# Ruby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1711 [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:** 1712 --- ## [Re: Microsoft Timestamp (Active Directory)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-microsoft-timestamp-active-directory/65477)
**Author:** [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-microsoft-timestamp-active-directory/65477 "2006-08-18T15:50:31Z")
What could possibly be less convoluted than keeping time as a high resolution (in this case, 100ns) integer since some epoch? It’s actually the perfect way to handle time, and I thought that (and implemented it) long… --- ## [Double\_metaphone.rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/double-metaphone-rb/65340)
**Author:** [@s0nspark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/s0nspark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/double-metaphone-rb/65340 "2006-08-18T15:26:28Z")
http://tfletcher.com/lib/double\_metaphone.rb Adapted from the PHP version. There’s at least one person looking for it: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/search?group=comp.lang.ruby&q=double+metaphone Bug … --- ## [LDAP searches don't stop](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ldap-searches-dont-stop/65327)
**Author:** [@bartb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bartb)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ldap-searches-dont-stop/65327 "2006-08-18T14:17:17Z")
Hello, I’m trying to figure out how to search an LDAP server. I can connect and I see searches pass by if I sniff on the network interface. But the search command never stops, even tough I limit it to 1 second. (Can … --- ## [Method for writing log file( in Eclipse environment)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/method-for-writing-log-file-in-eclipse-environment/65450)
**Author:** [@bodom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bodom)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2006, 10:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/method-for-writing-log-file-in-eclipse-environment/65450 "2006-08-18T10:28:31Z")
Hi all ! I use ruby for writing methods for automated testing in Eclipse . I’ve succeeded only to make log text file,in which to record the output stream of the main test ruby script . The problem is, that I couldn’t… --- ## [CheckBox](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/checkbox/65447)
**Author:** [@daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daniel)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2006, 9:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/checkbox/65447 "2006-08-18T09:55:53Z")
Hi, I have a checkbox, when I check it some action(disabling a dropdown) should occur. How to implement it Daniel. --- ## [Lightweight Ruby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lightweight-ruby/64993)
**Author:** [@chanon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chanon)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2006, 9:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lightweight-ruby/64993 "2006-08-18T09:31:53Z")
Hi all, I was the one who started the “Using Ruby in a commercial application?” thread. Thanks for all the replies! After some more consideration on using Ruby embedded in C++ for games, it started to become clear … --- ## [How to - Change operator behaviour](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-change-operator-behaviour/65328)
**Author:** [@henrys](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/henrys)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2006, 7:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-change-operator-behaviour/65328 "2006-08-18T07:28:43Z")
Dear Ruby gurus: I want to write anywhere in my code t1 \> t2 and get: true if at least one parameter is nil and the other parameter is Time standard comparision result in other case How to do that? Thank you Henry … --- ## [Learning to talk to Windows with Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/learning-to-talk-to-windows-with-ruby/65438)
**Author:** [@amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amin1426)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2006, 6:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/learning-to-talk-to-windows-with-ruby/65438 "2006-08-18T06:07:28Z")
Ok, it’s like this… I’m very proficient with Linux. I’m very proficient with Ruby. I last programmed extensively under MSWindows way back when it was Windows 3.1 Now, alas, I need to make a bunch of windows applicat… --- ## [Gems timeout on the rubyforge repository](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-timeout-on-the-rubyforge-repository/102242)
**Author:** [@mountaindrummer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mountaindrummer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2006, 5:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-timeout-on-the-rubyforge-repository/102242 "2006-08-18T05:52:40Z")
Hi, I have downloaded and compiled both ruby and gems. I am now trying to install rails with the following command: sudo gem install rails --include-dependencies and after a long delay, I get this message: ERROR: W… --- ## [Reading website](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reading-website/65380)
