# Rails

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## [Anyone else seeing these undeliverables to vikrant replies?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyone-else-seeing-these-undeliverables-to-vikrant-replies/107875)

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**Author:** [@bigdaddy71](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bigdaddy71)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 3:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyone-else-seeing-these-undeliverables-to-vikrant-replies/107875 "2007-06-27T03:16:58Z")

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for every message/reply i send to the list i get an undeliverable response for removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. just wondering if anyone else on the list is seeing this (i would assume so) and if an admin can pe…

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## [Integrating Rails Application with a CMS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integrating-rails-application-with-a-cms/107865)

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**Author:** [@siegi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/siegi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integrating-rails-application-with-a-cms/107865 "2007-06-27T02:49:56Z")

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hi, can anyone please share his experience with me on integrating a rails app with a cms? what i want to do is to write the application logic in rails but manage all navigation issues and text/image content using a c…

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## [New Oracle+Rails HowTos on OTN](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-oracle-rails-howtos-on-otn/107877)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 2:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-oracle-rails-howtos-on-otn/107877 "2007-06-27T02:13:53Z")

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http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/scripting-languages/index.html New HowTos on connecting to Oracle, persisting XML data, creating tag clouds, and database schema management with Migrations.

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## [Error when trying to run expense program](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-trying-to-run-expense-program/107383)

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**Author:** [@Fahd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Fahd)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-trying-to-run-expense-program/107383 "2007-06-27T01:37:46Z")

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Guys, I m trying to get up to speed on Rails via the Apple tutorial at:http://developer.apple.com/tools/rubyonrails.html Problem is when I try and access localhost:3000/expenses I get the following error. It may be a …

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## [Howto same order list fields in view and on paginate](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/howto-same-order-list-fields-in-view-and-on-paginate/107872)

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**Author:** [@fellons](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fellons)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/howto-same-order-list-fields-in-view-and-on-paginate/107872 "2007-06-27T00:56:48Z")

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Hi to all. I have a this problem: on my controller.rb I have set attribute ‘select’ for paginate method; in my view I don’t understand how to estract field name and value with same order set. I’have try with attribu…

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## [How to setup POI for ruby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-setup-poi-for-ruby/107870)

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**Author:** [@ligerdave](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ligerdave)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-setup-poi-for-ruby/107870 "2007-06-27T00:36:45Z")

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Hi, I need to read in some data from an excel file. After spending a while looking around, POI for ruby looks like the best solution. However, it misses support documents for newBs like me. I wonder if anyone here ha…

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## [Odd behavior with routes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odd-behavior-with-routes/107868)

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**Author:** [@fmardini](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fmardini)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odd-behavior-with-routes/107868 "2007-06-27T00:21:44Z")

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hi, I have been working with rails 6887 for a while now, and today i decided to try things out with the latest and greatest, but things did not go so well. user\_connections\_path(1) works correctly when i run the app…

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## [Error for second Drag in IE](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-for-second-drag-in-ie/107869)

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**Author:** [@juan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/juan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-for-second-drag-in-ie/107869 "2007-06-27T00:18:28Z")

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first: sorry by my inglish :slight\_smile: I have in one side a list and in the other a table (2 columns and many rows) I need to drag one item from the list and drop it in any of all the td’s on the table. In every ‘…

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## [Folder question....routing error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/folder-question-routing-error/107862)

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**Author:** [@maestro777](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/maestro777)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/folder-question-routing-error/107862 "2007-06-26T23:56:43Z")

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I have this scenario: A Controller called Product. I have a folder set up as /app/views/product/product1/documents and a document called test.pdf residing in the above folder. I have a view file called full\_list.rhtm…

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## [ActionMailer testing errors rescue... Net::](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-testing-errors-rescue-net/107863)

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**Author:** [@kadoudal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kadoudal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-testing-errors-rescue-net/107863 "2007-06-26T23:24:17Z")

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I am testing various mails sent by my app (on localhost with Postfix OS X of course…) no proble when postfix is running… but if Postfix is not running I don’t have any raised error… I tried using the NET lib… res…

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## [What is the :or parameter in a submit\_tag?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-or-parameter-in-a-submit-tag/107833)

