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## [Nginx and VirtualBox, heavy load](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-and-virtualbox-heavy-load/177743)

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**Author:** [@jmaenpaa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jmaenpaa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-and-virtualbox-heavy-load/177743 "2009-10-22T23:27:22Z")

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I have been using nginx very successfully as a reverse proxy (in front of a bank of web servers) on Linux. For a special project I’m working on, we were hoping to use the same setup but running in a Linux virtual mach…

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## [C extension: How to create a Hash entry with Symbol key?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/c-extension-how-to-create-a-hash-entry-with-symbol-key/177613)

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**Author:** [@ISSSSaki\_Baz\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ISSSSaki_Baz_C)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/c-extension-how-to-create-a-hash-entry-with-symbol-key/177613 "2009-10-21T04:43:02Z")

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Hi, I do know how to create a hash from C in wich keys and values are strings: VALUE hash = rb\_hash\_new(); rb\_hash\_aset(hash, rb\_str\_new(“mykey”,5), rb\_str\_new2(myvalue)); But now I want to create Hash entries with S…

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## [Soap4r, ssl and certificates problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/soap4r-ssl-and-certificates-problem/172258)

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**Author:** [@soop](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/soop)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/soap4r-ssl-and-certificates-problem/172258 "2009-07-20T11:30:30Z")

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Hi I’m trying to consume a SOAP service that is on an ssl endpoint. The security is public/private key. What I have so far: I have the wsdl for the service, together with the CA certificate and a .pfx file which I b…

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## [Conditional find in has\_may Ergebnis?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conditional-find-in-has-may-ergebnis/162689)

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**Author:** [@d-w](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/d-w)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2009, 7:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conditional-find-in-has-may-ergebnis/162689 "2009-03-13T07:13:45Z")

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Stehe gerade mal wieder auf dem Schlauch. Wahrscheinlich ganz einfach, nur ich sehs mal wieder nicht. Wie Suche ich in einem has\_may Ergebniss in verknüpften Objekten? Beispiel: p = Person.find(:first) p.debitorennu…

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## [Table Unknown - SCHEMA\_INFO](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/table-unknown-schema-info/135599)

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**Author:** [@Ashley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ashley)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/table-unknown-schema-info/135599 "2008-04-23T15:54:53Z")

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Hi all, Sorry for another newbie question! I’ve got a legacy firebird database which I wish to use, and thanks to help from this group I’ve used Dr Nic’s Magic Models to get RoR talking to the database. However, I w…

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## [More Adventures with Wx::GridTableBase](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-adventures-with-wx-gridtablebase/225994)

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**Author:** [@echobinary](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/echobinary)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2008, 11:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-adventures-with-wx-gridtablebase/225994 "2008-02-28T11:03:28Z")

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The saga continues! I have tried linking a grid to a gridtablebase and gotten mixed results but nothing like what i wanted. results have ranged from, nothing to crashing the ruby interpreter. It seems to me you canno…

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## [Problemas con UTF8](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problemas-con-utf8/86438)

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**Author:** [@norellana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/norellana)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 10:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problemas-con-utf8/86438 "2007-02-22T10:20:58Z")

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Hola a todos, estoy probando el nuevo soporte unicode de rails usando la db utf8 y poniendo en db.yml encoding:utf8, funciona bien, al desplegar mi app, despliege eÃ±es y acentos sin problemas. Pero cuando pongo en …

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## [Work](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/work/85863)

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**Author:** [@technodolt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/technodolt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/work/85863 "2007-02-16T22:19:27Z")

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I’ve got a question for the Rails community at large. I’ve got about 6 months of work with Rails under my belt, and I’m hoping to be able to make a career out of doing Rails web application development. What I’d real…

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## [How use callgrind/kcachegrind with rubyonrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-use-callgrind-kcachegrind-with-rubyonrails/85395)

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**Author:** [@huangye177](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/huangye177)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-use-callgrind-kcachegrind-with-rubyonrails/85395 "2007-02-13T13:45:53Z")

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Hi, all: I have installed callgrind/kcachegrind in my kubuntu for monitoring the process performance of my RoR program. But I encounter a problem as a jackaroo of callgrind/kcachegrind. How could I monitor my ruby co…

