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## [Sync\_permissions not working on controller modules](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sync-permissions-not-working-on-controller-modules/73381)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Johanesen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Chris_Johanesen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sync-permissions-not-working-on-controller-modules/73381 "2006-03-05T05:23:37Z")

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Quick Question: I’ve got UserEngine and LoginEngine working on my app and everything’s going great. My problem is that while sync\_permissions works for my regular controllers, it’s not working for my admin ones that a…

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## [Templates as.rb files](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/templates-as-rb-files/76667)

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**Author:** [@crucoba](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/crucoba)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/templates-as-rb-files/76667 "2006-03-04T16:29:18Z")

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Would it be possible for ‘engines’ to be changed so that the template files are NOT .rb files? It’s very annoying as they cause my IDE to report syntax errors on them, and since they’re NOT ruby files (syntactically …

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## [Adding fields: same or separate table?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adding-fields-same-or-separate-table/101095)

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**Author:** [@jay-levitt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jay-levitt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adding-fields-same-or-separate-table/101095 "2006-02-04T22:43:46Z")

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I’m just starting with the UserEngine on a new app. I’m going to have a bunch of other per-user data: phone number, AIM name, etc. Would it be better to add these as fields to the Users table, or to say that User :h…

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## [Need help with a loop](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-with-a-loop/243609)

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**Author:** [@Sadaf\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sadaf_N)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-with-a-loop/243609 "2015-12-11T18:37:20Z")

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I am trying to make a loop that will make X amount of files and count up and I cant figure out the syntax. Pretty much create file1.txt and do it 50 times so I get file1.txt file2.txt and so on till I reach file file5…

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## [Rails routing question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-routing-question/233352)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-routing-question/233352 "2014-12-06T23:14:52Z")

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Hi, Can anyone help… I am trying to understand how 2 different routes like show and update seem to be the same. Both are /questions/:id(.:format). GET /questions(.:format) questions#index POST …

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## [How to tell if 8767 was backported to 2.0.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-tell-if-8767-was-backported-to-2-0-0/233153)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-tell-if-8767-was-backported-to-2-0-0/233153 "2014-11-20T16:08:34Z")

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I’m on 2.0.0-p598 and I see a problem that looks a lot like Bug #8767: IO.copy\_stream should write in binary mode. - Ruby master - Ruby Issue Tracking System (IO.copy\_stream should write in binary mode). It’s unclear i…

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## [Invalidate a certain key in my cache](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/invalidate-a-certain-key-in-my-cache/232851)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/invalidate-a-certain-key-in-my-cache/232851 "2014-10-31T22:57:21Z")

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I have nginx setup as a caching proxy, which caches redirect responses from backend servers. I want a way to invalidate a certain redirect/key from my cache. i usually go into my caching dir and grep/remove it. thoug…

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## [Moving an old rails app from windows 2003 server to windows 2008 server](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/moving-an-old-rails-app-from-windows-2003-server-to-windows-2008-server/231937)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/moving-an-old-rails-app-from-windows-2003-server-to-windows-2008-server/231937 "2014-09-17T00:46:53Z")

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Hi, I have developed a small RoR app(ruby 1.8.6, rails 2.1.0, rubygem 0.9.4) a few years ago and I have not worked on RoR since. Now, for some reasons, I need to move this RoR app(running on 2003 server currently) …

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## [Bad default for proxy\_cache\_key](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bad-default-for-proxy-cache-key/230685)

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**Author:** [@jason\_sam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jason_sam)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bad-default-for-proxy-cache-key/230685 "2014-07-30T01:02:21Z")

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Hello all, I stucked a while with a config problem where proxy\_cache\_key default value was $scheme$proxy\_host$uri$is\_args$args". Then I realized it really didn’t make. A better value $scheme$host$uri$is\_args$args" i…

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## [Clean energy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/clean-energy/240456)

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**Author:** [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 7:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/clean-energy/240456 "2014-04-15T07:53:06Z")

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High-efficiency along with Strength Keeping Intelligent DIRECTED Light could be the Beloved for your Electric Lights Market place Power conservation along with protecting the environment are usually hot topics through…

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## [Google Summer of Code for Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/google-summer-of-code-for-ruby/238904)

