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## [Help getting rails application working on fastcgi on dreamho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-getting-rails-application-working-on-fastcgi-on-dreamho/73104)

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**Author:** [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2006, 1:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-getting-rails-application-working-on-fastcgi-on-dreamho/73104 "2006-10-24T13:06:47Z")

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Hi, I’ve previously had a rails application up and running on dreamhost using fastcgi, however have just recently performed a “cap deploy” but have had problems: I get a long wait period after browsing to the appl…

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## [Tips on finding Senior IT/System Admin/Release Engineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tips-on-finding-senior-it-system-admin-release-engineer/70316)

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**Author:** [@varac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/varac)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2006, 11:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tips-on-finding-senior-it-system-admin-release-engineer/70316 "2006-09-28T11:21:27Z")

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I am a recent college grad and a founder in a RoR startup. Since this is my first business, I have no previous experience hiring people outside of my work here at spokeo.com. I have found hiring RoR developers to be …

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## [Passing the payload to the application level](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-the-payload-to-the-application-level/69470)

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**Author:** [@mifi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mifi)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-the-payload-to-the-application-level/69470 "2006-09-21T22:27:20Z")

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I am trying to pass the payload from the layer where it is obtained back to the application level. However, I’m having some problems. When examining benchmark\_gmsk\_rx.py, I see that the rx\_callback funstion is passed …

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## [Rails combo box](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-combo-box/69155)

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**Author:** [@thekog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thekog)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-combo-box/69155 "2006-09-19T02:31:26Z")

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I need an editable combo box for a rails app where I can select from a list of values from the DB or have the user input a new one. Doing a plain old list box with options from the DB is easy. Can someone please direc…

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## [Return from an action](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/return-from-an-action/66366)

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**Author:** [@Mage](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mage)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/return-from-an-action/66366 "2006-08-25T16:33:35Z")

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Hello, I would like to exit an action, however, I cannot use return because it should be called from another method: def click requires\_valid\_login other\_things end protected def requires\_valid\_login if !@user …

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## [Determinig if 3 characters in a row are the same?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/determinig-if-3-characters-in-a-row-are-the-same/66381)

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**Author:** [@benjohnson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/benjohnson)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/determinig-if-3-characters-in-a-row-are-the-same/66381 "2006-08-25T03:15:39Z")

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Sorry for the noob question, but is there a fast and efficient way to determine if there are 3 of the same charater in a row in a string? I’m sure this could be done in regex but I am not a black belt in regex. thanks…

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## [YAML Broken?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yaml-broken/99864)

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**Author:** [@dpitman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dpitman)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2006, 10:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yaml-broken/99864 "2006-07-26T10:19:54Z")

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Folks, It seems that when I YAML.dump arrays that contain long strings that contain non-printables and sometimes UTF-8 sequences, the YAML’ed objects can’t be read back in. Is this a known issue? If so, is there a …

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## [... building my own end-fix statements](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-my-own-end-fix-statements/62963)

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**Author:** [@jwigal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jwigal)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-my-own-end-fix-statements/62963 "2006-06-11T21:28:25Z")

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I believe it’s possible to define my own end-fix qualifiers like “if” and “unless” … Can anybody provide code examples for defining such a construct in Ruby? For instance : x.doSomething() when x.ready? which would …

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## [Win32API, CreateProcess and environment](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32api-createprocess-and-environment/94440)

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**Author:** [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32api-createprocess-and-environment/94440 "2006-05-03T19:10:43Z")

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Hi all, Ruby 1.8.4 I’m working on a pure Ruby Process.create method. What I have below seems to work, except that if I attempt to pass an environment string, it causes the app to die instantly. What am I doing wron…

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## [Freeze\_gems to upgrade and SVN](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/freeze-gems-to-upgrade-and-svn/58058)

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**Author:** [@janovetz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/janovetz)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2006, 9:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/freeze-gems-to-upgrade-and-svn/58058 "2006-04-18T09:35:29Z")

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Hi all- I just decided to move from my 1.1.0 to 1.1.2. I had previously frozen to 1.1.0 and therefore had all of rails in SVN in my vendor directory. When I finally got rake freeze\_gems to work, it blasted (rm -rf) m…

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## ["Programming Ruby", ed. 2, P747. Script generated different](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/programming-ruby-ed-2-p747-script-generated-different/61539)

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**Author:** [@jmaenpaa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jmaenpaa)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/programming-ruby-ed-2-p747-script-generated-different/61539 "2006-01-21T15:40:30Z")

