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## [Looking for some input on career advancement w/ Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/looking-for-some-input-on-career-advancement-w-rails/191127)

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**Author:** [@Phoenix\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Phoenix_R)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/looking-for-some-input-on-career-advancement-w-rails/191127 "2010-07-07T02:27:02Z")

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Hey all, I’m having a tough time finding a good job working with Ruby and Rails, and I was hoping some one here could maybe highlight what I may be doing wrong. There are several factors at play here, but the three …

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## [Ext/openssl and newer OpenSSL](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ext-openssl-and-newer-openssl/137579)

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**Author:** [@Takahiro\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Takahiro_K)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2010, 10:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ext-openssl-and-newer-openssl/137579 "2010-06-21T10:46:49Z")

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## [REST doubt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rest-doubt/144631)

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**Author:** [@srijith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/srijith)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rest-doubt/144631 "2008-08-04T15:07:15Z")

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Hi i am function in my controller like def user\_list … end and i need to call this function in link\_to method. and i written like this \<%=link\_to ‘User\_list’,student,:method=\>:get%\> when i click the link action b…

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## [Multiple databases and establishing associations](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-databases-and-establishing-associations/141237)

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**Author:** [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-databases-and-establishing-associations/141237 "2008-06-27T21:12:08Z")

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Hi, Rails 1.2.6 I’ve got two models from two different databases that I wish to associate if possible. The association is not based on a primary key for either model, but on a “job\_number” field that both tables have …

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## [Connexion Ã  une base de donnÃ©e oracle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/connexion-a-une-base-de-donna-e-oracle/133956)

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**Author:** [@x-tasy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/x-tasy)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2008, 10:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/connexion-a-une-base-de-donna-e-oracle/133956 "2008-06-13T10:30:03Z")

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Bonjour, je voudrais de l’aide svp , j’arrive pas Ã me connecter Ã une base oracle avec ruby , pourtant j’arrive Ã le faire sans problÃ¨me s’il s’agit de la base mysql. voici mon database.yml development: adapte…

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## [POI in Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/poi-in-ruby/132378)

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**Author:** [@cpecchia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cpecchia)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/poi-in-ruby/132378 "2008-03-20T12:46:49Z")

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Qualcuno di voi ha mai utilizzato le librerie POI di Apache in Ruby (POI Ruby Bindings) per manipolare i file di MS Office? Come vi siete trovati? Esistono validi equilvamenti (a parte un bel CSV per Excel…)? TIA

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## [Scissors\_papers\_stone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scissors-papers-stone/118603)

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**Author:** [@scissors\_papers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/scissors_papers)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scissors-papers-stone/118603 "2007-11-01T17:55:47Z")

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making a game for uni in ruby for the first time, called scissors papers stone and wanted to know if you can find out what method your oppenents are using before they use and and counter them.

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## [Pre-loading the database?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pre-loading-the-database/114657)

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**Author:** [@phil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phil)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pre-loading-the-database/114657 "2007-09-25T23:10:01Z")

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I am sure this has been asked before, but, I can’t seem to find an example. Our app needs a bunch of data pre-loaded into the database. What is the ‘accepted’ way of doing this? Do I put the data into a migration? Th…

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## [Running multiple closures per iteration](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-multiple-closures-per-iteration/111200)

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**Author:** [@syncopated](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/syncopated)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-multiple-closures-per-iteration/111200 "2007-08-04T13:21:15Z")

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Is there a way to run more than one closure per iteration through a collection? For example, if I want to do the following two things, can I combine them so that I only end up with one pass over the collection, witho…

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## [Globalize Plugin : How to get it?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalize-plugin-how-to-get-it/82097)

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**Author:** [@moktin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/moktin)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalize-plugin-how-to-get-it/82097 "2007-01-17T16:08:58Z")

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Hello everybody, I’m a new ruby user and am interresting by the plugin Globalize, My problem is not about the plugin itself, but where to download it ? http://www.globalize-rails.org/ seems to be down, and after searc…

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## [How to use regexp to replace character with backslash plus t](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-regexp-to-replace-character-with-backslash-plus-t/76430)

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**Author:** [@madiba](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/madiba)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-regexp-to-replace-character-with-backslash-plus-t/76430 "2006-11-19T04:22:02Z")