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**Author:** [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/google-summer-of-code-for-ruby/238904 "2014-02-06T18:04:29Z")

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Hi Rubyists, I know in the past that Ruby (Central?) has applied as a Google Summer of Code mentoring organization and been rejected (leading to Ruby Summer of Code). Is there any interest in applying again? I know …

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## [Allowing a character through Addressable::URI unescaped](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/allowing-a-character-through-addressable-uri-unescaped/245794)

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**Author:** [@Rafa\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rafa_F)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/allowing-a-character-through-addressable-uri-unescaped/245794 "2013-07-18T13:21:41Z")

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I have some code which used to work a few months ago but appears to have broken since then. It’s a URI builder which uses the pipe “|” character as a separator for multiple values. I use Addressable::URI.parse( my\_uri…

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## [Ngix Performace as a Reverse Proxy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ngix-performace-as-a-reverse-proxy/223999)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2012, 10:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ngix-performace-as-a-reverse-proxy/223999 "2012-10-29T10:12:54Z")

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Hi, We have been doing some testing with Nginx as a reverse proxy. We have been comparing it to a number of solutions which it easily beats, like IIS and Apache with mod\_proxy etc. However, as an experiment we have b…

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## [Warning: Don't implement an ActiveRecord model called Specimen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/warning-dont-implement-an-activerecord-model-called-specimen/212402)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/warning-dont-implement-an-activerecord-model-called-specimen/212402 "2011-10-04T15:20:40Z")

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I’ve recently upgraded an application to use Rails 3.1, and in the course of so doing encountered some strange behaviour that I hope will not be experienced by others. I have several ActiveRecord model objects in my a…

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## [(solution) .js and .css error when using production environment](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/solution-js-and-css-error-when-using-production-environment/207440)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/solution-js-and-css-error-when-using-production-environment/207440 "2011-05-25T22:39:32Z")

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When changing to a production deployment with a single rails instance, NOT proxied, errors showed up on the console, and of course .js and .css files were not served as a result: ActionController::RoutingError (No rou…

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## [Monkey patching class String to add bitwise operators](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/monkey-patching-class-string-to-add-bitwise-operators/203591)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/monkey-patching-class-string-to-add-bitwise-operators/203591 "2011-03-03T16:37:36Z")

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Hello all, Unfortunately Ruby don’t have bitwise operators for Class String like Perl do. I am hoping very much that such operators will be implemented in Ruby one day at a low level so they will fast! But until such …

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## [Filepath in identify for paperclip cygwin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/filepath-in-identify-for-paperclip-cygwin/183529)

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**Author:** [@palidanx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/palidanx)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2011, 9:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/filepath-in-identify-for-paperclip-cygwin/183529 "2011-01-06T09:14:33Z")

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Hi there, I am using paperclip with imagemagick and i get the error \[paperclip\] An error was received while processing: #\<Paperclip::NotIdentifiedBy ImageMagickError: C:/Users/shinzu/slide,8724,0.jpg is not recognize…

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## [Hygienic startup file](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hygienic-startup-file/166230)

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**Author:** [@samoht](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/samoht)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2009, 10:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hygienic-startup-file/166230 "2009-04-25T10:12:10Z")

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Hello, a startup file to be loaded by RUBYOPT should have minimal side effects. I guess, this pattern will do it: class \<\< Object.new FOO = … # will not override FOO if defined before BAR = … # will introduce BAR in…

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## [Running rails from a Jar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-rails-from-a-jar/164645)

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**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")

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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…

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## [PB : no such file to load -- sqlite3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pb-no-such-file-to-load-sqlite3/155041)

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**Author:** [@Aferkiw\_N\_Tamazgha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Aferkiw_N_Tamazgha)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pb-no-such-file-to-load-sqlite3/155041 "2008-12-06T21:01:43Z")

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Salut a tous, J’ai un petit soucis … Je suis en train de lire le bouquin “Agile web developpement with rails” … Et quand j’execute le tout premier tuto … un “hello world” … il me genere l’erreur “no such file to loa…

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## [$home](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/home/144309)

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**Author:** [@editkid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/editkid)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2008, 9:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/home/144309 "2008-07-29T09:58:41Z")