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Chaps, Please find below a script taken from “Programming Ruby”, ed. 2, P747. Its intention is to “show off” the abilities of Tk and widgets. The script works but generates a different image to that shown in the book. …

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## [RE: Production deployment on Dreamhost?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-production-deployment-on-dreamhost/95098)

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**Author:** [@HoganS\_Brian\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/HoganS_Brian_P)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-production-deployment-on-dreamhost/95098 "2006-01-17T03:07:34Z")

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Yup just figured that out… Do you think that this would solve the issue where my app sometimes takes 30-40 seconds to “start up” after it’s not been used for awhile? I’d hate for a client website to have to wait that …

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## [2dim array/matrix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/2dim-array-matrix/48995)

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**Author:** [@wollez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wollez)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/2dim-array-matrix/48995 "2005-11-28T14:44:39Z")

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hello, I’m quite new to programming as well to ruby. I want to store data in a 2 dimensional array. How can I do this? A more detailed describtion of what I want to do: I have data from a digital elevation model. Thi…

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## [Edit msg files with ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/edit-msg-files-with-ruby/245317)

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**Author:** [@Sadaf\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sadaf_N)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/edit-msg-files-with-ruby/245317 "2017-04-03T15:45:39Z")

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Hi, I try to customize many msg files. I wan’t convert them with an application. but there’s the problem many of the mails have a unconvential message class the application can’t handle. I wan’t set the default messag…

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## [Rails. Upload videos to Vimeo using the Vimeo API](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-upload-videos-to-vimeo-using-the-vimeo-api/244996)

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**Author:** [@Sadaf\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sadaf_N)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2016, 6:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-upload-videos-to-vimeo-using-the-vimeo-api/244996 "2016-07-31T06:19:41Z")

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I am trying to upload videos to my Vimeo account from my RoR 5 application using the Vimeo api and the option “Resumable HTTP PUT uploads”: https://developer.vimeo.com/api/upload/videos#resumable-http-put-uploads For…

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## [Moderation in RoR app](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/moderation-in-ror-app/246289)

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**Author:** [@Rafa\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rafa_F)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 11:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/moderation-in-ror-app/246289 "2013-09-25T11:09:38Z")

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Hello all! I’m new to RoR, so sorry if it’s too easy. I am making an app, where users can create posts. I have admin and user roles. Now I need to make moderation of posts that user created. How to make admin to acce…

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## [Confusion with \`nil\` output from the method Symbol#\<=\>](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/confusion-with-nil-output-from-the-method-symbol/227480)

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**Author:** [@my-ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/my-ruby)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/confusion-with-nil-output-from-the-method-symbol/227480 "2013-03-17T15:19:51Z")

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Symbol#\<=\> → simply says: Compares symbol with other\_symbol after calling to\_s on each of the symbols. Returns -1, 0, +1 or nil depending on whether symbol is less than, equal to, or greater than other\_symbol. nil i…

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## [Can not render pre designed html template from public directory](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-not-render-pre-designed-html-template-from-public-directory/226470)

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**Author:** [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-not-render-pre-designed-html-template-from-public-directory/226470 "2012-12-05T00:58:42Z")

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Hello, I have a designed template public/test/show.html with following sample html code. There is a css file and images in the mentioned directory. Post: \*{post\_name}\* I have a posts contr…

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## [HTTP Basic Authentication](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/http-basic-authentication/166175)

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**Author:** [@Hunt\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hunt_J)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/http-basic-authentication/166175 "2012-05-21T16:01:11Z")

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I’m trying to HTTP Basic Authentication mentioned at http://railscasts.com/episodes/82-http-basic-authentication I’m trying to understand the document. The RailsCasts sample is: def authenticate authenticate\_or\_req…

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## [Nginx-1.3.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-1-3-0/219761)

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**Author:** [@Gurdipe\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gurdipe_D)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 10:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-1-3-0/219761 "2012-05-16T10:21:53Z")

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Changes with nginx 1.3.0 15 May 2012 \*) Feature: the "debug\_connection" directive now supports IPv6 addresses and the “unix:” parameter. \*) Feature: the "set\_real\_ip\_from" di…

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## [Jruby 1.6 + rails 3 - deployment in tomcat error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-1-6-rails-3-deployment-in-tomcat-error/212299)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-1-6-rails-3-deployment-in-tomcat-error/212299 "2011-10-04T13:25:48Z")