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**Author:** [@kadoudal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kadoudal)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 11:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-or-parameter-in-a-submit-tag/107833 "2007-06-26T23:16:34Z")

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I read the following tag in teh Beast example \<%= submit\_tag’Login’, :or =\> link\_to\_function(‘forgotten password’, “$(‘reset-password’).toggle();”) %\> I understand the link\_to\_function, but what is this :or parameter…

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## [One app hangs loading Rails and another doesn't; suggest str](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-app-hangs-loading-rails-and-another-doesnt-suggest-str/107854)

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**Author:** [@Carl\_Wright](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Carl_Wright)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-app-hangs-loading-rails-and-another-doesnt-suggest-str/107854 "2007-06-26T22:12:31Z")

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When I enter “ruby script/server” in one directory, the result is: C:\\work\\ratingasp01\>ruby script/server ./script/…/config/boot.rb:29:Warning: require\_gem is obsolete. Use gem instead. =\> Booting Mongrel (use ‘scri…

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## [Acts\_as\_wizard clone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-wizard-clone/107361)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-wizard-clone/107361 "2007-06-26T22:10:31Z")

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Is there an ‘acts\_as\_wizard’ clone that provies similar functionality ? The original plugin seems to be in an unmaintained state and doesn’t work with Rails 1.2

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## [Best way to render KML files using RXML templates](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-render-kml-files-using-rxml-templates/107853)

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**Author:** [@martinlooker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/martinlooker)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-render-kml-files-using-rxml-templates/107853 "2007-06-26T22:09:30Z")

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I want to produce google maps KML files which are baiscally XML files with a KML extention. I’m using restful routes and respond\_to. The best way I’ve found is to use respond\_to do |format| format.kml { render :actio…

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## [Integration with other apps](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integration-with-other-apps/107852)

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**Author:** [@gcnovus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gcnovus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integration-with-other-apps/107852 "2007-06-26T22:06:30Z")

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I am trying to incorporate a blog, a wiki, and bug tracking all into my Rails webapp. Mephisto recommends starting with their whole app and making certain pages static content, but this only takes care of the blog pa…

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## [Has\_and\_belongs\_to\_many and dynamic find](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/has-and-belongs-to-many-and-dynamic-find/107599)

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**Author:** [@qwan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/qwan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/has-and-belongs-to-many-and-dynamic-find/107599 "2007-06-26T21:48:28Z")

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Hi Just curious if anyone can explain why using a dynamic find fails to work with \<\< operator I have standard habtm relationship class User \< ActiveRecord::Base has\_and\_belongs\_to\_many :roles Now when I assign a Ro…

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## [Installation issues - rails non-existant](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-issues-rails-non-existant/107847)

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**Author:** [@khaja](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/khaja)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-issues-rails-non-existant/107847 "2007-06-26T21:13:57Z")

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So, I installed ruby1.8 and gems via apt-get on Debian Etch and typed the usual “gem install rails --include-dependencies”. Got a success message in the process and proceeded to install the postgresql-driver to conne…

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## [Why RoR needs plugin?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-ror-needs-plugin/107792)

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**Author:** [@chamnap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chamnap)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-ror-needs-plugin/107792 "2007-06-26T21:12:24Z")

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Hello, I am new to RoR. It seems that it needs more and more plugins. Why it is like that? Thanks Chamnap

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## [Highwire, Ruby Load Balancer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/highwire-ruby-load-balancer/103447)

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**Author:** [@eddy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eddy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/highwire-ruby-load-balancer/103447 "2007-06-26T21:11:20Z")

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After stumbling across the post below, i was playing around with it, but noticed if there was ever a bug in the app, the whole domain would freeze up. Is there anyone else using this out there? I just tried emailing h…

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## [MySQL Where conditions automatic formatting](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-where-conditions-automatic-formatting/107849)

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**Author:** [@jwm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jwm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-where-conditions-automatic-formatting/107849 "2007-06-26T21:02:16Z")

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Hi, I’m having a problem with the automatic formatting of my mysql query. My code is this: Tablename.find(:all, :conditions =\> {:id =\> list}) Where list is a list of id’s (8,9,10) The problem is that the query is au…

