# Ruby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1398 [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:** 1399 --- ## [Problems with archive-tar-external](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-archive-tar-external/110915)
**Author:** [@Bram\_Kuijper](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bram_Kuijper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 11:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-archive-tar-external/110915 "2007-08-01T11:13:49Z")
Hi all, as a ruby newbie I am trying to build a small script using Daniel Berger’s archive-tar-external package: http://rubyforge.org/projects/shards/ so I try to repeat the following example from the docs: http://r… --- ## [Recommended Ruby Podcasts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommended-ruby-podcasts/110944)
**Author:** [@johan\_pretorius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johan_pretorius)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 9:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommended-ruby-podcasts/110944 "2007-08-01T09:29:36Z")
Hi there, I’m based in South Africa and new to Ruby (but not to software development), and would like to get some feedback from you guys on Ruby related podcasts. Any recommendations? thanks! Johan --- ## [Bug that eats sql](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-that-eats-sql/110869)
**Author:** [@linus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/linus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 9:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-that-eats-sql/110869 "2007-08-01T09:22:44Z")
Hi, I might have found bug that eats sql. I can manualy execute this code on “Company$NCustomers” view: UPDATE “Company$NCustomers” SET name = ‘test’ WHERE no\_ = ‘100087’ But then i do that in rails, the attribute is… --- ## [Wxruby2 beta 1.9.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wxruby2-beta-1-9-0/110764)
**Author:** [@absolute-beginner](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/absolute-beginner)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 8:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wxruby2-beta-1-9-0/110764 "2007-08-01T08:41:32Z")
I’m pleased to announce the release of wxruby2 1.9.0, the cross-platform native GUI toolkit: http://wxruby.org This is a significant milestone in wxruby2’s development: a first beta release that should soon evolve int… --- ## [Looking for gram.y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/looking-for-gram-y/110859)
**Author:** [@pedz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pedz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 8:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/looking-for-gram-y/110859 "2007-08-01T08:30:31Z")
I am looking for the Bison (or yacc) file used to create ext/syck/gram.c and gram.h It is not in the svn trunk. Thank you, Perry --- ## [\[ANN\] Ruby-VPI 18.0.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-vpi-18-0-0/110940)
**Author:** [@snk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/snk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 7:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-vpi-18-0-0/110940 "2007-08-01T07:47:28Z")
Ruby-VPI is a Ruby interface to IEEE 1364-2005 Verilog VPI and a platform for unit testing, rapid prototyping, and systems integration of Verilog modules through Ruby. It lets you create complex Verilog test benches e… --- ## [Ar\_mailer 1.3.1 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ar-mailer-1-3-1-released/110939)
**Author:** [@miracleofmagick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miracleofmagick)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 7:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ar-mailer-1-3-1-released/110939 "2007-08-01T07:05:24Z")
ar\_mailer version 1.3.1 has been released! http://seattlerb.org/ar\_mailer Even delivering email to the local machine may take too long when you have to send hundreds of messages. ar\_mailer allows you to store messa… --- ## [Running Ruby Program from Mac OS X Desktop](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-ruby-program-from-mac-os-x-desktop/110925)
**Author:** [@alexd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexd)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 6:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-ruby-program-from-mac-os-x-desktop/110925 "2007-08-01T06:00:10Z")
I have a Ruby program on my Mac desktop and when I double click on it, it doesn’t run the program…it just opens up the text editor. How do I make it run the program when I double click on it? --- ## [Ruby and PHP code in html-page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-php-code-in-html-page/109221)
**Author:** [@avanetix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/avanetix)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 4:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-php-code-in-html-page/109221 "2007-08-01T04:51:13Z")
For example I have such html-page: test.html \<% puts 'hello' %\> \ =========== Main web-server script-language is Ruby. I want to include PHP-code. Is it posiible? --- ## [Tweak RDoc to transclude a function into another function's](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tweak-rdoc-to-transclude-a-function-into-another-functions/110927)
