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## [Difficulty with "howto" tutorial](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/difficulty-with-howto-tutorial/210216)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/difficulty-with-howto-tutorial/210216 "2011-08-03T02:17:51Z")

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Hi, I don’t know if the how to tutorial is out of date, but I cannot find any Makefile.am file in the “gr-howto-write-a-block” that looks like example 5 in the tutorial ( http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuradio/doc/ho…

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## [Hai.am Abhilash a begginer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hai-am-abhilash-a-begginer/206695)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hai-am-abhilash-a-begginer/206695 "2011-05-08T00:12:19Z")

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Hi ALL… Am very new to the world of RoR…am bascially a Java certified professional…am wanting to start of learning RoR…pl guide me to master RoR… Pl suggest me some online tutorials,websites where we can find the re…

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## [Class and inheritance. Inherit data](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/class-and-inheritance-inherit-data/202531)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2011, 11:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/class-and-inheritance-inherit-data/202531 "2011-02-01T11:14:44Z")

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Hi guys, I have a problem inheriting data from the parent class to its subclasses. My code is as followed: class Environmental def initialize convert\_yaml = YAML::load\_file(‘nizam.yaml’) end def display #convert\_…

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## [Case statements - Just beautification](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/case-statements-just-beautification/201655)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/case-statements-just-beautification/201655 "2011-01-13T13:34:16Z")

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I just want to clarify case statements the name after the word case is this just for beautification and to help with code readability? What purpose does it serve. So in my code its “winunit” and matz’s code its “birth…

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## [Principiante: metodo equivalente a CercaVert Excel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/principiante-metodo-equivalente-a-cercavert-excel/200723)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2010, 10:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/principiante-metodo-equivalente-a-cercavert-excel/200723 "2010-12-22T10:26:23Z")

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Ciao a tutti, sono nuovo e per cercare di imparare Ruby vorrei convertire delle applicazioni Excel con molte tabelle dati, ma non saprei come impostare: Le tabelle dati di Excel (due colonne, 200 linee max) posso…

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## [CanCan issue when being very specific](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cancan-issue-when-being-very-specific/199993)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cancan-issue-when-being-very-specific/199993 "2010-12-02T17:35:32Z")

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So I got CanCan and Devise working well. I have two types of users: Admins and Nonadmins. Admins can edit all of Nonadmins profiles. The problem is, every user (either Admin or Nonadmin) belongs to an Account or Organ…

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## [Testing Controller 'show' action](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing-controller-show-action/199279)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing-controller-show-action/199279 "2010-11-18T16:54:05Z")

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Hello, I’m still pretty new to Rails, and I’ve used rspec on all of my models with success. Now I’m working on the controllers, but I’m having difficulty. Everything I try is giving me a response of false, and I was h…

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## [Sizes 1.0 released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sizes-1-0-released/198172)

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**Author:** [@okkezSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/okkezSS)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sizes-1-0-released/198172 "2010-10-27T17:47:21Z")

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I’ve just released a new gem called “sizes”. This is a very simple gem that exposes “sizeof” to Ruby to enable checking size of primitive types like :float, :unsigned\_int, and so forth. I needed this for a parser I wa…

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## [Gem prelude for 1.9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-prelude-for-1-9/181504)

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**Author:** [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-prelude-for-1-9/181504 "2010-01-16T00:15:25Z")

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Is jruby supposed to have 1.9’s gem prelude? rdp@rdp-vm:~/dev/p2pwebclient/final/pics/helpers$ jruby --1.9 ./regenerate\_all\_graphs.rb ./regenerate\_all\_graphs.rb:1:in \`require’: no such file to load – sane (LoadError) …

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## [\[Feature #2455\] --dump=parsetree, --dump=parsetree\_with\_comment](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/feature-2455-dump-parsetree-dump-parsetree-with-comment/179905)

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**Author:** [@Yusuke\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yusuke_E)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/feature-2455-dump-parsetree-dump-parsetree-with-comment/179905 "2009-12-09T15:07:21Z")

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Feature #2455: --dump=parsetree, --dump=parsetree\_with\_comment http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2455 e$B5/I\<\<Te(B: Yusuke E. e$B%9%F!\<%?%9e(B: Open, e$BM%@hEYe(B: Normal e$BC4Ev\<Te(B: Yukihiro M., e$B%+%F%4%j…

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## [Installing Rails: MySQL issue?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails-mysql-issue/178750)

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**Author:** [@bct](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bct)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails-mysql-issue/178750 "2009-11-10T20:59:24Z")

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Hello, I am installing Rails, with MySQL, based on the steps found at: The step for MySQL "Now that we have the Rails framework installed on our system, we need a database connector, in order to connect our Rails f…

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## [Querying with Ruby date ranges](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/querying-with-ruby-date-ranges/175165)

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**Author:** [@Bob\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bob_O)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/querying-with-ruby-date-ranges/175165 "2009-09-09T19:37:33Z")

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hello, im stuck, im trying to do a find on a model with a date range where i only have 1 date. example something like def self.date\_range(posted\_date) date\_range = find(:all, :conditions =\> { :received\_date =\> post…

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## [Ajax - Updating Field with Selection](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-updating-field-with-selection/173318)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-updating-field-with-selection/173318 "2009-08-06T23:05:56Z")

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Hi all, I have two fields in a form. One text field non asociated to the model for the user type a value. the view is: \<%= text\_field\_tag ‘item\_cod’,’’, :size =\> 3 %\> Other a field with a select list with codes, na…

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## [Divide and conquer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/divide-and-conquer/170517)

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**Author:** [@gazoduc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gazoduc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2009, 2:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/divide-and-conquer/170517 "2009-06-18T14:02:36Z")

