# Ruby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1035 [Latest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.ruby-forum.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.ruby-forum.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1036 --- ## [Gem buffer error (1.2.0)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-buffer-error-1-2-0/146915)
**Author:** [@johnlester](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnlester)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-buffer-error-1-2-0/146915 "2008-08-26T19:29:45Z")
When I execute some gem commands – “gem outdated” – I get a buffer error. I tried reinstalling gem with the “update\_rubygems” command, which worked, and still get the error. Also ran “gem cleanup”, which worked, and … --- ## [Bug in IRB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-in-irb/146838)
**Author:** [@crazyhat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/crazyhat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-in-irb/146838 "2008-08-26T18:40:52Z")
Running ruby version ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) \[i386-mswin32\] with Rails 1.2.3, getting the following error trying to create one of my app objects from the console: Errno::ENOMEM: Not enough space from c:/… --- ## [In\_place\_editor\_field doesn't work with Float column](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-place-editor-field-doesnt-work-with-float-column/146883)
**Author:** [@palani](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/palani)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-place-editor-field-doesnt-work-with-float-column/146883 "2008-08-26T18:26:48Z")
Hi Anyone please help me to solve in\_place\_editor\_field . Its working for me with Integers and Strings, but I get an error on Float fields. It says Undefined method \`size’ for 0.03:Float It does change the value in … --- ## [In\_place\_editor\_field doesn't work](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-place-editor-field-doesnt-work/146897)
**Author:** [@palani](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/palani)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-place-editor-field-doesnt-work/146897 "2008-08-26T18:25:03Z")
Hi, Please any one help me to solve in\_place\_editor\_field issue. I try to edit a price column in DB. The value is updated in DB but it throws error while updating page. please any one help me solve this issue. --- ## [Adding string and numbers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adding-string-and-numbers/146833)
**Author:** [@iggysx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/iggysx)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adding-string-and-numbers/146833 "2008-08-26T17:41:42Z")
i’m new at programing. and i was trying to figure out how you add numbers. or string? here is the coding puts ‘what is your first name?’ name1= gets.chomp puts ‘how about your middle?’ name2= gets.chomp puts ‘and w… --- ## [How to open Text File and then insert line in first position?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-open-text-file-and-then-insert-line-in-first-position/146899)
**Author:** [@pabloq](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pabloq)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-open-text-file-and-then-insert-line-in-first-position/146899 "2008-08-26T17:40:32Z")
Hi, I need to add a header to files, but I didn’t find how open files in append mode (‘a’) but positioned in first position. Does anyone know how to do that? Thanks --- ## [tinyMce validation problem?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tinymce-validation-problem/146893)
**Author:** [@ravikanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ravikanth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tinymce-validation-problem/146893 "2008-08-26T16:10:47Z")
Hi, i am using the tinyMce text editor in my rails app.But how to write the java script validation for that textarea? my validation is: In that textarea all numbers are not allowed. I am getting the data from te… --- ## [\[Ruby 1.9 - Bug #282\] (Open) failure of test\_asctime(TestTime) on mswin32](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-bug-282-open-failure-of-test-asctime-testtime-on-mswin32/143283)
**Author:** [@Usaku\_NAKAMURA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Usaku_NAKAMURA)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-bug-282-open-failure-of-test-asctime-testtime-on-mswin32/143283 "2008-08-26T15:52:33Z")
e$B%A%1%C%He(B #282 e$B$,Js9p$5$l$^$7$?!#e(B (by Usaku NAKAMURA) Bug #282: failure of test\_asctime(TestTime) on mswin32 http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/282 e$B5/I\<\ **Author:** [@bikle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bikle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/clipboard-gtk-clipboard-get-primary-under-windows/146898 "2008-08-26T15:51:44Z") I need to be able to read text that has been selected in another application under windows. Using $clipboard = Gtk::Clipboard.get(‘PRIMARY’) works fantastically well under Linux, but I’d like my application to work on… --- ## [\[Bug #409\] Can't modify frozen ... $B$N7?(B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-409-cant-modify-frozen-b-n7-b/146887)
