# Ruby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=858 [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:** 859 --- ## [Make error during svn build (192)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/make-error-during-svn-build-192/164836)
**Author:** [@john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_maclean)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/make-error-during-svn-build-192/164836 "2009-04-06T16:53:28Z")
any pointers on this build error? git svn clone http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/trunk ruby –revision 22000:23142 cd ruby gc clean autoconf --verbose ./configure --prefix=/home/jayeola/ix -program-suffix=192 s… --- ## [What's wrong with these?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-wrong-with-these/164794)
**Author:** [@cornik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cornik)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-wrong-with-these/164794 "2009-04-06T15:55:59Z")
Version: ruby 1.9.1p0 (2009-01-30 revision 21907) \[i686-linux\] Is there something wrong with this version? 1: Dir.foreach("/tmp") {|f| puts f if File.directory?(f) } – it just prints ‘.’ and ‘…’ 2: puts Dir.tmpdir … --- ## [Nanoc 2.2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nanoc-2-2/164838)
**Author:** [@dddennisdennis734](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dddennisdennis734)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nanoc-2-2/164838 "2009-04-06T14:37:20Z")
Hi. nanoc 2.2 has been released. This rather small release adds a bunch of useful new features, such as a Filtering helper, a RelativizePaths helper, a Rainpress filter, and more. For more information about this rele… --- ## [Re: Re: I need help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-re-i-need-help/164790)
**Author:** [@Jay\_McGaffigan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jay_McGaffigan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 12:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-re-i-need-help/164790 "2009-04-06T12:12:25Z")
If you are using glassfish. Please post your server log. I've been deploying to GF successfully for a while now and found that the server log is very helpful in pointing out what's going on. Jay Apr 5, 2009 04:… --- ## [Compiling mysql-ruby-2.8 problems](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-mysql-ruby-2-8-problems/158872)
**Author:** [@alex\_2k8](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex_2k8)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 11:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-mysql-ruby-2-8-problems/158872 "2009-04-06T11:51:04Z")
Hello, I am trying to compile mysql-ruby-2.8 (http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=4550) on windows, but ‘ruby extconf.rb’ reports such error: checking for main() in libmysql.lib… no The mkmf.log has: checked prog… --- ## [Jruby on mogrel does not find java-classes in jars!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-on-mogrel-does-not-find-java-classes-in-jars/164444)
**Author:** [@farfignugen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/farfignugen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 11:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-on-mogrel-does-not-find-java-classes-in-jars/164444 "2009-04-06T11:43:22Z")
Hello! I deployed a Jruby-On-Rails-Application on mongrel. The rails-part works fine, but as soon as I try to call the include\_class-method, it does not find the required java-class, loaded from a jar (jruby does incl… --- ## [Runit assertions from other thread](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/runit-assertions-from-other-thread/164819)
**Author:** [@mshah](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mshah)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 10:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/runit-assertions-from-other-thread/164819 "2009-04-06T10:55:49Z")
Hi All, I am using a sip framework (sipr) to test my sip server. sipr provides a facility to write controller, which run entirely in its own thread. It also provides a way to indicate end of sip controller, so that th… --- ## [Connect Another Database](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/connect-another-database/164818)
**Author:** [@saurabhpurnaye](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saurabhpurnaye)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 10:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/connect-another-database/164818 "2009-04-06T10:46:07Z")
Hi All, I’m trying to connect another database using rails I made changes in database.yml file I succeed in that but with same table name, I’m having two issues regarding that: How to connect the specific table of… --- ## [Localmemcache-0.2.1: The beauty of memcached. For local data. Blazingly fast](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/localmemcache-0-2-1-the-beauty-of-memcached-for-local-data-blazingly-fast/164777)
**Author:** [@Sven\_CSKoehler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sven_CSKoehler)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 10:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/localmemcache-0-2-1-the-beauty-of-memcached-for-local-data-blazingly-fast/164777 "2009-04-06T10:38:29Z")
Hi, this release addresses some bugs that people were experiencing and brings speed improvements. === Localmemcache that aims to provide an interface similar to memcached but for accessing local data instead of re… --- ## [Multipart form POST](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multipart-form-post/164629)