**Author:** [@fabsy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fabsy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2006, 5:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reading-website/65380 "2006-08-18T05:40:26Z")
Hey! I have been going through some basic IO stuff and want to get into something more “advanced”. I would like to make a script who asks for a website and takes the information (the text) on the website and put it i… --- ## [JRuby goes Camping](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-goes-camping/65412)
**Author:** [@Charles\_O\_Nutter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Charles_O_Nutter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-goes-camping/65412 "2006-08-18T00:51:35Z")
This is too cool to keep quiet. We’ve been working on Camping support in JRuby for a while now, and Ola and I have finally got it running. Ola’s done most of the heavy testing and made some major contributions, and he… --- ## [Re: Ruby is exploding onto the scene as Java did at the end](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-is-exploding-onto-the-scene-as-java-did-at-the-end/65405)
**Author:** [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-is-exploding-onto-the-scene-as-java-did-at-the-end/65405 "2006-08-17T23:39:30Z")
\-----Original Message----- From: Elliot T. \[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\] Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 3:33 PM To: ruby-talk ML Subject: Re: Ruby is exploding onto the scene as Java did at the end… --- ## [\[SOC\] mkrf 0.1.1 released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/soc-mkrf-0-1-1-released/65400)
**Author:** [@kdclark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kdclark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/soc-mkrf-0-1-1-released/65400 "2006-08-17T22:57:23Z")
Today I tagged mkrf’s 0.1.1 release. It fixes several of the shortcomings of it’s predecessor. = What Is It? mkrf is a library to generate Rakefiles which build extensions to Ruby. It aims to replace mkmf with a prop… --- ## [Remove non binary characters from string](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/remove-non-binary-characters-from-string/65367)
**Author:** [@Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Junkone)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/remove-non-binary-characters-from-string/65367 "2006-08-17T22:45:22Z")
HI When i run this sql, i get error nsert into stocksymbols (symbolname,symbol2exchange,company\_name,symbol2sector,symbol2industry, stocksummary ) values(‘CHINA’,16,‘CDC Corp.’,null ,null,‘CDC Corporation (CDC) is … --- ## [Embedding html in an rdoc file](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/embedding-html-in-an-rdoc-file/102108)
**Author:** [@polypus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/polypus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/embedding-html-in-an-rdoc-file/102108 "2006-08-17T21:41:17Z")
how can i embed images, or canvases, or any other html in an rdoc file? is it possible? thanks --- ## [Net::LDAP 0.0.4 filter warnings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-ldap-0-0-4-filter-warnings/65255)
**Author:** [@barjunk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/barjunk)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-ldap-0-0-4-filter-warnings/65255 "2006-08-17T20:57:08Z")
I’m writing some new code and using #!/usr/bin/ruby -w as the bang line in the script. The code looks like: require ‘rubygems’ require ‘net/ldap’ filter = Net::LDAP::Filter.eq( “key”,“value” ) ldap.search (:base =\>… --- ## [Re: Simple Questions on Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-simple-questions-on-ruby/65352)
**Author:** [@CameronS\_Gemma\_SUK](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/CameronS_Gemma_SUK)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-simple-questions-on-ruby/65352 "2006-08-17T20:15:00Z")
How do you invoke a .rb file from the irb shell? You don’t (I think). You run “ruby file.rb” from the command line. Is there a Ruby IDE? There are lots! A few good ones are Mondrian, Komodo (not free but very ch… --- ## [Regexp for finding floats in a string](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regexp-for-finding-floats-in-a-string/64923)
**Author:** [@Bil\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bil_K)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regexp-for-finding-floats-in-a-string/64923 "2006-08-17T20:05:58Z")
What RegExp should I be using for floats? Currently, I have /\[-+0-9eE.\]+/, viz, require ‘test/unit’ class TestFloatRegExp \< Test::Unit::TestCase def test\_finds\_em %w{ 1 -2 3.0 0.4 5.0e+5 -6e+06 .7E+7 }.each do |stri… --- ## [Microsoft Timestamp (Active Directory)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/microsoft-timestamp-active-directory/65364)
**Author:** [@mikkel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mikkel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/microsoft-timestamp-active-directory/65364 "2006-08-17T19:44:56Z")
Active Directory users contain an attribute called lastlogontimestamp… its in this format: 128002727440808261 How do I convert this to something more…nice??? Thanks in advance! Mikkel B. www.hill107.com - Axi… --- ## [Ruby equiv of perl pos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-equiv-of-perl-pos/64735)
