221 "2007-09-10T09:26:11Z")

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Hello, I have a basic idea of what an exception is but I am not able to understand it so that I can make use of it in my application’s. If possible please try and help me out with the basic of exception and its use. …

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## [Best autocompletion database index](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-autocompletion-database-index/113963)

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**Author:** [@charlie\_caroff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/charlie_caroff)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 9:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-autocompletion-database-index/113963 "2007-09-10T09:23:10Z")

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Hi, I made an autocomplete search field, which suggests searches that are already in the database, like Google does with its Google toolbar. I run mysql. Is there an indexing or other method that makes the database …

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## [How to render RXML partial within a static XML file?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-render-rxml-partial-within-a-static-xml-file/114208)

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**Author:** [@Mister\_Yu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mister_Yu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 9:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-render-rxml-partial-within-a-static-xml-file/114208 "2007-09-10T09:18:09Z")

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Hi, there’s a big static part in the xml i want to output, can i do this in a “RHTML” way? i tried to copy the static part and paste into the RXML template, but it didn’t work. i tried to to do this inside my XMLCon…

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## [Hash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hash/114179)

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**Author:** [@rgreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rgreen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 9:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hash/114179 "2007-09-10T09:13:44Z")

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What is the purpose of string hash? What would you use it for? EXAMPLE: “This is a test.”.hash RETURNS -649841898. WHAT EXACTLY DOES THIS REPRESENT? WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? COMPARISONS?

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## [To\_csv svn is not working](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/to-csv-svn-is-not-working/114229)

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**Author:** [@vidyagayathri](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vidyagayathri)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 8:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/to-csv-svn-is-not-working/114229 "2007-09-10T08:54:42Z")

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Hi, I am trying to install the to\_csv plugin by using this http://svn.integralserver.com/plugins/to\_csv path. but this svn is not working, is there any other alternative svn is there, if its please let me know as so…

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