**Author:** [@XYXYXY](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/XYXYXY)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 10:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multipart-form-post/164629 "2009-04-06T10:20:42Z")
Hi, I have a webpage with a multipart form containing among others two input fields and one textarea, all three with the same name and all three being different ways to submit the same data (an identifier of the data… --- ## [Darkfish-rdoc (1.1.5) not working with rdoc (2.4.3)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/darkfish-rdoc-1-1-5-not-working-with-rdoc-2-4-3/164706)
**Author:** [@ISSSSaki\_Baz\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ISSSSaki_Baz_C)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 10:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/darkfish-rdoc-1-1-5-not-working-with-rdoc-2-4-3/164706 "2009-04-06T10:01:30Z")
Hi, I can use darkfish (1.1.5) with rdoc (2.4.2) but get an error if I try to use it with latst version of rdoc (2.4.3): $ rdoc --help /usr/bin/rdoc:19:in load': Is a directory - /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/darkfis… --- ## [BInary Files](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/binary-files/164487)
**Author:** [@genevayngrib](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/genevayngrib)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 8:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/binary-files/164487 "2009-04-06T08:35:57Z")
Hi I’m pretty new to Ruby and writing code in general. That being said Im trying to learn how to create and modify(by a percentage) a binary file. Any advise or pointers would be apprieciated. --- ## [Convert number to english word](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/convert-number-to-english-word/164382)
**Author:** [@vetrivel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vetrivel)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 8:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/convert-number-to-english-word/164382 "2009-04-06T08:31:19Z")
How to convert number to word. Ex 8 eight 555 five hundered and fiftyfive --- ## [Rdoc question: C v Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rdoc-question-c-v-ruby/164637)
**Author:** [@Sven\_CSKoehler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sven_CSKoehler)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 7:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rdoc-question-c-v-ruby/164637 "2009-04-06T07:37:27Z")
Hello, I have one class that gets defined in C and has some methods which were easier to write in Ruby (so there’s rbmodule.c and module.rb, which extends the class with some methods) . I’ve documented both the metho… --- ## [Requesting contributions to IronRuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/requesting-contributions-to-ironruby/164678)
**Author:** [@Shri\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shri_B)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 6:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/requesting-contributions-to-ironruby/164678 "2009-04-06T06:48:21Z")
We are getting closer to the V1 release of IronRuby which is planned for summer this year. The implementation has become fairly complete and usable in a lot of scenarios. Over the last few months, we have also improve… --- ## [Diamond-Square (#198)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/diamond-square-198/164083)
**Author:** [@danmcb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danmcb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 6:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/diamond-square-198/164083 "2009-04-06T06:25:34Z")
\-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The three rules of Ruby Q.: Please do not post any solutions or spoiler discussion for this quiz until 48 hours have elapsed from the time this m… --- ## [Mechanize gem -- help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-gem-help/164705)
**Author:** [@jazzezravi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jazzezravi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 6:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-gem-help/164705 "2009-04-06T06:05:34Z")
Hi All, Code: require ‘mechanize’ @agent = WWW::Mechanize.new source=@agent.get(“http://yahoo.com/”) puts source # =\> It gives Source code. NEED: I entered “http://yahoo.com/” this url in… --- ## [Tons of unwanted mail in my E-Mail](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tons-of-unwanted-mail-in-my-e-mail/164755)
**Author:** [@Bob\_Emmett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bob_Emmett)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tons-of-unwanted-mail-in-my-e-mail/164755 "2009-04-06T03:49:34Z")
Will you please quit sending your mail to my mailbox. Every since I gave you my E-Mail address my mail box has been loaded with unwanted mail. I don’t want to receive any more mail from you or your clients It was a s… --- ## [Amalgalite 0.9.0 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/amalgalite-0-9-0-released/164785)
**Author:** [@jeremyheiler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeremyheiler)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/amalgalite-0-9-0-released/164785 "2009-04-06T00:45:49Z")
amalgalite version 0.9.0 has been released. http://copiousfreetime.rubyforge.org/amalgalite/ {{ Release notes for Version 0.9.0 }} === Enhancements Ruby 1.9 compatibility Update to SQLite 3.6.12 Added support for th… --- ## [Removing StringIO#path](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/removing-stringio-path/164546)
