# Stray questions

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stray-questions/150918>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 14, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stray-questions/150918 "2008-10-14T22:45:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![peterkemp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/90db22/32.png) [@peterkemp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/peterkemp)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stray-questions/150918/1 "2008-10-14T22:45:55Z")

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Hi,

I’ve been googling and go through the forum, and I can’t find the  
answers so some stray questions.

A) If I have a render :partial is there a way to get rid of the trailing  
newline? \<%- and -%\> don’t work. Is the   
 an essential part of the  
partial?

B) I have a set of relationships where A has\_many Bs, each B belongs\_to  
A. I am making the connection through the database, with ids that are  
named after the tables, with an a\_id in every one  
a\_id

et cetera

I have gotten this to work a dozen times, with no real problem, and it  
works with the same object. The only difference is that I add

But now, fairly late in the game, I am getting an error that says

uninitialized constant SpreadType::Abstractleg

there isn’t anything objectionable in the source, but here are the  
relevant parts. I dont think I have a pluralization typo or something  
strange:

People say that the mysql tables get kinda messy sometimes and that they  
need to be reinitialized every once in a while. Frankly, that kind of  
talk scares me. But what are the steps for reinitializing?

I am running on Debian Linux.

1. I also get a scary error when I try to install the ruby-gems  
debugging package. Should I just switch OSes? What is the VERY BEST OS  
for doing ruby work?

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**Author:** ![peterkemp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/90db22/32.png) [@peterkemp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/peterkemp)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stray-questions/150918/2 "2008-10-14T22:55:21Z")

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Sorry: This belongs on teh Rails list, not the ruby list.

I’ll post it there

Peter K. wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I’ve been googling and