**Author:** [@Phlip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Phlip)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tweak-rdoc-to-transclude-a-function-into-another-functions/110927 "2007-08-01T04:29:11Z")
Ruboids: A recent post here, by Robert D., showed how to tweak RDoc to add a raw HTML directive, %html. Below my sig is a monkey-patch, for Ruby 1.8’s RDoc, which includes this tweak and adds another; the ability to… --- ## [Last Call for the Hoedown!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/last-call-for-the-hoedown/110926)
**Author:** [@ntalbott](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ntalbott)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 4:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/last-call-for-the-hoedown/110926 "2007-08-01T04:27:11Z")
The Ruby Hoedown, the first southern regional Ruby conference, is less than two weeks away, and we couldn’t be more excited about it! A top-notch charity workshop, a line up of seven great talks, lots of hallway time … --- ## [Problem creating SOAP Request](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-creating-soap-request/110835)
**Author:** [@matthew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/matthew)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-creating-soap-request/110835 "2007-08-01T04:22:10Z")
Hi there, I am trying to do a soap request to the Mapping Service Map24. They have a WSDL for their webservice: http://maptp11.map24.com/map24/webservices1.5?soap=Map24Geocoder51 I am attempting to do the Free Geocod… --- ## [DRb throws Errno::EMFILE "Too many open files" with 256 conn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drb-throws-errno-emfile-too-many-open-files-with-256-conn/110596)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 4:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drb-throws-errno-emfile-too-many-open-files-with-256-conn/110596 "2007-08-01T04:11:09Z")
Hi, I have a ruby / DRb process that is quiting with Errno::EMFILE every time it reaches 256 connections. This happens regardless of what I set in ulimit -n and only on Solaris. /opt/csw/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:944:i… --- ## [Clean urls, without directory structures....not sure what it](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/clean-urls-without-directory-structures-not-sure-what-it/110916)
**Author:** [@taelor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/taelor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/clean-urls-without-directory-structures-not-sure-what-it/110916 "2007-08-01T03:09:03Z")
I have just recently learned the practice of clean uri/urls, combined with ruby’s string manipulation is a great way to pass open/ insensitive data. right now i have just one page, that controls my whole site, except … --- ## [Find search word within a string](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-search-word-within-a-string/110914)
**Author:** [@flnative](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/flnative)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-search-word-within-a-string/110914 "2007-08-01T00:53:54Z")
Hi @ all I would like to search in a string a user-defined word and I want to find out, how many times its appear in the string. Can anyone help me? thanks for your effort… --- ## [Proposals now being accepted for RubyConf 2007 presentations](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/proposals-now-being-accepted-for-rubyconf-2007-presentations/110506)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 12:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/proposals-now-being-accepted-for-rubyconf-2007-presentations/110506 "2007-08-01T00:33:52Z")
Hi everyone – Presentation proposals for RubyConf 2007 are now being accepted. The form is at: http://proposals.rubycentral.org. You need to sign up for a password, even if you had one last year. (It just involves … --- ## [Help with string matching](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-string-matching/110893)
**Author:** [@dandiebolt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dandiebolt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-string-matching/110893 "2007-08-01T00:20:51Z")
This does not work: logdate = “#{@calendar1.year}-” + (@calendar1.month + 1).to\_s + “-#{@calendar1.day}” #output is: 2007-07-30 puts “Getting log for #{logdate}” File.open(“rdpconnect.log”).each do |line| if line.m… --- ## [ActiveRecord without Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-without-rails/110881)
**Author:** [@Ari\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ari_B)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-without-rails/110881 "2007-07-31T21:31:35Z")
BEGIN { puts “hey all” } hey all Can anyone point me to a good tutorial for using ActiveRecord without Rails? Right now I’m just stealing what information I can from various sources. Thanks, aRi ------------------… --- ## [Svn, initial import with an old branch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-initial-import-with-an-old-branch/110815)
**Author:** [@Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Trans)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-initial-import-with-an-old-branch/110815 "2007-07-31T20:40:30Z")
Hey, if I have a project to import, but I also have an older version that project, can I just drop the old version into a branch directory before doing the import? T. --- ## [Hiding user input](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hiding-user-input/110804)
