# Rails

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## [Instantly Turn your Computer into a Super TV](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instantly-turn-your-computer-into-a-super-tv/90795)

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**Author:** [@buluSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/buluSS)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instantly-turn-your-computer-into-a-super-tv/90795 "2007-04-01T20:24:19Z")

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Instantly Turn your Computer into a Super TV - http://surl.in/HLSTV238206SVRAKSX-google

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## [University Ruby on Rails Survey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/university-ruby-on-rails-survey/90783)

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**Author:** [@University\_Student](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/University_Student)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/university-ruby-on-rails-survey/90783 "2007-04-01T20:14:16Z")

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Hi, As part of a small research paper I am writing for a Web Technologies module making up part of my university degree, I am conducting a brief survey to gauge what active users of Ruby on Rails think of the program…

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## [The Ruby Way For Grouping And Sorting An Array](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-ruby-way-for-grouping-and-sorting-an-array/90780)

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**Author:** [@Ruby.Me.Silly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ruby.Me.Silly)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-ruby-way-for-grouping-and-sorting-an-array/90780 "2007-04-01T19:56:35Z")

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I have an array of Rails ActiveRecord models in which I need to group by name and then sort by topic. For instance the initial array may look like this (hopefully formatting comes out correctly): Name Topic …

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## [Drb vs. rails autoloading](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drb-vs-rails-autoloading/90661)

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**Author:** [@tobias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tobias)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drb-vs-rails-autoloading/90661 "2007-04-01T19:52:14Z")

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Hi! When accessing a drb server from within a Rails application, where the drb server returns an instance of a class that is available in app/models/, drb/Rails does not require/load the model file. Currently I need…

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## [Display widget on remote sites](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/display-widget-on-remote-sites/90723)

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**Author:** [@nicksnels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicksnels)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/display-widget-on-remote-sites/90723 "2007-04-01T19:48:14Z")

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Hi, I would like to make a “widget” that gets placed on websites that I don’t control. And I want to make it as simple as possible for people to (a maximum of 2-3 lines of code) place the widget on their website. So …

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## ["-" instead of "\_" in routes?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instead-of-in-routes/90793)

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**Author:** [@josh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/josh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instead-of-in-routes/90793 "2007-04-01T19:38:13Z")

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Hi all I’d like to have minus signs “-” instead of underscores “\_” in my routes. Is there an easy to do that? my\_controller/show\_something/123 # \<= not cool my-controller/show-something/123 # \<= much cooler Thanks a…

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## [Http\_authentication plugin on edge rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/http-authentication-plugin-on-edge-rails/90757)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/http-authentication-plugin-on-edge-rails/90757 "2007-04-01T19:15:11Z")

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I’m trying to use the http\_authentication plugin with edge rails, and I’m getting an error that I’m not sure how to deal with. I just added the code from the example to one of my controllers, and it’s throwing the fol…

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## [SOLVED - Re: \[Rails\] ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper - auto\_](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/solved-re-rails-actionview-texthelper-auto/90791)

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**Author:** [@Samantha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Samantha)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/solved-re-rails-actionview-texthelper-auto/90791 "2007-04-01T18:46:06Z")

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On 3/25/07, Samantha removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: td\> 14: \<% end %\> Thanks, Samantha – http://www.babygeek.org After playing with it more, this is the proper usage… just in case anyone out the…

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## [\[ANN\] Extended deadline for RailsConf Europe proposals!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-extended-deadline-for-railsconf-europe-proposals/90788)

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**Author:** [@David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/David_ASBlack)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-extended-deadline-for-railsconf-europe-proposals/90788 "2007-04-01T18:23:04Z")

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Hello all – The deadline for proposing talks for RailsConf Europe has been extended to APRIL 19. There was some confusion about what the deadline was originally… but this is an extension of at least a week, whatever…

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## [Marshalling data](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/marshalling-data/90127)

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**Author:** [@bartz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bartz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/marshalling-data/90127 "2007-04-01T17:34:40Z")

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Hello list, For my website, I’m building a module-based customizable system, so users can pick their own modules and display them on their profile page. I want to make this as componentized as possible, but the follo…