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Hello, 1.8.5. I want to ‘correct’ filenames for unix shell so I want to preceed any let’s say & with backslash. Here is code translated from my original script in Perl – end of the function return filename.gsub(/(\[;…

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## [Test\_create gets 200 instead of :success](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-create-gets-200-instead-of-success/73089)

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**Author:** [@shauna](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shauna)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2006, 9:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-create-gets-200-instead-of-success/73089 "2006-10-23T09:55:59Z")

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Help! I have a new/create process that works fine in the actual app. But when I test I always get a failure in the test\_create section. Here’s some controller code: def new end def create begin @borrower = Borrow…

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## [Idiomatic file snarf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/idiomatic-file-snarf/70294)

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**Author:** [@tbobker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbobker)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2006, 5:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/idiomatic-file-snarf/70294 "2006-09-28T05:32:52Z")

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I want to open a file, suck the contexts into a variable and close it again. I suppose I could IO#each and glue the lines together. Currently I have f = File.new(fname) text = f.read f.close Surely there’s …

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## [Modeling 'phony' fields](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modeling-phony-fields/65169)

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**Author:** [@DuzenburyS\_Rich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/DuzenburyS_Rich)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modeling-phony-fields/65169 "2006-08-16T19:39:37Z")

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Hi, I have a user model with an e-mail field. When a user registers for the site, I want them to confirm their email address by typing it in again. If they change their email address, I want them to confirm their ema…

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## [Magic/xml library for easy XML processing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/magic-xml-library-for-easy-xml-processing/101468)

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**Author:** [@fmwr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fmwr)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 12:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/magic-xml-library-for-easy-xml-processing/101468 "2006-08-06T12:55:38Z")

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Hello, Some of you may be interested in a new library for XML processing. It is inspired by languages designed just for XML-processing like CDuce and to some extend by Perl’s XML::Twig. Basically easy things should b…

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## [RE: Re: Agile Web Development with Rails 1.1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-re-agile-web-development-with-rails-1-1/54466)

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**Author:** [@PeSSSSaS\_Botp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/PeSSSSaS_Botp)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-re-agile-web-development-with-rails-1-1/54466 "2006-03-06T22:29:29Z")

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On Behalf Of Dave T.: #Somewhere out there there’s a decent answer, and I’m a-waiting’ This may not be decent, but i see more and more people clamoring for uptodate manuals/books/docs on rails. I think it is a very go…

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## [Class Variables - Static](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/class-variables-static/229990)

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**Author:** [@jason\_sam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jason_sam)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/class-variables-static/229990 "2014-05-26T20:43:38Z")

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Hello, When setting the class static variables, These are shared across all the instances created. Class A @@bool\_var = true def get\_bool\_var @@bool\_var end end All the instances will have this static variable, …

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## [Installation of queue-tip on centos/asterisk server](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-of-queue-tip-on-centos-asterisk-server/224487)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-of-queue-tip-on-centos-asterisk-server/224487 "2012-11-13T23:32:18Z")

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Hi Geeks, I need an urgent help with queue-tip installation. i am using http://queue-tip.rubyforge.org/install.html guide to install the same however i am stuck at first step of installation ($ rake gems:install). i…

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## [Keepalived Connections Reset after reloading the configuration (HUP Signal)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/keepalived-connections-reset-after-reloading-the-configuration-hup-signal/206958)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/keepalived-connections-reset-after-reloading-the-configuration-hup-signal/206958 "2011-05-17T00:12:43Z")

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Hello, I’m dealing with a problem. When reloading the nginx configuration, all keepalived connections receive the TCP reset flag after I send a HUP signal to the master process. If I comment the line responsible for …

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## [Re: Error when using UHD, GRC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-error-when-using-uhd-grc/206321)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2011, 8:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-error-when-using-uhd-grc/206321 "2011-05-03T08:44:09Z")

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Hi, OK, the uhd\_find\_devices --args="type=usrp1" is working, there's no device discovery error message, but when I tried to run the uhd\_usrp\_probe –args=“type=usrp1” the uhd\_usrp\_probe broke down giving a nice erro…

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## [Problems using gets() on a socket](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-using-gets-on-a-socket/194044)

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**Author:** [@geometic](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/geometic)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-using-gets-on-a-socket/194044 "2010-08-30T19:38:49Z")