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Hi, I am migrating from rails 2.3.5 to rails 3 and jruby 1.5 to jruby 1.6. When i deploy my application in tomcat 6 and access it i get the following error: ===========================================================…

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## [Best structure for a set of functions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-structure-for-a-set-of-functions/208692)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-structure-for-a-set-of-functions/208692 "2011-06-24T23:15:00Z")

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Hi, I need to create a set of functions and I’m wondering what’s the best way to achieve it. A singleton class that holds all the functions A class with only class methods ( def self.method\_name …) A Module ? (I don’…

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## [Maximum recursion depth exceeded](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/maximum-recursion-depth-exceeded/189483)

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**Author:** [@Yan\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yan_N)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/maximum-recursion-depth-exceeded/189483 "2010-06-01T22:28:56Z")

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Dear all, An runtime error came out when I run my python prgram: File “/home/john/gnuradio/gr-iono/usrp\_source\_c.py”, line 16, in init gr.io\_signature(1,1,gr.sizeof\_gr\_complex)) #output signiture File “/usr/loca…

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## [Need advice: threads or Typhoeus?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-advice-threads-or-typhoeus/181364)

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**Author:** [@PierreW](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/PierreW)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-advice-threads-or-typhoeus/181364 "2010-01-10T23:27:32Z")

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Hi guys, I need my app to make a few hundreds requests to external web services as quickly as possible. The web services are fairly fast, but still: if I do the requests one after the other, it is too slow. My unders…

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## [I am looking for RoR Webrat Selenium Install Recipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-am-looking-for-ror-webrat-selenium-install-recipe/178625)

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**Author:** [@audreylee88](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/audreylee88)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2009, 7:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-am-looking-for-ror-webrat-selenium-install-recipe/178625 "2009-11-09T07:58:09Z")

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Hi there, I’m trying to follow the ch 22 of the RSpec book. \[ copy is (B11.0 printing, October 28, 2009) \] I want to use selenium and cucumber. Ordinary webrat seems to be working well. Here is info about my RoR: S…

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## [Jruby windows 1.4RC1 users, can you test something for me? I feel like I'm going crazy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-windows-1-4rc1-users-can-you-test-something-for-me-i-feel-like-im-going-crazy/177173)

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**Author:** [@typej](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/typej)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-windows-1-4rc1-users-can-you-test-something-for-me-i-feel-like-im-going-crazy/177173 "2009-10-22T18:18:11Z")

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Hey guys - If you are using 1.4RC1 on windows, can you test this for me? (If it matters I’m using JDK 6 U 13) just do gem install json\_pure . Here is my output: C:\>jruby -S gem install json\_pure ‘ure’ is not recogn…

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## [Rspec --drb --port](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-drb-port/176110)

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**Author:** [@chrisfinne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisfinne)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-drb-port/176110 "2009-09-24T22:28:44Z")

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Hey, I’m having a bit of a Works For Me™ problem with my patch to rspec. The idea of the patch is to allow specifying a non-default port for the –drb option to connect to. I got the matching patches into Cucumber an…

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## [Surprised by stub/mock interaction](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/surprised-by-stub-mock-interaction/161339)

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**Author:** [@reversejt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reversejt)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/surprised-by-stub-mock-interaction/161339 "2009-02-25T19:31:04Z")

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Hello, Something I do often is use stub methods in before blocks and mock expectations in a specific examples (much like described here: http://blog.davidchelimsky.net/2006/11/9/tutorial-rspec-stubs-and-mocks). I was…

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## [Extra field as attribute in join table with has\_many :through](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extra-field-as-attribute-in-join-table-with-has-many-through/142581)

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**Author:** [@crossblaim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/crossblaim)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extra-field-as-attribute-in-join-table-with-has-many-through/142581 "2008-07-11T18:52:49Z")

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hi everyone, I’ve pasted some code over there http://pastie.org/230343 . what I find strange is that the extra field in the join table called “quantity” doesn’t shows up in the Drug resultset, even if I added an attr…

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## [QPSK demodulation problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/qpsk-demodulation-problem/136078)

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**Author:** [@Ahmet\_Hasim\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ahmet_Hasim_G)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/qpsk-demodulation-problem/136078 "2008-04-29T16:32:37Z")

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hi, I am trying to implement a QPSK receiver with GNU radio using the board RFX2400 where I take the input from signal generator. The symbol rate of signal generator is 1Msym/sec sending a constant pattern of “0010”…

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## [Validaciones en el Modelo (:scope)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validaciones-en-el-modelo-scope/133507)