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## [\[ANN\] Datetime Toolbocks v3.0.0 (was Datebocks Engine)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-datetime-toolbocks-v3-0-0-was-datebocks-engine/89812)

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**Author:** [@nshb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nshb)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-datetime-toolbocks-v3-0-0-was-datebocks-engine/89812 "2007-04-01T17:29:59Z")

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I am pleased to announce the latest version of the Datebocks Engine, now called the “Datetime Toolbocks” plugin. The reason for the name change is due to the very near future goal to master the world of time input in …

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## [RoR Hosting](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-hosting/90752)

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**Author:** [@Zach\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zach_I)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-hosting/90752 "2007-04-01T17:19:58Z")

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Is (mt) GS enough for big applications? What do you guys use? http://zachinglis.com/2007/coding/rails-hosting/

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## [Rake db:migrate -VERSION=0 not working](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-db-migrate-version-0-not-working/90736)

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**Author:** [@JPJPJP](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JPJPJP)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-db-migrate-version-0-not-working/90736 "2007-04-01T17:02:30Z")

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Good morning, I’ve got a very basic migration that creates a Stories table (going through the SitePoint rails book). It’s version 1 and looks like this: class CreateStories \< ActiveRecord::Migration def self.up crea…

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## [Finding and Ordering by associations](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-and-ordering-by-associations/90771)

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**Author:** [@el-gato](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/el-gato)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-and-ordering-by-associations/90771 "2007-04-01T16:12:24Z")

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I’m stumped on this one and haven’t found anything to help me yet. Any input is welcomed. I’m sure this isn’t too hard for a Rails/SQL wizard. Basically, I want to order a listing based on the number of hits in the …

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## [Creating an array of params](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-an-array-of-params/62299)

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**Author:** [@pergesu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pergesu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-an-array-of-params/62299 "2007-04-01T15:17:57Z")

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I’ve got a bunch of text fields that I’d like to access as an array. The code looks like this: \<%= text\_field\_tag “people\[0\]\[entry\]” %\> \<%= text\_field\_tag “people\[1\]\[entry\]” %\> \<%= text\_field\_tag “people\[2\]\[entry\]” %\>…

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## [Need Help With Datebock plugin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-with-datebock-plugin/89696)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 38\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 9:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-with-datebock-plugin/89696 "2007-04-01T09:16:53Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m using currently Ruby 1.8.4, Rails 1.2.3, Rake 0.7.2, Engines 1.2, & Datebocks 2.03. I followed the instructions on http://datebocks.inimit.com/ I’m getting this error undefined method \`engine\_image…

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## [Performing Time based action](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/performing-time-based-action/90680)

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**Author:** [@kiran](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kiran)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/performing-time-based-action/90680 "2007-04-01T04:37:20Z")

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I need to do a particular action at a specified time on the web server(some thing like windows process which runs continuously on the server and do the specified action.) Any one please suggest if this can be implemen…

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## [Dissecting an SystemExit](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dissecting-an-systemexit/90710)

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**Author:** [@msojka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/msojka)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 4:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dissecting-an-systemexit/90710 "2007-04-01T04:07:30Z")

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Hi, I´m doing about 300 Net::HTTP.get URI.parse(url) from a for-loop. But the loop didn´t get trough more than 150 gets before I got an ApplicationError. How do I dissect the output from the development.log? I see…

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## [Flickr.rb - displaying tags](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/flickr-rb-displaying-tags/82606)

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**Author:** [@gmacgregor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gmacgregor)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/flickr-rb-displaying-tags/82606 "2007-04-01T04:00:33Z")

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Maybe I’m having a “slow day” but I can’t for the life of me figure out how to print a photo’s tags using the flickr gem (flickr.rb). Consider this: \<% @photos.each do |photo| %\> Tags: \<%= debug(photo.tags) %\> \<% e…

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## [\[ANN\] Textile Editor Plugin v0.1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-textile-editor-plugin-v0-1/90303)

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**Author:** [@Dave\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dave_O)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-textile-editor-plugin-v0-1/90303 "2007-04-01T02:52:25Z")