**Author:** [@Shyouhei\_U](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shyouhei_U)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-409-cant-modify-frozen-b-n7-b/146887 "2008-08-26T15:08:30Z")
e$B%A%1%C%He(B #409 e$B$,99?7$5$l$^$7$?!#e(B (by Shyouhei U.) e$B%+%F%4%je(B coree$B$+$ie(BDOCe$B$KJQ99e(B e$BM%@hEYe(B Normale$B$+$ie(BLowe$B$KJQ99e(B e$B0U?^$5$l$F$$$k$J$i$^$"$$$$$s$8$c$J$$$G$7$g$&$+!#e(B e$B$?$@!… --- ## [Log a stack trace](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/log-a-stack-trace/146876)
**Author:** [@aidy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aidy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/log-a-stack-trace/146876 "2008-08-26T14:23:03Z")
Hi, Is it possible to log a stack trace to a text file? Thanks Aidy --- ## [Enumerable object from a block](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/enumerable-object-from-a-block/146478)
**Author:** [@Akinori\_MUSHA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Akinori_MUSHA)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/enumerable-object-from-a-block/146478 "2008-08-26T12:56:17Z")
　ブロックで簡単に Enumerable ãªã‚ªãƒ–ã‚¸ã‚§ã‚¯ãƒˆã‚’ä½œã‚Œã‚‹æ©Ÿèƒ½ã‚’è¿½åŠ ã—ã‚ˆã†ã¨æ€ã„ã¾ã™ãŒã€ã©ã†ã§ã—ã‚‡ã†ã‹ã€‚ 　いちいちクラスを作ったり、 extend(Enumerable) して特異ヅ --- ## [\[Bug #437\] test\_strftime(TestTime) fails on Solaris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-437-test-strftime-testtime-fails-on-solaris/145748)
**Author:** [@Shugo\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shugo_M)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 11:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-437-test-strftime-testtime-fails-on-solaris/145748 "2008-08-26T11:19:24Z")
Bug #437: test\_strftime(TestTime) fails on Solaris http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/437 e$B5/I\<\ **Author:** [@scudco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/scudco)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 10:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regexp-match-and-nil/146861 "2008-08-26T10:08:17Z") heres my function def remove\_for\_such\_and\_such(a\_string) if (%r{(.+)for.}i =~ a\_string) match = a\_string.match(%r{(.+)for.}i) a\_string = match\[1\].strip end a\_string end i want to know if that could be written bet… --- ## [Chronos - A project needs your help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/chronos-a-project-needs-your-help/146747)
**Author:** [@apeiros](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/apeiros)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 9:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/chronos-a-project-needs-your-help/146747 "2008-08-26T09:52:27Z")
Summarized for those who don’t like long texts first :slight\_smile: What is Chronos? A high level library to deal with date, time, duration and intervals. Providing an interface for multiple calendary systems. Where … --- ## [\[Feature #498\] test/cgi/test\_cgi\_tag\_helper.rb$B$K%F%9%H$rDI2C(B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/feature-498-test-cgi-test-cgi-tag-helper-rb-b-k-f-9-h-rdi2c-b/146844)
**Author:** [@Takeyuki\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Takeyuki_F)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 9:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/feature-498-test-cgi-test-cgi-tag-helper-rb-b-k-f-9-h-rdi2c-b/146844 "2008-08-26T09:29:34Z")
Feature #498: test/cgi/test\_cgi\_tag\_helper.rbe$B$K%F%9%H$rDI2Ce(B http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/498 e$B5/I\<\ **Author:** [@saurabhpurnaye](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saurabhpurnaye)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-your-help-orviews-for-distributed-programming-with-ruby/196792 "2008-08-26T09:18:59Z") hi all, greetings, I have came across a situation where I want to send sms (Text Messages) and mails at a time to thousand’s/lac’s of users. The text may be a security or traffic alerts so its needed that this should… --- ## [Display day,month,year in combo box](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/display-day-month-year-in-combo-box/146860)
**Author:** [@ganeshk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ganeshk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 9:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/display-day-month-year-in-combo-box/146860 "2008-08-26T09:05:59Z")
Hi, Anybody know how to display day,year,month in single drop down if anybody know the solution plz reply me… --- ## [How this will look in ruby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-this-will-look-in-ruby/146855)
**Author:** [@adm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-this-will-look-in-ruby/146855 "2008-08-26T09:00:13Z")
sorry for asking conversion and not doing it myself(since I’ve little to none knowledge of Ruby). Can somebody translate this code snippent in Ruby? sub formatfld { my $f = shift; join(’’, map(ucfirst, split(’\_’, $f… --- ## [RMagick write fails / to\_blob works](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-write-fails-to-blob-works/146816)
**Author:** [@gazoduc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gazoduc)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 8:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-write-fails-to-blob-works/146816 "2008-08-26T08:28:34Z")
I am trying to use @img.write(path) but it’s not working (zero bytes written). Using “to\_blob” works. f = Tempfile.new('tmp\_img') FAILING CODE: @img.write(f.path) WORKING CODE: File.open(f.path, ‘wb’) do |f| f.sy… --- ## [Need your help orviews for distributed programming with ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-your-help-orviews-for-distributed-programming-with-ruby/146850)