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## [Inserting code into top\_block.py](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inserting-code-into-top-block-py/232186)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inserting-code-into-top-block-py/232186 "2014-09-24T02:21:03Z")

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Hey All, I’m trying to figure out if what I want to do is possible in GNU Radio Companion or if there’s a better way to achieve this functionality. I have some code that I want to execute after all the blocks and con…

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## [Metafile Sink Execution Time](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/metafile-sink-execution-time/231713)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2014, 5:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/metafile-sink-execution-time/231713 "2014-08-26T05:32:23Z")

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How long it takes for the Metafile Sink to began recording data? I have a “No GUI” script that is a simple USRP source, throttle, and metafile sink. All have a 1M sample rates; the metafile sink has a relative rate o…

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## [Idea for gr-modtool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/idea-for-gr-modtool/230021)

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**Author:** [@jason\_sam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jason_sam)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/idea-for-gr-modtool/230021 "2014-05-31T17:06:31Z")

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Over the weekend, I helped out a couple people trying out the gr-howto example on OSX \< http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/OutOfTreeModules \>. The common are of issue – which admittedly is primarily an…

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## [Rails -v il programma non è attualmente installato](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-v-il-programma-non-e-attualmente-installato/210432)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-v-il-programma-non-e-attualmente-installato/210432 "2011-08-08T16:59:45Z")

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salve a tutti, sono abbastanza nuovo di ruby e RoR e vorrei porvi un semplice problemino. Ho installato ruby 1.9.2 e rails 3.0.9(su Ubuntu 11.04).Il problema è il seguente: fruit@fruit-VGN-FW21Z:~$ rails -v Il progr…

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## [Serious speed issues](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/serious-speed-issues/207543)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/serious-speed-issues/207543 "2011-05-27T21:43:39Z")

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Hi, I’ve read in multiple places that JRuby is supposed to be faster than standard ruby 1.8.7. I am seeing the exact opposite. I would love to find the problem. My setup -Ubuntu 11.04 -Open JDK “java version "1.6.0…

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## [P.save not actually saving](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/p-save-not-actually-saving/207072)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/p-save-not-actually-saving/207072 "2011-05-18T00:17:31Z")

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i’m not sure if this is the right place for this but it its an activerecord issue so hopefully it is. anyway when ever i try and save a model it come back as true but when i find the object again it hasn’t changed. F…

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## [Heroku SQL columnName problems](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/heroku-sql-columnname-problems/201173)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/heroku-sql-columnname-problems/201173 "2011-01-01T15:29:50Z")

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Hi all, I’ve got a database of events, and (possibly foolishly) I’ve got column names such as eventDate, with capital letters. When I want to order the list of events by their date, I use the line: @ed\_ten\_events = A…

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## [Chiarimento su controllo dell'accesso ai metodi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/chiarimento-su-controllo-dellaccesso-ai-metodi/190014)

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**Author:** [@axle988](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/axle988)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/chiarimento-su-controllo-dellaccesso-ai-metodi/190014 "2010-07-12T22:04:08Z")

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Ciao. Per favore mi potete confermare che le seguenti cose che ho capito sul controllo dell’accesso ai metodi siano vere: 1 - Se non dichiarato altrimenti ogni metodo creato Ã¨ pubblico; 2 - Quando definisco un metod…

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## [Help to get value from abject inside an array](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-to-get-value-from-abject-inside-an-array/185867)

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**Author:** [@nicolas2b](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicolas2b)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-to-get-value-from-abject-inside-an-array/185867 "2010-03-27T22:55:43Z")

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Hi, My problem use RoR object but is ruby oriented so I post here. I got an array with lot of objects (type ‘Product’) like this (only 4 here) : \[#\<Product id: 295147, company\_id: 1\>, #\<Product id: 303667, company\_id…

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## [Test for OS name from inside ruby script](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-for-os-name-from-inside-ruby-script/182138)

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**Author:** [@dale8458](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dale8458)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-for-os-name-from-inside-ruby-script/182138 "2010-01-24T16:39:55Z")

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How do I test in my scripts for the OS type? So I can conditionally run different code…? thanks

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## [Stable find.rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stable-find-rb/179878)

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**Author:** [@Tanaka\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tanaka_A)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2009, 5:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stable-find-rb/179878 "2009-12-16T05:37:56Z")