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**Author:** [@goku](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/goku)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validaciones-en-el-modelo-scope/133507 "2008-04-01T18:31:24Z")

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Que tal gente. Tengo la siguiente duda, estoy haciendo algunas validaciones para registrar unos datos. El problema es que estoy realizando las validaciones en el controlador y no en el modelo Le explico, tengo algo c…

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## [Invite from Carl Woodward (cjwoodward@gmail.com)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/invite-from-carl-woodward-cjwoodward-gmail-com/113975)

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**Author:** [@carlwenrich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/carlwenrich)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/invite-from-carl-woodward-cjwoodward-gmail-com/113975 "2007-09-25T23:07:45Z")

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CarlWoodward (removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid) has invited you as a friend on Quechup… …the social networking platform sweeping the globe Go to: to accept Carl’s invite You can use Quechup to meet new people, …

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## [Another issue with highlighting](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/another-issue-with-highlighting/107280)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 12:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/another-issue-with-highlighting/107280 "2007-06-27T12:33:43Z")

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Hi, I’m encountering another highlighting issue. (about the first one “range search and highlighting”, i received no response. I don’t even know if somebody tried to reproduce and/or if it’s normal behavior) about t…

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## [Magazine Linux Developer's Journal - SpÃ©cial Ruby On Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/magazine-linux-developers-journal-spa-cial-ruby-on-rails/90775)

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**Author:** [@Remi\_Bernhard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Remi_Bernhard)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 1:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/magazine-linux-developers-journal-spa-cial-ruby-on-rails/90775 "2007-04-01T13:20:13Z")

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Bonjour, Le numÃ©ro mars/avril du Linux Developer’s Journal vient d’Ãªtre publiÃ©, avec un dossier complet consacrÃ© Ã votre technologie prÃ©fÃ©rÃ©e : Ruby on Rails. DestinÃ©s essentiellement aux dÃ©butant, les artic…

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## [Amazon API in Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/amazon-api-in-rails/73936)

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**Author:** [@farfromrest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/farfromrest)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/amazon-api-in-rails/73936 "2006-10-30T14:36:40Z")

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Ok, I am a big time rails noob and I need to pull some products dynamically from amazon. I have done it before with Zend’s PHP framework, but im so lost with ruby and rails. I have seen and tried to get a couple thing…

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## [USRP access via sockets](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usrp-access-via-sockets/67679)

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**Author:** [@Written](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Written)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usrp-access-via-sockets/67679 "2006-09-08T00:58:22Z")

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Hello again, Here is my setup. I have a Debian Sarge linux LAN isolated from the outside world. I have the USRP hooked up to one computer, and I am trying to have that computer feed another computer data via Pytho…

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## [Instance variables in layouts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instance-variables-in-layouts/65063)

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**Author:** [@gilles](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gilles)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2006, 7:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instance-variables-in-layouts/65063 "2006-08-16T07:48:39Z")

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There’s probably a simple answer to this simple problem, but I am trying to figure out how to reference an instance variable within a layout. In the controller, one method corresponds to a view of the same name. Those …

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## [Fill up your email box in one easy step](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fill-up-your-email-box-in-one-easy-step/64888)

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**Author:** [@Gary\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gary_S)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fill-up-your-email-box-in-one-easy-step/64888 "2006-08-15T14:21:04Z")

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I like the ‘Ham?’ or ‘Spam?’ filtering, but if you have an established blog and want to limit the list in feedback to ‘unconfirmed’ then you have to check all comments and confirm they are ham … … of course that mean…

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## [How to make a single Writer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-a-single-writer/77047)

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**Author:** [@tdellaringa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tdellaringa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-a-single-writer/77047 "2006-03-05T23:50:59Z")

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I am using lighttpd with two procs and occasionally the .lock file will not be properly removed by Ferret at which point my application will end up throwing nothing but 500 errors. Therefore, I have decided to go with…

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## [Idle Apache+FastCGI sleeping?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/idle-apache-fastcgi-sleeping/52207)

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**Author:** [@Jason\_A.on](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jason_A.on)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/idle-apache-fastcgi-sleeping/52207 "2006-01-12T19:05:19Z")

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Wondering: Does Apache shut down inactive FastCGI processes if it doesn’t get any requests for a while? My app works fine if it’s being used regularly, but it will respond very slowly to the first request after an ho…

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## [Check\_box\_tag showing only last checked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/check-box-tag-showing-only-last-checked/243876)