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By the way, this is how $HOME is setup in mspec (on Windows): # Code to setup HOME directory correctly on Windows # This duplicates Ruby 1.9 semantics for defining HOME platform\_is :windows do if ENV\['HOME'\] E…

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## [Ruby Compiler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-compiler/132597)

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**Author:** [@phasis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phasis)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2008, 8:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-compiler/132597 "2008-03-22T08:52:53Z")

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Hi, I longed for a ruby byte code compiler. But I guess YARV is not stable until now. So I made a very experimental Ruby Compiler. Actually it is not a true compiler just ruby object dumper and loader. By modifing g…

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## [ActionMailer with sendmail any help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-with-sendmail-any-help/129080)

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**Author:** [@KTU](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KTU)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2008, 10:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-with-sendmail-any-help/129080 "2008-02-14T10:31:40Z")

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hi any good examples how to set up email (sendmail especially) with ruby on rails. I have tried several examples from the net but no success. I tried these instructions: http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowTo…

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## [Wie macht man auto\_complete\_for und in\_place\_edit\_for in Rails2?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wie-macht-man-auto-complete-for-und-in-place-edit-for-in-rails2/122627)

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**Author:** [@BjSSSSrn\_GroSSSSman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BjSSSSrn_GroSSSSman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2007, 9:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wie-macht-man-auto-complete-for-und-in-place-edit-for-in-rails2/122627 "2007-12-10T09:56:11Z")

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Guten Morgen, Ich habe in einer Anwendung in\_place\_edit\_for und auto\_complete\_for benutzt. In Rails 2 funktioniert das bei mir nicht mehr. Ich hab erfolglos gegoogelt. Kann mir jmd sagen, ob das in ein Plugin gewand…

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## [Break loop by trapping INT](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/break-loop-by-trapping-int/115227)

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**Author:** [@Todd\_ASJacobs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Todd_ASJacobs)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/break-loop-by-trapping-int/115227 "2007-09-22T15:39:18Z")

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I’m trying to break a loop whenever CTRL-C is pressed, and find that this doesn’t work: trap 'INT', proc {break}; count=0; while count \< 10; puts count += 1; sleep 1; end I’m guessing it’s because the loop is somehow …

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## [Highlight method creates malformed characters](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/highlight-method-creates-malformed-characters/87838)

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**Author:** [@cubiq](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cubiq)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/highlight-method-creates-malformed-characters/87838 "2007-03-07T00:07:49Z")

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Hello list, I’ve just updated to 0.11.3 and I came upon this problem. When using the highlight function in a rails application I sometimes get the error “Malformed UTF-8 character.” It is just on certain documents an…

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## [How to run SciTE from any path](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-run-scite-from-any-path/81120)

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**Author:** [@alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex-osu3)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2007, 12:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-run-scite-from-any-path/81120 "2007-01-04T12:24:27Z")

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Hi all, Sometimes I need to start SciTE from a console. But I can run it from only one folder which contains SciTE.exe under XP. Is it possible to run it from any path? Thanks, Li

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## [I need an idea!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-need-an-idea/101418)

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**Author:** [@nuno](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nuno)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-need-an-idea/101418 "2006-08-06T19:53:12Z")

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Hello here, I need to find an idea to solve a problem I manage Events which are of kind :arrival or :departure At first the two kind of events was unrelated but my client want to see the :departure belonging to the :a…

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## [Eval bind](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eval-bind/100580)

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**Author:** [@kajism](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kajism)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2006, 1:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eval-bind/100580 "2006-07-30T13:12:09Z")

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How should I call eval from member function that binds to global context? Something like $binding = binding class InterpreterCallback def methods(expr) begin return eval(expr, $binding).class.instance\_methods(fals…

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## [Allowing behaviours to add associations to pages](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/allowing-behaviours-to-add-associations-to-pages/63220)

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**Author:** [@dasch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dasch)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/allowing-behaviours-to-add-associations-to-pages/63220 "2006-06-15T17:36:41Z")

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http://dev.radiantcms.org/radiant/ticket/40 The ticket above includes an implementation of what I’m wanting to do here, but I thought I’d explain it in full here as I’d really like some feedback and suggestions on how…