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Hi, I have built a telnet “chat server” using TCPserver and a select statement. If a client exits “cleanly” (such as by closing the shell in which telnet is running), I can recognize the socket as being terminated us…

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## [SystemExit: exit](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/systemexit-exit/192629)

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**Author:** [@mercurius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mercurius)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2010, 10:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/systemexit-exit/192629 "2010-08-04T10:46:20Z")

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ActionView::TemplateError (SystemExit: exit: SELECT \* FROM product\_stocklevels WHERE (product\_stocklevels.product\_id = 831 AND (size = ‘W44 L 32’ AND stock \> 0)) LIMIT 1) Before I paste more code, has anyone come acr…

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## [Uninitialized constant LibXMLJRuby::XML::Schema](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uninitialized-constant-libxmljruby-schema/188072)

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**Author:** [@wickie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wickie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2010, 10:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uninitialized-constant-libxmljruby-schema/188072 "2010-05-06T10:02:50Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to validate a xml File against a ‘\*.xsd’ Schema-File. I have the libxml-jruby Gem installed. I’m using JRUBY 1.4.0 My code looks like this: require ‘xml’ … document = XML::Document.file(temp\_fi…

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## [Nginx + modrails + gzip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-modrails-gzip/174055)

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**Author:** [@vince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vince)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-modrails-gzip/174055 "2009-12-04T22:45:11Z")

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I’m running a stack using modrails with the compiled version of nginx. I turned on gzip in my /opt/nginx/conf/nginx.conf file but Yslow still shows that we aren’t gzipping. Any hints as to what might be happening? He…

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## [Strange behavior of rails - configuration ?, memory leak ?, system ? - error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-behavior-of-rails-configuration-memory-leak-system-error/175176)

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**Author:** [@marmolin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/marmolin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2009, 10:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-behavior-of-rails-configuration-memory-leak-system-error/175176 "2009-09-09T10:38:03Z")

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System problems with rails ? I have dveloped a rather complex rails application with many gems and pluginsg. It worked fine until some days ago, when I started to get some unredicatble errors that I cannot understand …

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## [What does config.threadsafe! actually do?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-does-config-threadsafe-actually-do/160015)

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**Author:** [@jrochkind](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jrochkind)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-does-config-threadsafe-actually-do/160015 "2009-02-11T16:54:02Z")

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Does anyone know what config.threadsafe! actually does, what effect(s) it has? I’m even sure where to go looking in the source code for effects of a config variable like that, but if someone has source to recommend, …

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## [Missing ids in documentation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/missing-ids-in-documentation/146725)

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**Author:** [@Svend\_Haugaard\_SSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Svend_Haugaard_SSSS)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/missing-ids-in-documentation/146725 "2008-08-25T23:13:29Z")

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I notice some link that didn’t work in the documentation. By closer inspection I found that some of the headlines missed id-tags. The following grep sequence find them. grep ‘\<h3’ \*.html | grep ‘#’ | grep -v ‘id=’ H…

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## [Leer xml de un .rxml y ponerlo en un pa rÃ¡metro de flash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/leer-xml-de-un-rxml-y-ponerlo-en-un-pa-ra-metro-de-flash/136185)

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**Author:** [@calabriama](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/calabriama)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/leer-xml-de-un-rxml-y-ponerlo-en-un-pa-ra-metro-de-flash/136185 "2008-04-29T18:58:42Z")

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Hola amigos! estoy intentando sacar unos gráficos por flash leyendo xml. Tengo un formulario de consultas, al submitar me lleva a un método ‘search’ donde construyo un array que será mi xml generado, me renderiza el s…

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## [Memory leak?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memory-leak/127351)

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**Author:** [@Bostjan\_Potocnik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bostjan_Potocnik)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memory-leak/127351 "2008-02-16T04:02:50Z")

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Hi all, my mongrel cluster worked as charm for last 3 months, but in last days some processes are taking all available memory. It goes up to 440Mb per process. Few hours after restart memory usage starts to climb up a…

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## [Poner imagen en botÃ³n de examinar (attachment\_fu)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/poner-imagen-en-bota-n-de-examinar-attachment-fu/116717)

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**Author:** [@zaid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zaid)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2007, 9:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/poner-imagen-en-bota-n-de-examinar-attachment-fu/116717 "2007-10-09T09:01:27Z")