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**Author:** [@Rafa\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rafa_F)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 10:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/check-box-tag-showing-only-last-checked/243876 "2016-01-21T10:48:00Z")

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Hi everyone, I am trying to get a multiple check\_box\_tag but when I am checking all the boxes I only got the last check as a result, below are my codes…what I want is what I check should be in the show the checked onl…

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## [Timid nuby; I need help getting Rails installed on my computer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timid-nuby-i-need-help-getting-rails-installed-on-my-computer/241927)

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**Author:** [@musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/musicdenotation)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timid-nuby-i-need-help-getting-rails-installed-on-my-computer/241927 "2015-05-13T12:03:53Z")

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Can anyone do a private sidebar to help me get past some installation issues? I’m at the point where I type \>rails server it says can’t find json-1.8.2 run bundle install so I type \>bundle install it says it failed…

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## [Nginx SPDY: Missing NPN Extension in SSL/TLS Handshake?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-spdy-missing-npn-extension-in-ssl-tls-handshake/235245)

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**Author:** [@alcina](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alcina)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-spdy-missing-npn-extension-in-ssl-tls-handshake/235245 "2013-06-10T14:42:18Z")

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Hi guys, I’ve tried setting up CentOS 6.4, Nginx 1.4.1 with Google SPDY support and used spdycheck.org to check the site and all SPDY checks pass except this notice: Missing NPN Extension in SSL/TLS Handshake Sorry,…

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## [Migrating existing Apache config](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migrating-existing-apache-config/228810)

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**Author:** [@Kay\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kay_H)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migrating-existing-apache-config/228810 "2013-05-08T20:43:20Z")

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Hello, due to low memory on my virtual machine, I was researching migrating away from Apache. What kind of surprises me, and pardon my ignorance, I didn’t lookup much beyond the FAQ, and a few Wiki links, and web sea…

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## [File AIO and multiple nginx instances](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-aio-and-multiple-nginx-instances/207090)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2011, 9:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-aio-and-multiple-nginx-instances/207090 "2011-05-20T09:00:09Z")

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Hello. I need to run two nginx instances on one server (not two workers, but two master processes with their own number of workers each). The problem is that when nginx is compiled with aio support I can start only on…

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## [Autotest with Growl not working](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autotest-with-growl-not-working/203512)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autotest-with-growl-not-working/203512 "2011-02-23T23:54:43Z")

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Hi I’m new and using Ruby on Rails 3 but when I run $ autotest nothing happens (I have growl installed). If I run $ rspec spec then I get the ‘Finished in 0.07253 seconds seconds 2 example, 0 failures’ message I have …

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## [Jruby error from ManyVarsDynamicScope.java:71](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-error-from-manyvarsdynamicscope-java-71/193986)

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**Author:** [@jahu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jahu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-error-from-manyvarsdynamicscope-java-71/193986 "2010-08-30T18:19:42Z")

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Dear all, I stumbled over a nasty error when using jruby. Luckily I could reproduce it with a minimal example.

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## [Using form\_tag inside a helper](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-form-tag-inside-a-helper/84958)

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**Author:** [@BallS\_Donald\_A\_Jr\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BallS_Donald_A_Jr_S)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-form-tag-inside-a-helper/84958 "2010-07-21T14:46:49Z")

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The proper usage of form\_tag nowadays is: \<% form\_tag do %\> blah blah blah \<% end %\> Supposing I want to use form\_tag inside a helper, e.g. def search\_form form\_tag do … ??? … end end what would I put inside th…

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## [Rails3 pre and protect\_from\_forgery](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails3-pre-and-protect-from-forgery/183164)

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**Author:** [@bshelton229](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bshelton229)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails3-pre-and-protect-from-forgery/183164 "2010-05-18T19:54:41Z")

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I’ve almost entirely converted a rails 2.3.5 app to 3pre. I’m having some trouble with protect\_from\_forgery. I had protect\_from\_forgery set in application\_controller.rb, but run some uploadify ajax stuff in one of my …

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## [How to detect what is running Ruby program?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-detect-what-is-running-ruby-program/175884)

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**Author:** [@masonkessinger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/masonkessinger)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2009, 10:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-detect-what-is-running-ruby-program/175884 "2009-09-23T10:51:14Z")

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I work on a Windows platform and have two utiltities that I can execute a Ruby program from. The IDE SciTE and the fxri- Instant Ruby Enlightenment, or so it says. The input commands such as “gets” do not work in t…

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