# Ruby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1928 [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:** 1929 --- ## [Blog for Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blog-for-ruby/72742)
**Author:** [@anonymouz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anonymouz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blog-for-ruby/72742 "2005-12-20T20:05:02Z")
Hi! At the request of a friend of mine, I am doing a blog as I learn to program, and I am using Ruby to learn. So if you would like to check out the progress, suggest sites that should be linked to, or point other ne… --- ## [RubyPlanet.NET is up and running](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyplanet-net-is-up-and-running/50740)
**Author:** [@marksbrain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/marksbrain)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyplanet-net-is-up-and-running/50740 "2005-12-20T20:02:01Z")
I would like to thank the people who sent in links to their Ruby oriented web blogs! http://rubyplanet.net/ is more or less up and running but I still need to tweak Blog RSS/Atom summaries, etc. It was just a 3 or 4 h… --- ## [RubyPlanet.NET: please submit URLs for Ruby blog feeds](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyplanet-net-please-submit-urls-for-ruby-blog-feeds/72450)
**Author:** [@marksbrain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/marksbrain)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyplanet-net-please-submit-urls-for-ruby-blog-feeds/72450 "2005-12-20T19:10:45Z")
Hello all. I am just setting up the web site http://RubyPlanet.NET as yet another resource for Ruby programmers. The main component of the site will be links to current blog entries for anything having to do with Ruby… --- ## [Re: Ruby on Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-on-rails/50742)
**Author:** [@sgware](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sgware)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-on-rails/50742 "2005-12-20T18:34:31Z")
Hi Marcos, Thanks for your message about Ruby on Rails. I think you’ll find that you’re likely to get a quicker and more accurate response to your message on the Ruby on Rails specific mailing list. For subscription… --- ## [Ruby off the Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-off-the-rails/50734)
**Author:** [@starmaerker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/starmaerker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-off-the-rails/50734 "2005-12-20T17:21:57Z")
My CTO sent me this artile he found. I sold him on Ruby a few months back and now he’s (almost) as much a fan as I am. I thought it was nice to see attention given directly to Ruby. http://www-128.ibm.com/developerw… --- ## [Object Database Access v 1.0 released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/object-database-access-v-1-0-released/50713)
**Author:** [@spreadsheet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spreadsheet)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/object-database-access-v-1-0-released/50713 "2005-12-20T17:00:49Z")
Hi all! Here comes yet another way to map Ruby-Objects to a Relational Database: ODBA is an unintrusive Object Cache system. It adresses the crosscutting concern of object storage by disconnecting and serializing obje… --- ## [Robot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/robot/225894)
**Author:** [@Edward\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Edward_F)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/robot/225894 "2005-12-20T16:33:44Z")
Here’s my robot. The coolest part is the predictive tracker, which makes him a pretty good shot. Kinda long for a quiz submission, I know. But it’s a tough problem. regards, Ed require ‘robot’ require ‘matrix’ B… --- ## [Very new to Ruby--needs help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/very-new-to-ruby-needs-help/50675)
**Author:** [@beginner](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/beginner)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/very-new-to-ruby-needs-help/50675 "2005-12-20T15:57:37Z")
Dear Ruby Gurus, I would like to load a \*.lib file into my \*.rb file. How to do that. I did mentioned the path but was not successful. I did this: load (or require) “PATH name:\*.lib” thx, Mankan --- ## [Dumb question concerning ruby 1.8.2 and 1.8.3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dumb-question-concerning-ruby-1-8-2-and-1-8-3/50657)
**Author:** [@oandrich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/oandrich)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dumb-question-concerning-ruby-1-8-2-and-1-8-3/50657 "2005-12-20T15:06:22Z")
Hi, I will use the holidays to do my first real steps with Rails. No toying around but actually developing an application that is planned to be used in an production environment early next year. Now I have read severa… --- ## [Purpose of Ruby Talk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/purpose-of-ruby-talk/50647)
**Author:** [@anonymouz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anonymouz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/purpose-of-ruby-talk/50647 "2005-12-20T15:00:22Z")
Is there a clear cut purpose for ruby-talk, or can most any ruby topic be discussed? Dont want to get too involved before knowing. --- ## [\[ANN\] Ferret mailing list mirror on www.ruby-forum.com](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ferret-mailing-list-mirror-on-www-ruby-forum-com/73314)