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Hooola Tengo el siguiente formulario: \<% form\_for(:establishment\_photo, :url =\> {:action =\> “create” }, :html =\> { :multipart =\> true }) do |f| -%\> Nueva Imagen \<%= f.file\_field :uploaded\_…

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## [Is it a bug of URI lib?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-a-bug-of-uri-lib/110737)

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**Author:** [@nan\_wu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nan_wu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-a-bug-of-uri-lib/110737 "2007-07-30T13:57:34Z")

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I use the URI.merge method, and I met something incorrect. It is a bug of URI lib? For example: require ‘uri’ site\_url = ‘http://www.try.com/test.aspx’ cur\_url =‘?page=2’ site=URI.parse(site\_url) cur=URI.parse(cu…

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## [Has\_changed? - how best to?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/has-changed-how-best-to/103947)

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**Author:** [@wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wpwood)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/has-changed-how-best-to/103947 "2007-05-12T03:58:51Z")

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Anybody know of a built-in method, filter, or plugin that will check to see if any of the values in an object have been changed since .new or .find begat it? I’m looking for something that will let me easily do a bef…

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## [Pinging a host](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pinging-a-host/92356)

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**Author:** [@Raymond\_Ward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Raymond_Ward)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pinging-a-host/92356 "2007-04-18T18:50:37Z")

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Hello, I am working on an App and am trying to return a page with the status of a host (up/down). The host IP addresses are taken from a database and then pinged using ping.rb. The code works if typed in irb but wh…

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## [Has\_many through](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/has-many-through/72134)

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**Author:** [@Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nicholas_W)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/has-many-through/72134 "2006-10-15T14:00:05Z")

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Hi \*, I have an issue with a relation I’m not able to understand: I have 3 tables, a releases table, a tracks table and a release\_tracks table. The release\_tracks table has a release\_id and a track\_id. Release and Tr…

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## [Camels?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/camels/65644)

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**Author:** [@Gary\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gary_S)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2006, 1:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/camels/65644 "2006-08-20T13:16:37Z")

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Just tried an svn up on my local install and migrate threw out an error: == UpgradeSidebarObjects: migrating – add\_column(:sidebars, :type, :string) -\> 0.6297s – About to call find\_and\_update – remove\_column(:sidebar…

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## [Simultaneous text input/output in a command line game](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simultaneous-text-input-output-in-a-command-line-game/66073)

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**Author:** [@rubyvic](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubyvic)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simultaneous-text-input-output-in-a-command-line-game/66073 "2006-02-12T19:26:09Z")

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Hi everyone! I?m currently learning Ruby, and have made this simple number guessing game: puts “I’m thinking of a number from 0 to 10. What’s your guess?” my\_number = rand(11) user\_guess = gets.chomp.to\_i until us…

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## [Missing scaffold features](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/missing-scaffold-features/49180)

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**Author:** [@monch1962](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/monch1962)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2005, 6:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/missing-scaffold-features/49180 "2005-12-02T06:20:55Z")

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Hello everyone, First off, I’m trying to generate a discussion here, not provoke an argument or get people upset. Please bear this in mind if/as you read on… To my mind, there’s 3 missing features from scaffolds tha…

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## [Sort\_by \['-100', 'dog', '-1000','cat'\]?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sort-by-100-dog-1000-cat/260562)

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**Author:** [@brater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brater)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sort-by-100-dog-1000-cat/260562 "2020-12-05T22:05:55Z")

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trying to solve this puzzle, but I do not know how. given some array of strings with numbers and words , how to sort it, so I could put in a given order by digit and word length? Thanks.