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The Textile Editor Helper (TEH) is a Javascript-based text formatting toolbar that will be added to all of your text areas that utilize the TEH feature. TEH was developed to provide a more WYSIWYG-ish option for users…

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## [Rails plugin: click\_track 0.1 released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-plugin-click-track-0-1-released/90758)

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**Author:** [@S\_ugly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S_ugly)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-plugin-click-track-0-1-released/90758 "2007-04-01T02:19:23Z")

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This plugin adds simple click tracking to any controller in you rails application. http://crookedhideout.com/blog\_entry/show/8

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## [Override ActiveRecord defalt method](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/override-activerecord-defalt-method/90475)

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**Author:** [@stubbsuk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stubbsuk)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/override-activerecord-defalt-method/90475 "2007-04-01T01:42:21Z")

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I’m trying to override one of the setters for a column in my table, this is the model I’m using: class InvoiceLineItem \< ActiveRecord::Base def gross=(amount) write\_attribute(:gross, amount \* 100) end end Yet the …

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## [Subdomains, Routing, and Subdirectory Controllers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subdomains-routing-and-subdirectory-controllers/90755)

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**Author:** [@jtcalhoun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jtcalhoun)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subdomains-routing-and-subdirectory-controllers/90755 "2007-04-01T01:09:20Z")

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For reference, this question is similar to “Subdomains, Session Data, & Routing” posted Oct. 31, 2006. Link: http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse\_thread/thread/d3c5072c3588a1e0/f87d0fdfded31650 I w…

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## [Why is Ruby on Linux so much faster than on Windows?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-is-ruby-on-linux-so-much-faster-than-on-windows/90718)

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**Author:** [@Joram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joram)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-is-ruby-on-linux-so-much-faster-than-on-windows/90718 "2007-03-31T22:08:19Z")

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Hi List, I’m currently investigating some possibilities for deplyong my Rails app. I developed it on Windows XP, but I thought I should give linux a run too. I expected some performance benefit, but not of this leve…

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## [Training a Development Team on Ruby on Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/training-a-development-team-on-ruby-on-rails/90679)

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**Author:** [@keith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/keith)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/training-a-development-team-on-ruby-on-rails/90679 "2007-03-31T22:06:18Z")

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I’m looking for suggestions or people’s experiences with training their development teams on RoR. I have a great team of 5 primarily Java/C++ programmers at my startup that have messed around a little with RoR, but n…

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## [Receiving email via Rails app?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/receiving-email-via-rails-app/90588)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/receiving-email-via-rails-app/90588 "2007-03-31T19:56:08Z")

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I need to be able to read email from an account on my Dreamhost server using a Rails app. I want to accept data and images via email if possible. Can anyone point me to a tutorial or other resource that would help me …

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## [Slow performance](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/slow-performance/90584)

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**Author:** [@nik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nik)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/slow-performance/90584 "2007-03-31T19:40:02Z")

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Hello all, I found a strange dilemma here: I have a table of several thousand rows and I experimented with these two method to display them: In this first method, I just put the follow in the view, let’s call the vie…

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## [Wipe and Rails? (secure file deletes)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wipe-and-rails-secure-file-deletes/90728)

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**Author:** [@wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wpwood)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wipe-and-rails-secure-file-deletes/90728 "2007-03-31T17:18:38Z")

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Hi, I want to use secure file deletes in my app so that the files are irretrievable after deletion (the files contain personal health information). My hosting service has Wipe installed (http://wipe.sourceforge.net/)…

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## [Database migration](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/database-migration/90720)

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**Author:** [@PaSSS\_lo\_Geyer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/PaSSS_lo_Geyer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/database-migration/90720 "2007-03-31T17:15:34Z")

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Hi, i’m migrating a web application from .NET (ASP+SQL Server) to Rails and MySQL, but i’m still learning how to access SQL Server database. I’m writing a simple program using ActiveRecort (Stand Alone) to get the da…

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## [How to make plugin?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-plugin/90084)

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**Author:** [@jamal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jamal)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-plugin/90084 "2007-03-31T16:46:30Z")

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Hello there, I want to develop plugin, i feel every time I make new website I do LOGIN script, i want to do them for all which include the following steps: create users table (id, username, password, created\_at, upd…

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