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## [App seems slow when emailing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/app-seems-slow-when-emailing/107824)

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**Author:** [@jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjkiesch)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/app-seems-slow-when-emailing/107824 "2007-06-26T20:38:14Z")

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i’ve got an app that works well until actions that send email are used. it seems that the user is having to wait for rails to send the email before they get to the next page. is there an easy way to move on to the nex…

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## [RoR way to handle 2 situations](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-way-to-handle-2-situations/107843)

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**Author:** [@Ray\_Wenderlich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ray_Wenderlich)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-way-to-handle-2-situations/107843 "2007-06-26T20:29:13Z")

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I’m new to Ruby on Rails, and was wondering what the preferred method is of handling the two situations in Ruby on Rails: You are designing a database table for “Event” that has a “recurrence” field. This field sho…

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## [Type image submit tags on IE dropping the params](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/type-image-submit-tags-on-ie-dropping-the-params/107600)

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**Author:** [@icottee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/icottee)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/type-image-submit-tags-on-ie-dropping-the-params/107600 "2007-06-26T20:25:13Z")

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I have noticed that on IE, the @params\[:commit\] does not come through on image submit tags, but it does when the image is removed. this fails: \<%= submit\_tag( “Schedule”, {:type =\> “image”, :src=\>"/images/buttons/sch…

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## [Sending Automated Email Reminders?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-automated-email-reminders/107842)

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**Author:** [@adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adistarmid)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-automated-email-reminders/107842 "2007-06-26T19:27:07Z")

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If I wanted to send periodic email reminders, would a periodic sleep interval work fine (e.g. sleep xxxxx), or would I need a task plugin like BackgroundDRB?

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## [Aptana IDE](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aptana-ide/107365)

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**Author:** [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aptana-ide/107365 "2007-06-26T19:07:03Z")

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Hello all, I’ve heard some folks suggest that I should try out the Aptana IDE (formerly RadRails). I’ve tried it on my development machine, but the goofy thing just bails out and terminates. Is anyone successfully usi…

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## [RoR newbie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-newbie/107801)

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**Author:** [@Rajmohan\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rajmohan_B)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-newbie/107801 "2007-06-26T18:39:47Z")

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Hi, How do I extract the xml body from a request within a controller? The controller keeps processing the xml requests and responds back. Also , would like to know whats the best way to map the xml to a model? Should…

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## [Nil values being set in scaffold generated code for 1.2.3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nil-values-being-set-in-scaffold-generated-code-for-1-2-3/107820)

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**Author:** [@andrewdon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andrewdon)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nil-values-being-set-in-scaffold-generated-code-for-1-2-3/107820 "2007-06-26T18:07:52Z")

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Using rails 1.2.3 on mac os x with mongrel / safari and mysql 5 ( have also tried against postgres 8.2 with the same results ). Encountering a problem on the following scaffold generated code ( used in the controller…

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## [Plugins disappear](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugins-disappear/107838)

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**Author:** [@JolSSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JolSSSS)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugins-disappear/107838 "2007-06-26T18:03:55Z")

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Hi, Yesterday I installed markdown as a plugin (http://www.railsdiary.com/ diary/ajax\_markdown\_preview) and today for some reason I always get the error “undefined method \`markdown’”, but it worked yesterday… Do I ha…

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## [Application.rb overload?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-rb-overload/107542)

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**Author:** [@pgundlach](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pgundlach)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-rb-overload/107542 "2007-06-26T18:01:54Z")

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Hi, I have an authentification application with methods such as “logged\_in?” in controllers/application.rb. But when I moved the application.rb from a real app to an engine, these methods are not known anymore. I call…

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## [ActiveRecord: Attribute Setter for belongs\_to relation attr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-attribute-setter-for-belongs-to-relation-attr/107819)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-attribute-setter-for-belongs-to-relation-attr/107819 "2007-06-26T17:55:54Z")

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Hi, I m trying to link into the process of setting an belongs\_to attribute in my model. Unfortunetly, it does not seem to be as easy as for “normal” attributes. I ve tried the following: class Treatment \< ActiveReco…

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