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## [Does link\_to\_remote degrade to an HTML request?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-link-to-remote-degrade-to-an-html-request/174289)

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**Author:** [@aftershock](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aftershock)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-link-to-remote-degrade-to-an-html-request/174289 "2009-08-24T18:40:59Z")

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I’m just looking at adding some AJAX to my app and am considering turning some link\_to’s into link\_to\_remotes and I could do with knowing if link\_to\_remote degrades to an HTML request if javascript is not enabled in a…

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## [Sharing gems with different JRuby versions?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sharing-gems-with-different-jruby-versions/169477)

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**Author:** [@Miika\_LeppSSS\_nen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Miika_LeppSSS_nen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sharing-gems-with-different-jruby-versions/169477 "2009-06-04T19:12:09Z")

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Hello What is a good/recommended way of sharing gems between different JRuby versions in OS X/Linux? I’d like to have setup where I can easily switch between versions, because there are new releases so often and it w…

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## [Fwd: \[Phoenix Ruby Group\] JRuby on Rails (Consultant)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-phoenix-ruby-group-jruby-on-rails-consultant/166912)

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**Author:** [@Logan\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Logan_B)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-phoenix-ruby-group-jruby-on-rails-consultant/166912 "2009-04-30T23:09:42Z")

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This was posted to our local user group’s mailing list. The requirements don’t seem possible, but at least you have folks looking for JRuby devs! Logan B. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid http://www.logustus.com …

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## [Conoscete?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conoscete/163146)

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**Author:** [@msan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/msan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conoscete/163146 "2009-03-18T22:42:03Z")

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Qualcuno lo utilizza o utilizza un qualche strumento per monitorare applicazioni rails?

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## [Another Ruby Book (and interview)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/another-ruby-book-and-interview/154549)

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**Author:** [@pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat_eyler)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/another-ruby-book-and-interview/154549 "2008-12-05T02:41:17Z")

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Most ruby-talk readers probably know that a Ruby edition of Refactoring is due out in a couple of months. I was kind of caught by surprise by the news that a Ruby edition of William Wake’s ‘Refactoring Workbook’ was …

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## [Calc Days from Date](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calc-days-from-date/150683)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calc-days-from-date/150683 "2008-10-11T18:30:41Z")

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Hello. I am Ruby Beginner. Now I am trying to write a code, that calcs days between two dates. I ask the user for a date. Then the User type a german Date (for example 12.06.2006). This is working well. Now, what doe…

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## [JDBC Sqlite3: undefined method \`recreate\_database'](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jdbc-sqlite3-undefined-method-recreate-database/140941)

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**Author:** [@Caleb\_L](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Caleb_L)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jdbc-sqlite3-undefined-method-recreate-database/140941 "2008-06-20T19:17:27Z")

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I posted a comment on an issue that looks like the one I’m having at: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-1584 but I thought I’d ask here in case someone has a solution. I’m running Rails 2.1 with JRuby 1.1.2 and I …

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## [Imagenes y estilos dentro de un plugin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/imagenes-y-estilos-dentro-de-un-plugin/138907)

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**Author:** [@alarkspur](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alarkspur)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/imagenes-y-estilos-dentro-de-un-plugin/138907 "2008-05-29T14:55:44Z")

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Buenas Le he estado dando vueltas a la manera de acceder a un par de imágenes que se encuentran en un plugin pero no ha habido manera. He creado una carpeta “public \> images” dentro del plugin y luego cargando la rut…

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## [Calling a javascript function from rjs?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calling-a-javascript-function-from-rjs/138240)

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**Author:** [@suneeta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/suneeta)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2008, 10:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calling-a-javascript-function-from-rjs/138240 "2008-05-21T10:50:29Z")

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Hi From an rjs file, I called a javascript function in ci.js as follows: page.call ‘test’,params\[:id\]+‘parents’ In ci.js I wrote the following: function test(div\_name) { alert(“testing…” +div\_name) if ($(div\_name)) …

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## [Aptana Radrails M7 Beta - Best Way to Upgrade](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aptana-radrails-m7-beta-best-way-to-upgrade/115800)

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**Author:** [@CCH](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/CCH)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aptana-radrails-m7-beta-best-way-to-upgrade/115800 "2007-09-28T19:52:08Z")