**Author:** [@Akinori\_MUSHA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Akinori_MUSHA)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/removing-stringio-path/164546 "2009-04-06T00:35:52Z")
　StringIO#path は nil を返すくらいなら削除した方がいいと思うの ですが、いかがでしょうか。 　IO を始め、 STDIN/STDOUT/STDERR, Socket などには #path がない ので、 Strin… --- ## [Running rails from a Jar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-rails-from-a-jar/164645)
**Author:** [@rjst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rjst)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-rails-from-a-jar/164645 "2009-04-05T22:33:35Z")
Hi, We did a recent effort to run from a Jar. We used a patch to require from Peter Chan, which made things a bit easier. While it goes much further with less patching to rails, there are still three main issues that… --- ## [Rake-compiler 0.4.0 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-compiler-0-4-0-released/164719)
**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-compiler-0-4-0-released/164719 "2009-04-05T22:10:45Z")
rake-compiler version 0.4.0 has been released! http://github.com/luislavena/rake-compiler http://rubyforge.org/projects/rake-compiler = rake-compiler rake-compiler aims to help Gem developers while dealing with Ruby … --- ## [I need help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-need-help/164710)
**Author:** [@msan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/msan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-need-help/164710 "2009-04-05T22:08:24Z")
Hello. Sorry for my bad english. I’m trying to deploy a simple jruby on rails application to run under glassfish or tomcat. The application is a simply hello world. I use warbler, I deploy the application but it doe… --- ## [Function as Parameter?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/function-as-parameter/164729)
**Author:** [@tomast](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tomast)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/function-as-parameter/164729 "2009-04-05T20:11:37Z")
I am new to Ruby so I don’t know a great deal about the language, but what I am trying to do is the following: Create an application that will display a login form. The user enters their details and then that form dis… --- ## [How to get "irb1.8" using Ruby1.8 instead of Ruby1.9.1?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-irb1-8-using-ruby1-8-instead-of-ruby1-9-1/164733)
**Author:** [@ISSSSaki\_Baz\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ISSSSaki_Baz_C)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-irb1-8-using-ruby1-8-instead-of-ruby1-9-1/164733 "2009-04-05T19:53:05Z")
Hi, in Debian I’ve ruby1.8 (/usr/bin/ruby1.8) and irb1.8 installed as DEB packages, and Ruby 1.9.1 installed from sources, so /usr/bin/ruby is Ruby 1.9.1. When I run “irb1.8” it uses Ruby 1.9.1: ~$ irb1.8 irb\> RUB… --- ## [How come i cant grab all rss items from a feed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-come-i-cant-grab-all-rss-items-from-a-feed/164704)
**Author:** [@scudco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/scudco)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-come-i-cant-grab-all-rss-items-from-a-feed/164704 "2009-04-05T19:25:32Z")
When i try and access the bbc feed it will only return the latest 40 results. However if i use the same feed in google reader, it can return a lot more. Why is this and how do i modify the code below so that i can ret… --- ## [Ruby-audio, rosc, batphone, others now on github](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-audio-rosc-batphone-others-now-on-github/164167)
**Author:** [@Hans\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hans_F)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-audio-rosc-batphone-others-now-on-github/164167 "2009-04-05T18:16:54Z")
My humble projects are now hosted on GitHub. Forks and patches welcome! My Ruby projects include: batphone clog Crème Rappel dfa flog lircr radp rosc ruby-audio ruby-wx rutmp sars – Hans F. ; http://hans… --- ## [Tagz and entities](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tagz-and-entities/164607)
**Author:** [@Joel\_VanderWerf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joel_VanderWerf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tagz-and-entities/164607 "2009-04-05T17:31:46Z")
Is this how tagz.\<\< is supposed to work? It seems that \<\< and #concat behave differently w.r.t. entity quoting. require ‘tagz’ include Tagz.globally arrow = “↑” html = html\_ { tagz \<\< arrow tagz.concat arrow \_… --- ## [Parsing a file's contents](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parsing-a-files-contents/164743)
**Author:** [@rubyred1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubyred1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parsing-a-files-contents/164743 "2009-04-05T16:56:00Z")
Hello all, I’m relatively new to ruby and this forum so I’m not sure I’m posting this in the right area but here goes. My problem is I have a file I want to read in, the file contains numbers in a CSV set-up like so: … --- ## [Localmemcache-0.2.0: The beauty of memcached. For local data. Blazingly fast](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/localmemcache-0-2-0-the-beauty-of-memcached-for-local-data-blazingly-fast/164301)
**Author:** [@Sven\_CSKoehler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sven_CSKoehler)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/localmemcache-0-2-0-the-beauty-of-memcached-for-local-data-blazingly-fast/164301 "2009-04-05T16:22:42Z")
Hi, I am happy to announce the next version of localmemcache (0.2.0), a library that aims to provide an interface similar to memcached but for accessing local data instead of remote data. It’s based on mmap()'ed sha… [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=857) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=859)