**Author:** [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ferret-mailing-list-mirror-on-www-ruby-forum-com/73314 "2005-12-20T13:19:59Z")
Hi, I have set up a forum mirror for the Ferret mailing list: http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/5 Andreas --- ## [Replacing single quotes and backslashes in strings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/replacing-single-quotes-and-backslashes-in-strings/50711)
**Author:** [@philippeqc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/philippeqc)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 12:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/replacing-single-quotes-and-backslashes-in-strings/50711 "2005-12-20T12:27:03Z")
People, I have been trying to find a solution to this on the net but with no luck: I want to get a list of file names from a dir and pass the result to a du command eg: puts \`du file\_name\` but if the filename has s… --- ## [Re: RRobots (#59)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-rrobots-59/73184)
**Author:** [@SSSutf-8SBSUGXDsWEs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSSutf-8SBSUGXDsWEs)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 11:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-rrobots-59/73184 "2005-12-20T11:50:58Z")
\#From: Ilmari H. \[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\] #Btw, should these be written from scratch for the quiz? This is more #like a bot that i wrote some weeks ago that begat another bot that #begat another b… --- ## [Re: iterate chars in a string](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-iterate-chars-in-a-string/50714)
**Author:** [@SSSiso-8859-1SQSPeS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSSiso-8859-1SQSPeS)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 11:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-iterate-chars-in-a-string/50714 "2005-12-20T11:47:57Z")
Logan C. \[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\] : #Careful, a character isn’t necessarily a byte in length. You gotta be #aware of $KCODE. yup. i hope for an intelligent #each\_char in ruby 2.0 :slight\_smile: m… --- ## [Re: iterate chars in a string](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-iterate-chars-in-a-string/73269)
**Author:** [@SSSiso-8859-1SQSPeS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSSiso-8859-1SQSPeS)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 11:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-iterate-chars-in-a-string/73269 "2005-12-20T11:44:56Z")
shinya \[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\]: #I’m a ruby newbie, and I’m searching for a way to iterate #every char in #a string, but I cannot find any easy way. My problem is to #look at every #char in a s… --- ## [Conflict between active record and Log4R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conflict-between-active-record-and-log4r/72980)
**Author:** [@philswenson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/philswenson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 11:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conflict-between-active-record-and-log4r/72980 "2005-12-20T11:35:54Z")
I recently added some activerecord code to a stand-alone application that uses Log4R. I’m getting some weird conflicts. The code below demonstrates one of the problems I see… if you remove the line : “require\_gem ‘ac… --- ## [ADV: Share the (Ruby) love (take 2)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adv-share-the-ruby-love-take-2/50710)
**Author:** [@dirtytree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dirtytree)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 8:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adv-share-the-ruby-love-take-2/50710 "2005-12-20T08:41:34Z")
Looks like the last one got clobbered, so here goes again: Looking for that last minute Christmas present for someone special? Someone who doesn’t program, but who wants to know just what it is that you do? Then perh… --- ## [:: without a prefix (global?)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/without-a-prefix-global/54062)
**Author:** [@lstrecv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lstrecv)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/without-a-prefix-global/54062 "2005-12-20T04:15:54Z")
I’ve found some cases where things don’t work correctly unless they’re prefixed with a :: . I’m really confused - isn’t :: used to specify the module (like Graphics::Circle)? What is ::Circle? No module?! --- ## [Fwd: RRobots (#59)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-rrobots-59/50704)
**Author:** [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-rrobots-59/50704 "2005-12-20T04:14:13Z")
Begin forwarded message: --- ## [Best way to upgrade from 1.8.2 to 1.8.4 on Linux?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-upgrade-from-1-8-2-to-1-8-4-on-linux/72983)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 4:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-upgrade-from-1-8-2-to-1-8-4-on-linux/72983 "2005-12-20T04:07:09Z")