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Hi Just upgraded smoothly to long overdue Aptana M7 Beta which was released on 25/9/2007. FYI, the best way to upgrade from July’s M5 (M6 was skipped) is as follows :- Click Help/Software Upgrades/Finad and Instal…

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## [Problem installing gnu radio 3.0.4](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-gnu-radio-3-0-4/110657)

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**Author:** [@seph\_004](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seph_004)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-gnu-radio-3-0-4/110657 "2007-09-25T23:03:32Z")

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I tried installing the new gnu radio 3.04 version tarball but I can’t get past the make stage. I get the following error: creating libgnuradio-core-qa.la /bin/sed: can’t read Software/gnuradio-3.0.4/gnuradio-core/sr…

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## [Streams of bits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/streams-of-bits/104395)

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**Author:** [@richardfairhurst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/richardfairhurst)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/streams-of-bits/104395 "2007-05-17T21:16:21Z")

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Hi, I’m writing a bit of Ruby to output SWF files. SWF’s opcodes and arguments are variable-length streams of bits. They’re packed in direct succession - i.e. not usually padded to byte boundaries. So, for example, …

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## [Problems with 2 RX](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-2-rx/103697)

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**Author:** [@Albert\_Rodriguez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Albert_Rodriguez)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-2-rx/103697 "2007-05-09T18:34:58Z")

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Hi everyone! We’re trying to receive two signals from two different RFX2400 in the same USRP. We’ve already read everything about setting the rx mux and the n\_channels. However, we still cannot receive the two signals …

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## [Rhtml deprecated](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rhtml-deprecated/91797)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rhtml-deprecated/91797 "2007-04-12T15:18:28Z")

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Hola, He leido en un par de blogs que los ficheros .rhtml estan deprecated y que ahora es más estandar los ficheros .erb. Es cierto? (imagino que sí)que cambios hay que hacer o basta con renombrar los ficheros. Est…

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## [Problem Configuring Ruby Source in Linux](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-configuring-ruby-source-in-linux/87258)

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**Author:** [@Edward\_WIJAYA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Edward_WIJAYA)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-configuring-ruby-source-in-linux/87258 "2007-03-01T15:11:38Z")

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Hi all, I’m new to Ruby, and I am trying to install Ruby-1.8.5 in my linux box. However upon configuring it, I encounter the following problem: Checking build system type… i686-pc-linux-gnu checking host system typ…

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## [Ruby to C?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-to-c/75308)

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**Author:** [@mohammad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohammad)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2006, 9:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-to-c/75308 "2006-11-09T09:55:57Z")

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Okay, I’m working an a robotics project and instead of using C could I actually write it in ruby then convert it into C code?

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## [Extending Watir::Checkbox class](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extending-watir-checkbox-class/71119)

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**Author:** [@pkspence](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pkspence)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extending-watir-checkbox-class/71119 "2006-10-11T14:38:18Z")

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I have a script which contains class extensions. The Checkbox.test() is obviously just a stub right now, but I’m trying to get my head around the concept. #-- contained in classExtensions.rb module Watir class Check…

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## [Execute commands](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/execute-commands/58942)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/execute-commands/58942 "2006-04-27T17:21:15Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to make an app to control a set of machines, and I need to executes linux commands for it. I’ve been looking for in Google… How can I execute system commands with Rails and control the commands output?…

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## [Upcase special chars (Ã¥Ã¤Ã¶Ã¼...)?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upcase-special-chars-a-a-a-a/58148)

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**Author:** [@daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daniel)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upcase-special-chars-a-a-a-a/58148 "2006-04-19T14:05:43Z")

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Hey guys How do you upcase the special characters (Ã¥Ã¤Ã¶Ã¼)? I use latin-1 and not utf-8. How did you solve this problem? (nice ruby way or ugly hack doesnt matter) Daniel

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## [Instant Rails SCGI Problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-scgi-problem/57594)

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**Author:** [@johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnnybutler7)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-scgi-problem/57594 "2006-04-13T15:47:00Z")

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I have installed instant rails and configured it http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Getting\_Started I can get typo and webrick to work on webrick localhost:3000 but cant get anything to work with scgi. Wh…

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## [Typo plugin et Locomotive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/typo-plugin-et-locomotive/93605)