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## [Spending the whole day to build gnuradio on a Mac?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spending-the-whole-day-to-build-gnuradio-on-a-mac/243019)

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**Author:** [@Rafa\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rafa_F)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spending-the-whole-day-to-build-gnuradio-on-a-mac/243019 "2015-08-16T03:40:48Z")

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Mac OSX 10.10.4 gnuradio 3.7.7.1 homebrew Trying to get the SDPplay to work using gr-osmosdr I tried an innocent brew install gnuradio. That went wrong on the fact that gnuradio was compiled against the homebrew pyt…

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## [Newbie Question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question/226823)

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**Author:** [@JohnA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JohnA)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question/226823 "2013-03-01T04:30:27Z")

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What are some Great resources to get into Rails? Keep in mind this is for someone that has little to no programming experience. So starting from scratch… A little background is that I want to create a program for per…

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## [SOLVED: gstreamer- linking playbin2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/solved-gstreamer-linking-playbin2/216945)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/solved-gstreamer-linking-playbin2/216945 "2012-02-17T22:08:41Z")

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hello all, quite some time ago i posted a question about linking elements to gstreamer’s playbin2 - Gstreamer: linking playbin2 - Ruby-Gnome 2 - Ruby-Forum after shelving it for a long time, i started fooling around w…

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## [Value types - e.g. TimeSpan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/value-types-e-g-timespan/201677)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/value-types-e-g-timespan/201677 "2011-01-12T20:14:41Z")

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Hi all I’ve had some discussions offline about accessing the properties of TimeSpan. The issue is that while the static methods on TimeSpan work, the instance properties don’t: t = System::TimeSpan.from\_seconds(1.1…

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## [Modules in Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modules-in-ruby/191560)

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**Author:** [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 10:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modules-in-ruby/191560 "2010-07-21T10:45:04Z")

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I have this script with slight change from “The Little Book Of Ruby”: http://pastie.org/private/6wgnmrtsodlmbh3ib1vg If I type the following: puts MyModule.greet I get the required result. But, there is an instance m…

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## [File system event?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-system-event/190956)

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**Author:** [@Svend\_Haugaard\_SSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Svend_Haugaard_SSSS)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-system-event/190956 "2010-07-02T18:23:37Z")

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Hey. I am making a little TaskBar app, whos task it is to monitor a file and change icon when the file is updated. First is there any way to catch a file change event direct in WxRuby? Does WxRuby have a way to catch…

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## [How to ensure two tables reference the same record in a third table?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-ensure-two-tables-reference-the-same-record-in-a-third-table/176174)

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**Author:** [@oldbug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/oldbug)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-ensure-two-tables-reference-the-same-record-in-a-third-table/176174 "2009-09-28T20:45:07Z")

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class Part \< ActiveRecord::Base has\_many :lots has\_many :components # or, maybe not end class Lot \< ActiveRecord::Base belongs\_to :part has\_many :components end class Component \< ActiveRecord::Base belongs\_to :p…

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## [Observe\_form, observe\_field, dynamic forms help please](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/observe-form-observe-field-dynamic-forms-help-please/77433)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/observe-form-observe-field-dynamic-forms-help-please/77433 "2009-05-29T14:18:57Z")

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Setup: A form which initially has only one field: a 2x group of radio\_buttons. As the user selects options, additinal fields are added or removed. I started with observe\_field. I was getting some very peculiar behavio…

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## [Selected field assignment](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/selected-field-assignment/153540)

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**Author:** [@Bil\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bil_K)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/selected-field-assignment/153540 "2008-11-19T18:40:56Z")

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Hi, I’m grabbing the owner and file names from find . -perm -g+r -ls which has ls -dgils output like, 6744065 8 -rw-r–r-- 1 kleb users 289 Nov 30 2007 Ruby/README with something like, find\_re…

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## [Https problems](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/https-problems/150380)

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**Author:** [@Glen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Glen)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/https-problems/150380 "2008-10-21T22:15:13Z")

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I’m having a problem but don’t know what is causing it so I don’t know exactly where to post, please bear with me. I’m trying to set up https access however whenever I go to https://url\_for\_site the root route render…

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## [Updating the page dynamically](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/updating-the-page-dynamically/143875)

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**Author:** [@ddtm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ddtm)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/updating-the-page-dynamically/143875 "2008-07-29T20:38:53Z")

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Hi, I’m developing a Rails application that displays data from MySQL database table. I have an external python script that adds new rows to the table. My goal is to dynamically add new rows to the html table which is …

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## [Missing slash on URL?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/missing-slash-on-url/138569)

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**Author:** [@teck](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/teck)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/missing-slash-on-url/138569 "2008-05-29T12:19:32Z")

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There is something wrong, when I try to access this location, for example: http://localhost/forum Normally, if I access the above URL, it will automatically add at the end a slash: http://localhost/forum/ The page…

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