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## [Switchtower setup hangs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/switchtower-setup-hangs/48795)

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**Author:** [@mannl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mannl)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/switchtower-setup-hangs/48795 "2005-11-25T13:41:15Z")

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Hi! I’ve been having a problem with switchtower. It hangs for several minutes and then spits out errors when I try to execute the setup recipe. Any ideas? Robs-iBook:~/Sites/mysite rob$ rake remote\_exec ACTION=setup …

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## [Creating variable inside a class](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-variable-inside-a-class/245953)

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**Author:** [@Rafa\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rafa_F)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2013, 12:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-variable-inside-a-class/245953 "2013-08-06T12:02:29Z")

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All I want to do, is to create a new variable called data\_dfp inside the class, and be able to set/get it’s value from outside require ‘nokogiri’ class MyDocument \< Nokogiri::XML::SAX::Document attr\_accessor :data\_df…

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## [Help me test and verify my config](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-me-test-and-verify-my-config/220889)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-me-test-and-verify-my-config/220889 "2012-06-27T16:19:58Z")

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Nginx community, i’ve recently switched to this awesome software which has performed admirably under load testing. I host a php/mysql driven site that with each page view serves results from multiple external xml feed…

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## [Question about overloading](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-overloading/214288)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-overloading/214288 "2011-11-27T19:54:35Z")

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Back in 2007, somebody posted a question asking whether or not it is possible to overload the constructor in Ruby. Someone else answered that it is not possible to overload any method, not just the constructor. Inde…

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## [\[Backport93 - Backport #5565\]\[Open\] STDOUT.puts writes LF (not CR+LF) in textmode](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backport93-backport-5565-open-stdout-puts-writes-lf-not-cr-lf-in-textmode/213505)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backport93-backport-5565-open-stdout-puts-writes-lf-not-cr-lf-in-textmode/213505 "2011-11-07T15:26:28Z")

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Issue #5565 has been reported by Usaku NAKAMURA. Backport #5565: STDOUT.puts writes LF (not CR+LF) in textmode Author: Usaku NAKAMURA Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: please bac…

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## [Bug #419: gr\_vmcircbuf\_sysv\_shm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-419-gr-vmcircbuf-sysv-shm/209012)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2011, 4:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-419-gr-vmcircbuf-sysv-shm/209012 "2011-07-04T04:48:17Z")

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Hi, I just pulled the latest git sources, and wanted to confirm the behaviour noted in Bug #419; Bug #419: Programs using WxWidgets graphical sinks fail with the error: gr\_vmcircbuf\_sysv\_shm: shmget (1): Invalid arg…

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## [Queues? inotify? anything else?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/queues-inotify-anything-else/208354)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/queues-inotify-anything-else/208354 "2011-06-16T14:27:11Z")

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I don’t even really know how to describe this problem. I know what I want the end result to be, but I’ve run into a dead end trying to figure out possible solutions. I’ve got a script which looks for files of a given …

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## [Good hosting for Rails3?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/good-hosting-for-rails3/194977)

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**Author:** [@pu2011](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pu2011)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/good-hosting-for-rails3/194977 "2010-09-15T14:43:54Z")

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Hi guys any advice about hosting for Rails 3 ? I will need to use a search engine like Sunspot / Solr Heroku ? Slicehost ? Rackspace ? advice will be appreciated. thanks. – Aldo

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## [Nginx performance test](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-performance-test/182540)

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**Author:** [@yong\_xue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yong_xue)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2010, 10:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-performance-test/182540 "2010-02-01T10:05:36Z")

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hi, last week, I did a nginx performance test. Yes, with no surprise, nginx is perfect. First, I proxyed 15 web hosts after nginx, the cpu utilization and disk IO were a little high, this was cause by the file down…

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## [Difficulties in understanding Rail-Plugins in depth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/difficulties-in-understanding-rail-plugins-in-depth/180727)

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**Author:** [@k-b](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/k-b)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/difficulties-in-understanding-rail-plugins-in-depth/180727 "2009-12-28T14:37:35Z")