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**Author:** [@ertai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ertai)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/typo-plugin-et-locomotive/93605 "2006-04-05T15:54:38Z")

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François-Xavier : laisse tomber rails pour faire des plugins à un logiciel en PHP… Tu iras plus vite en PHP, ce sera plus joli, plus logique, moins d’emmerdes donc la seule solution. Gilgam : comme le dit Bastien : Ta…

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## [Edge Rails - same code, different issues on mac and windows](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/edge-rails-same-code-different-issues-on-mac-and-windows/77885)

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**Author:** [@madscene](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/madscene)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/edge-rails-same-code-different-issues-on-mac-and-windows/77885 "2006-03-07T23:56:14Z")

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Trying to get an app up and running with Edge Rails, and I’ve run into different issues on Mac and Windows with the exact same code. It’s similar to the issue posted in the previous RJS/Edge Rails thread, but I didn’…

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## [High performance queries - RoR, PHP or something else?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/high-performance-queries-ror-php-or-something-else/51377)

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**Author:** [@Carl-Johan\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Carl-Johan_K)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/high-performance-queries-ror-php-or-something-else/51377 "2005-12-30T18:22:14Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m building an app in RoR that apart from the normal web interface has a web service. This web service takes a parameter and uses that in a single database query, and returns the result in a simple XML …

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## [The ruby direction/way to draw vector and export to pdf?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-ruby-direction-way-to-draw-vector-and-export-to-pdf/261624)

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**Author:** [@Floepke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Floepke)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-ruby-direction-way-to-draw-vector-and-export-to-pdf/261624 "2021-07-30T14:49:04Z")

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Simply put, my app needs to draw something(music notation) on a canvas and I want to be able to export the drawing to pdf file. Not as picture but sharp vector drawing. I only need to be able to draw lines, oval and rect…

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## [Multi-lingual webiste using ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multi-lingual-webiste-using-ruby/252023)

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**Author:** [@hemanthlatlong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hemanthlatlong)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multi-lingual-webiste-using-ruby/252023 "2019-03-12T20:07:43Z")

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I need to create multi-lingual website using ruby on rails. Now I have html of header and footer of that website and some contents related to other languages.

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## [\[ANN\] Ruby-GNOME2 1.1.4](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-gnome2-1-1-4/221603)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-gnome2-1-1-4/221603 "2012-07-23T18:48:54Z")

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Hi, The Ruby-GNOME2 project released Ruby-GNOME2 1.1.4: http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?News\_20120721\_1 This is a easy to install release! If you are on Debian, Red Hat, Fedora or Mac OS X, related native…

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## [Additional model attributes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/additional-model-attributes/213160)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/additional-model-attributes/213160 "2011-10-25T17:18:45Z")

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Hi, i have a “place” model with 2 columns (id, name). I’m calling an external api which gives me data to create a new place object. I would like to add the address from the external place to the place object and ren…

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## [Testing a render of a partial in a helper](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing-a-render-of-a-partial-in-a-helper/212530)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing-a-render-of-a-partial-in-a-helper/212530 "2011-10-11T13:21:07Z")

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I am trying to spec my helpers, and I find a few of my helpers actually render a partial. My code: module PageHelper def settings\_menu render :partial =\> '\_shared/settings\_menu' end def banner\_for(model) …

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## [How to modify RSpec.configuration correctly depending of the example groups](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-modify-rspec-configuration-correctly-depending-of-the-example-groups/209783)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-modify-rspec-configuration-correctly-depending-of-the-example-groups/209783 "2011-07-22T15:32:51Z")

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Hi! I have a directory structure something similar to: spec/a/a\_helper.rb spec/a/a\_spec.rb spec/b/b\_spec.rb In a\_helper.rb i’d like to do something like this: RSpec.configure do |config| config.before :each do # …

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## [Newbie - Create menu and send parameters to controller from view](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-create-menu-and-send-parameters-to-controller-from-view/196246)

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**Author:** [@Anders\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Anders_P)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-create-menu-and-send-parameters-to-controller-from-view/196246 "2010-10-10T06:03:06Z")

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Hello! I’m trying to create a menu. I have a controller that takes two attributes, like this: def category(gender, category) @ads = Ad.find\_all\_by\_gender\_and\_category(gender, category).paginate(:page =\> params\[:page…

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