**Author:** [@snacktime](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/snacktime)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-equiv-of-perl-pos/64735 "2006-08-17T19:35:55Z")
Or to be more exact, how would I do the following in ruby? while ($string =~ /\\0/g) { $new\_string .= sprintf ‘%o’, (pos $string) - 1; } --- ## [The Rails Edge](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-rails-edge/65360)
**Author:** [@mikec](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mikec)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-rails-edge/65360 "2006-08-17T19:11:50Z")
Hi Folks, Apologies in advance for the blatant advertisement. Hope I marked it correctly in the Subject line this time. :slight\_smile: Just thought you might be interested in our new regional Ruby/Rails conference … --- ## [Multiple templates - one app](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-templates-one-app/65269)
**Author:** [@Agazoom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Agazoom)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-templates-one-app/65269 "2006-08-17T18:38:47Z")
Hi everyone, Rails newbie here so forgive the question if the answer is ridiculously obvious. I am trying to write an app that meets the following requirements. I’d like to do it in Rails, but having pored over docu… --- ## [Simple Proxy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-proxy/65317)
**Author:** [@aladrin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aladrin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-proxy/65317 "2006-08-17T18:11:45Z")
Hi all, This is my first post here, and if I have chosen the wrong spot, my appologies. I wish to make a simple proxy server. It will accept incoming connections and then connect to a pre-defined foreign address/por… --- ## [Solution to #90](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/solution-to-90/225916)
**Author:** [@johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnnybutler7)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/solution-to-90/225916 "2006-08-17T17:38:40Z")
The week is nearly up but here is my solution. My program solved it for 5 and 6 in about a second but is taking much longer for the rest. (5…10).each { |i| Quiz90.new(i).solve } Success after 440 iterations! ±-----… --- ## [Zerenity 1.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/zerenity-1-0/64703)
**Author:** [@Farrel\_L](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Farrel_L)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/zerenity-1-0/64703 "2006-08-17T17:35:39Z")
= Zerenity Changelog == 1.0 Added significant unit testing and code coverage testing. == 0.9 Added a :password option to the Entry dialog. When set to true it will treat the text entry like a password entry and repl… --- ## [Customizing Rails requests](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/customizing-rails-requests/65309)
**Author:** [@YAD](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/YAD)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/customizing-rails-requests/65309 "2006-08-17T17:02:33Z")
Where’s the documentation for the Rails ApplicationController class? Isn’t that where you start to make your own request-handling code? The tutorials all stop at a basic skeleton, http://railsmanual.com/class/Applicat… --- ## [Is there anything like FCKeditor for Ruby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-anything-like-fckeditor-for-ruby/65236)
**Author:** [@pixelnate](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pixelnate)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-anything-like-fckeditor-for-ruby/65236 "2006-08-17T16:50:29Z")
Hello all, I am building a website for a client and they want to be able to edit the content on one of the pages, but they are not very web savvy. Is there anything like FCKeditor (http://www.fckeditor.net/) that work… --- ## [RDoc generates active content? IE question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rdoc-generates-active-content-ie-question/65342)
**Author:** [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rdoc-generates-active-content-ie-question/65342 "2006-08-17T16:47:29Z")
Hi all, Windows XP Pro IE 6.0.2900 When I open up a index.html file from generated rdoc, much of the time IE 6 gives me a warning about active content being blocked. Does anyone happen to know what IE is interpreti… --- ## [Ruby httpd/cgi server for a directory](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-httpd-cgi-server-for-a-directory/64856)
**Author:** [@jim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jim)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-httpd-cgi-server-for-a-directory/64856 "2006-08-17T16:41:28Z")
Hello, I have a set of ruby scripts I run manually from the command line. I’d like to put a simple web front-end to them and use them as cgi scripts. I also want to be able to keep them on a USB stick and run them an… --- ## [Command line arguments in windows](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/command-line-arguments-in-windows/65229)
**Author:** [@jsimone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jsimone)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/command-line-arguments-in-windows/65229 "2006-08-17T15:38:19Z")
If I execute my apps from a command line using a syntax like this ruby my\_app arg1 arg2 … argx then all passed in arguments are handled correctly. If I execute my apps from a command line using this syntax my\_app arg… [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1710) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1712)