I have installed from source Ruby in the folder /usr/lib/ruby-1.8.2/. (I use Linux) If I do “which ruby” I get /usr/local/bin/ruby. It seems that Ruby has created the folder /usr/local/bin and filled it with ruby, irb… --- ## [Best way to upgrade from 1.8.2 to 1.8.4 on Linux?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-upgrade-from-1-8-2-to-1-8-4-on-linux/102563)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-upgrade-from-1-8-2-to-1-8-4-on-linux/102563 "2005-12-20T04:05:13Z")
I have installed from source Ruby in the folder /usr/lib/ruby-1.8.2/. (I use Linux) If I do “which ruby” I get /usr/local/bin/ruby. It seems that Ruby has created the folder /usr/local/bin and filled it with ruby, irb… --- ## [Puby 1.0 Release!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/puby-1-0-release/50197)
**Author:** [@Hampton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hampton)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/puby-1-0-release/50197 "2005-12-20T03:53:12Z")
With all of the buzz around “LAMP” platforms, I feel that its time that Ruby got on board. As many people know, LAMP stands for Linux Apache MySQL and Perl/Python/PHP. Well, the final P representing development langua… --- ## [Singleton class - instance or class variables?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/singleton-class-instance-or-class-variables/50694)
**Author:** [@Caleb\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Caleb_T)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/singleton-class-instance-or-class-variables/50694 "2005-12-20T03:50:12Z")
When using a singleton class (one that includes Singleton, not an eigenclass), can anyone think of any advantage/disadvantage to using class variables over instance variables (or visa versa) to access data in the clas… --- ## [Posting Forms](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/posting-forms/72981)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Long](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Chris_Long)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/posting-forms/72981 "2005-12-20T02:53:07Z")
Posting forms looks like it should be easy with Ruby 1.8.3 and net/http. Can anyone provide an example of submitting a search to e.g. www.google.com, and printing out the results? This code doesn’t seem to work. re… --- ## [Writing to ferret index from multiple processes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-to-ferret-index-from-multiple-processes/71966)
**Author:** [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 2:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-to-ferret-index-from-multiple-processes/71966 "2005-12-20T02:47:06Z")
Hi, what do I have to do to be able to write a ferret index from multiple processes at the same time? I was indexing a lot of documents with a script when another process made a change to the index; suddenly all of t… --- ## [Help on Simple Search](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-on-simple-search/50684)
**Author:** [@Grant\_GBrown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Grant_GBrown)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-on-simple-search/50684 "2005-12-20T00:46:18Z")
Hey there, I realize this is simple but I am unable to find a working example anywhere. I just need an example of how to submit a search value from a form, and have a query run on that value using Rails. For example: … --- ## [How to use a proc like a method](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-a-proc-like-a-method/50673)
**Author:** [@hochherz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hochherz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-a-proc-like-a-method/50673 "2005-12-20T00:01:51Z")
is there a way to use a proc like a method? like: class A def initialize @av=10; end def do(mproc) mproc.call(); end def rt() @av; end end a=proc{@av=111} #something different b=A.new b.do(a) b.rt #return … --- ## [Re: Point an element in Hash Object](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-point-an-element-in-hash-object/72890)
**Author:** [@dasch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dasch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-point-an-element-in-hash-object/72890 "2005-12-19T23:58:50Z")
Oh… and your actual problem is that the HashReference object isn’t actually getting the to\_yaml call - it’s passing that through to the wrapped object, which writes itself out in full. You’ll need to add to\_yaml (or i… --- ## [Ruby-dev summary 27761-28026](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-dev-summary-27761-28026/50649)
**Author:** [@SASADA\_Koichi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SASADA_Koichi)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-dev-summary-27761-28026/50649 "2005-12-19T23:55:43Z")
Hi, This is ruby-dev summary 27761-28026. lity information (webrick, xmlrpc) Matz reported two vulnerabilities about webrick and xmlrpc (These problems allow DoS attack) on ruby 1.8.2 or earlier. Problems were fix… --- ## [Subversion on RubyForge](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subversion-on-rubyforge/50669)
**Author:** [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subversion-on-rubyforge/50669 "2005-12-19T23:46:27Z")
Thought folks might be interested in this analysis of Subversion usage on RubyForge so far: http://tomcopeland.blogs.com/juniordeveloper/2005/12/subversion\_wall.htm l Yours, Tom [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1927) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1929)