**Author:** [@saurabh\_purnaye](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saurabh_purnaye)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 7:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-your-help-orviews-for-distributed-programming-with-ruby/146850 "2008-08-26T07:35:54Z")
hi all, greetings, I have came across a situation where I want to send sms (Text Messages) and mails at a time to thousand’s/lac’s of users. The text may be a security or traffic alerts so its needed that this should… --- ## [Webby 0.9.0 (Vegan Velociraptor)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webby-0-9-0-vegan-velociraptor/146846)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 7:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webby-0-9-0-vegan-velociraptor/146846 "2008-08-26T07:23:01Z")
Webby version 0.9.0 by Tim P. http://webby.rubyforge.org/ (the “Vegan Velociraptor” release) == DESCRIPTION Webby is a fantastic little website management system. It would be called a content management system if i… --- ## [Which is faster for repetition: Ruby or SQL?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-faster-for-repetition-ruby-or-sql/146814)
**Author:** [@inari](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/inari)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-faster-for-repetition-ruby-or-sql/146814 "2008-08-26T06:50:52Z")
Hey all, I was wondering if there was a general consensus for whether it’s faster to do repetitive queries solely through Ruby (as on an array), or to make multiple calls to a SQL database of some sort. For example, … --- ## [ActiveRecord/Oracle without Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-oracle-without-rails/84758)
**Author:** [@dfg59](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dfg59)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 5:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-oracle-without-rails/84758 "2008-08-26T05:11:30Z")
All - I’m attempting to write a data validation program using ActiveRecord and connecting to an Oracle 10g database. I’ve downloaded the ruby-oci8 package, double clicked it to install, and written a simple program (… --- ## [Passing a callback to ScriptObject.Invoke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-a-callback-to-scriptobject-invoke/146597)
**Author:** [@Sean\_CSHess](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sean_CSHess)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-a-callback-to-scriptobject-invoke/146597 "2008-08-26T03:42:37Z")
Hi everybody, I’m plugging in to an existing javascript library using invoke. I can successfully call my\_js\_object.invoke and get it to call different functions. They implemented a function called Observe that accep… --- ## [FYI Code Review: interpreted sites](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fyi-code-review-interpreted-sites/146836)
**Author:** [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fyi-code-review-interpreted-sites/146836 "2008-08-26T03:30:52Z")
tfpt review “/shelveset:InterpretedSites7-PartI;REDMOND\\tomat” The first part of DLR interpreter improvements that has already been reviewed. The rest of the changes are awaiting DLR design review. Ruby changes: Remo… --- ## [ANN: Melbourne (Australia) Ruby user group this Thursday](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-melbourne-australia-ruby-user-group-this-thursday/146835)
**Author:** [@pete](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pete)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-melbourne-australia-ruby-user-group-this-thursday/146835 "2008-08-26T03:13:18Z")
Hi everyone! It’s the Melbourne Ruby U. Group this Thursday (28th of August @ 6:30PM), and it’s being held at: Thoughtworks: Level 11, 155 Queen Street, Melbourne (SMS Mark on 0414 740 489 if you can’t scale skyscrap… --- ## [Undefined method \`push' for Array:Class](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undefined-method-push-for-array-class/146821)
**Author:** [@amanda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amanda)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undefined-method-push-for-array-class/146821 "2008-08-25T22:06:07Z")
hi there, I’m trying to add objects onto the end of an array and I’m getting a NoMethodError with the message “undefined method \`push’ for Array:Class”. This makes no sense to me as “push” should be defined for an Arr… --- ## [Code Review: DirFix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-dirfix/146818)
**Author:** [@Srivatsn\_Narayanan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Srivatsn_Narayanan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-dirfix/146818 "2008-08-25T21:55:29Z")
Tfpt review /shelveset:DirFix;srivatsn Fixes RubyForge \[#21126\] Dir.glob \*\*/ returns duplicate entries. The code was enumerating the current folder’s and its subfolders’ files recursively and hence everything got coun… --- ## [Ruby & Robotics?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-robotics/146110)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Craig](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michael_Craig)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-robotics/146110 "2008-08-25T21:54:54Z")
Hello all, Does anybody know if there are any good implementations of Ruby in basic robotics? I want to learn some robotics (basic ground-level stuff, i.e. how to control servos from a computer with ruby) and I don’… [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1034) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1036)