**Author:** [@Ari\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ari_B)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hiding-user-input/110804 "2007-07-31T20:13:25Z")
Before you all read on, there is a restriction… Without Highline!!! Sorry, James, I love the library, but I need this to work over IO. How can I hide user input (as they type) without highline? Am I able to use block… --- ## [Shut down Ruby interpreter as last command of a script?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shut-down-ruby-interpreter-as-last-command-of-a-script/110880)
**Author:** [@Sunburned\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sunburned_S)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shut-down-ruby-interpreter-as-last-command-of-a-script/110880 "2007-07-31T20:07:24Z")
Is there a command I can issue in the last command of a script to shut down the Ruby interpreter? (I want to open the ruby interpreter to execute the script from another program, but I want the script to close the int… --- ## [\[SOLUTION\]Crossword Solver (#132)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/solution-crossword-solver-132/110888)
**Author:** [@jameskelly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jameskelly)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/solution-crossword-solver-132/110888 "2007-07-31T19:23:19Z")
Sorry for the delay; ruby-talk-ctl suddenly decided to stop working for me. This is another depth-first recursive search. Dictionary should be saved in wordlist.txt. It implements the first bonus, but not the second. … --- ## [EMACS with ruby-mode](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-with-ruby-mode/110740)
**Author:** [@Felix\_ESKlee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Felix_ESKlee)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs-with-ruby-mode/110740 "2007-07-31T18:47:14Z")
I’m using EMACS’ ruby-mode, and with the following code, “x += 3” gets highlighted as if it was a string. puts %{it’s annoying} x = 3 + 5 Does anyone know a quick workaround/solution? Is there some Ruby mode for EMA… --- ## [Ruby test suites?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-test-suites/110820)
**Author:** [@regularfry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/regularfry)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-test-suites/110820 "2007-07-31T17:52:08Z")
Has anyone got an overview of the current status of the various Ruby spec suites? I know of at least 3 (rubicon, jRuby’s tests, and rubinius’ specs), but I’ve got no idea how complete or active they are, or which Rub… --- ## [Knowledge management in OSS communities](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/knowledge-management-in-oss-communities/110853)
**Author:** [@zilia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zilia)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/knowledge-management-in-oss-communities/110853 "2007-07-31T16:16:48Z")
Dear members of Ruby Group, I am a PhD student in e-Business in Durham University, Durham Business School (UK). My research topic is “Knowledge management and innovation in virtual organisations”. The aim of my thesis… --- ## [Knowledge management in OSS communities](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/knowledge-management-in-oss-communities/110854)
**Author:** [@zilia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zilia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/knowledge-management-in-oss-communities/110854 "2007-07-31T15:48:42Z")
Dear Members of Ruby T. Group, I am a PhD student in e-Business in Durham University, Durham Business School (UK). My research topic is “Knowledge management and innovation in virtual organisations”. The aim of my the… --- ## [Dash in SOAP variable name](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dash-in-soap-variable-name/110831)
**Author:** [@shb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shb)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dash-in-soap-variable-name/110831 "2007-07-31T15:45:18Z")
Hello, First the code of my little script. I am trying to get some infromation from other service using SOAP. The code: require ‘soap/wsdlDriver’ wsdl = “http://some.service.com?wsdl” service = SOAP::WSDLDriverFact… --- ## [Gem installation without documentation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-installation-without-documentation/110836)
**Author:** [@Sy\_Ali](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sy_Ali)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-installation-without-documentation/110836 "2007-07-31T15:43:41Z")
I’ve got Ruby running on my palmtop, and I don’t want to waste the extra space with ri or RDoc documentation for certain gems. I did some hunting and couldn’t find a simple answer for my questions so I thought I’d as… --- ## [Error using Tk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-using-tk/107574)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-using-tk/107574 "2007-07-31T14:10:30Z")
Hello everybody ! When I try to use the Tk extension I get an error that the “tk84.dll” can’t be found. I tried to reinstall it but I didn’t find the right gem. So which gem is it or is there another way to get Tk ru… --- ## [Rdoc and virtual attributes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rdoc-and-virtual-attributes/110691)
**Author:** [@stephan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stephan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rdoc-and-virtual-attributes/110691 "2007-07-31T13:54:05Z")
I’ve been trying to get rdoc to document virtual attributes as though they weren’t virtual. The solution seems to be to use an attr\_reader / attr\_writer as an anchor for the documentation with the :nodoc: modifier on … [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1397) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1399)