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Hi, i try to understand how plugins work in detail. Often you see stuff like: class Post \< ActiveRecord::Base acts\_as\_commentable end I wonder what’s happen all there. What kind of language-feature is behind this …

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## [Spec'ing theme views](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/specing-theme-views/164895)

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**Author:** [@jared](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jared)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2009, 7:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/specing-theme-views/164895 "2009-04-07T07:10:19Z")

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I’m using the theme support plugin on one of my apps, and I would like to spec the views for each of my themes, but having a little trouble and hoping someone can point me in the right direction. Themed views are loca…

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## [Concat, nil.\<\< and Rails 2.3.0RC1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/concat-nil-and-rails-2-3-0rc1/159437)

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**Author:** [@joost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joost)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2009, 10:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/concat-nil-and-rails-2-3-0rc1/159437 "2009-02-05T10:18:29Z")

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When moving to Rails 2.3.0RC1 I get an error with concat!? I can’t figure it out. See the dump below: ActionView::TemplateError (You have a nil object when you didn’t expect it! You might have expected an instance o…

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## [Fetching checkbox name from database](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fetching-checkbox-name-from-database/155314)

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**Author:** [@Navi023](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Navi023)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fetching-checkbox-name-from-database/155314 "2008-12-13T18:22:49Z")

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Hi all, I am new to this place and ruby on rails as well. I am developing a web application where I have to create a form which displays the checkboxes. The names of these checkboxes have to be fetched from a database…

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## [Sending a fire&forget http request in a model class](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-a-fire-forget-http-request-in-a-model-class/153626)

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**Author:** [@cmaxvv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cmaxvv)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2008, 11:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-a-fire-forget-http-request-in-a-model-class/153626 "2008-11-20T11:57:36Z")

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I know this is bad mvc, but i have a model class that needs to send a request off to a web service. At the moment i’m building a request string with url and params, and then doing a ‘system’ call to call curl with th…

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## [Make layout false](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/make-layout-false/147279)

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**Author:** [@srijith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/srijith)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/make-layout-false/147279 "2008-08-30T10:37:12Z")

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Hi i am having lot of HTML files those files dont want layouts so, for each rhtml i am mentioning in controller list.rhtml,edit.rhtml def list render :layout=\>false end def edit render :layout=\>false end is any …

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## [RS232 in ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rs232-in-ruby/147107)

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**Author:** [@shanmugam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shanmugam)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rs232-in-ruby/147107 "2008-08-28T22:34:49Z")

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is it possible in Ruby to interface with a device through a RS232 serial connection? I want to connect my Windows XP computer with a medical device through RS232 - get data from the device and send it messages.

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## [Sortie du nouveau livre agile web development with rails third edition](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sortie-du-nouveau-livre-agile-web-development-with-rails-third-edition/135663)

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**Author:** [@patcito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/patcito)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2008, 9:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sortie-du-nouveau-livre-agile-web-development-with-rails-third-edition/135663 "2008-04-24T09:42:03Z")

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## [Logical Operations on Strings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/logical-operations-on-strings/127325)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_WSRyder](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michael_WSRyder)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2008, 9:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/logical-operations-on-strings/127325 "2008-01-29T09:38:06Z")

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Is there a bitwise and for strings that I am missing? I tried the documentation and Google with no luck. I coded a simple method to handle this, it obviously needs more error checking, but don’t want to reinvent the…

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## [Strange ssl\_requirement plugin issues](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-ssl-requirement-plugin-issues/121440)

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**Author:** [@kyle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kyle)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-ssl-requirement-plugin-issues/121440 "2007-12-06T16:30:36Z")

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I’m having problems with the ssl\_requirement plugin. I’m moving my app from one server to another. Both servers have the same versions of ruby and rails, and the code and ssl certificates on the two servers is ident…

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## [Relaciones 1 to 0-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/relaciones-1-to-0-1/120998)

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**Author:** [@fernan2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fernan2)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/relaciones-1-to-0-1/120998 "2007-11-22T19:27:21Z")

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Los usuarios pueden ser, o no, socios. Y para dar de alta como socio, el controller lleva este cÃ³digo: @usuario = Usuario.find(session\[:usuario\_id\]) @usuario.socio ||= Socio.new @socio = @usuario.socio if param\_posted…

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