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Hi list (and Jason) ! I have a prototype parser that uses a Regexp based “Divide and Conquer” pattern to parse textile: http://github.com/gaspard/redcloth-regexp/tree/master This parser currently only parses simple ‘…

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## [Consulta sobre rest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/consulta-sobre-rest/167738)

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**Author:** [@oderas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/oderas)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2009, 9:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/consulta-sobre-rest/167738 "2009-05-12T09:51:15Z")

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Estoy haciendo una agenda en rails, la cual tiene dos controladores: contacts y extencions estando en el mÃ©todo show.erb de contacts ( visualizando el primer contacto ) tengo esta linea la cual llama a el metodo new …

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## [WhatÂ´s the easier way to implement a full te xt search in my app](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whata-s-the-easier-way-to-implement-a-full-te-xt-search-in-my-app/167568)

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**Author:** [@flaubert](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/flaubert)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whata-s-the-easier-way-to-implement-a-full-te-xt-search-in-my-app/167568 "2009-05-09T19:58:42Z")

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Plugin? what? Manually? How? (Soma links please)

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## [Rice-1.1.0 with Ruby 1.9.0 compatibility!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rice-1-1-0-with-ruby-1-9-0-compatibility/166579)

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**Author:** [@jruyle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jruyle)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rice-1-1-0-with-ruby-1-9-0-compatibility/166579 "2009-04-27T17:35:04Z")

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Rice: Ruby Interface for C++ Extensions Change Log: Works on Ruby 1.8.6, 1.8.7 and 1.9.0 with no changes to current extensions Fixed memory leaks Fixed various compilation issues, build uses the system’s ruby librar…

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## [Act\_as\_state\_machine question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/act-as-state-machine-question/165839)

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**Author:** [@bigdaddy71](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bigdaddy71)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/act-as-state-machine-question/165839 "2009-04-18T04:21:11Z")

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If I am in a form and I am editing it and I have a status of say “being edited”. If someone were to navigate away say to show all forms or something is there a way to update the state of the form?

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## [CRUD app avec radio\_button](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crud-app-avec-radio-button/162480)

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**Author:** [@paul-au](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paul-au)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crud-app-avec-radio-button/162480 "2009-03-10T13:24:45Z")

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Bonjour a toutes et a tous, Je suis nouveau dans l’univers Rails alors merci de ne pas me lincher si je ne poste pas au bon endroit. J’ai quelques soucis pour remplacer les 'Edit|Update|Delete" link\_to des scaffold p…

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## [Fckeditor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fckeditor/161412)

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**Author:** [@tanker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tanker)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2009, 11:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fckeditor/161412 "2009-02-26T11:41:17Z")

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salut tout le monde j’ai des serieux problemes avec le plugin fckeditor. quand je deploie mon application localement je peut load les images sans probleme mais des que je suis en mode production chez mon host j ai cet…

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## [\[BUG:trunk\] Re: \[ruby-cvs:28403\] Ruby:r21185 (trunk): \* thread.c (rb\_thread\_blocking\_region): add a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-trunk-re-ruby-cvs-28403-ruby-r21185-trunk-thread-c-rb-thread-blocking-region-add-a/156760)

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**Author:** [@U.Nakamura](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/U.Nakamura)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2009, 8:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-trunk-re-ruby-cvs-28403-ruby-r21185-trunk-thread-c-rb-thread-blocking-region-add-a/156760 "2009-01-13T08:57:56Z")

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e$B$“$1$^$7$F$\*$a$G$H$&$4$6$$$^$9!”$J$+$\`$ie(B(e$B$&e(B)e$B$G$9!#e(B In message “\[ruby-cvs:28403\] Ruby:r21185 (trunk): \* thread.c (rb\_thread\_blocking\_region): add a comment.” on Dec.30,2008 16:57:54, removed\_email\_add…

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## [Kernel.exec won't find a file that File.expand\_path can](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kernel-exec-wont-find-a-file-that-file-expand-path-can/155170)

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**Author:** [@fritza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fritza)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kernel-exec-wont-find-a-file-that-file-expand-path-can/155170 "2008-12-09T18:37:25Z")

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I’m doing a fork/exec on a .rb file in the same directory as the parent .rb. On two systems, this has worked. On the third, to which I just moved, I get ./ecod-poll:254:in \`exec’: No such file or directory - /home/fr…

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## [Testing a render layout statement in a controller](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing-a-render-layout-statement-in-a-controller/151041)

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**Author:** [@Dave\_Gamphani\_Phiri](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dave_Gamphani_Phiri)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing-a-render-layout-statement-in-a-controller/151041 "2008-10-31T18:26:17Z")

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I am new to rSpec and I am writing a test for a controller which has already been developed This is the example in my reports\_controller\_spec.rb: it “should render the layouts/menu template” do get :select\_missing\_pe…

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## [New installation: Regexp anchor characters are not allowed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-installation-regexp-anchor-characters-are-not-allowed/150916)

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**Author:** [@gomix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gomix)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-installation-regexp-anchor-characters-are-not-allowed/150916 "2008-10-14T22:21:41Z")

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Im trying a new installation with the following problem: RAILS\_ENV=production rake migrate --trace (in /var/www/rforum-0.2) rake aborted! Regexp anchor characters are not allowed in routing requirements: /^\[0-9\]+$/ …

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## [Using Page\_Attachments in custom extensions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-page-attachments-in-custom-extensions/134979)

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**Author:** [@dpitman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dpitman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-page-attachments-in-custom-extensions/134979 "2008-04-17T23:51:32Z")

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I’m building a few extensions for a client project and would like to tie Page\_Attachments and WYMeditor into the new/edit screens of my extensions. Currently Shards allows these two extensions to integrate with Radian…

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## [Deployment config and technology choice](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deployment-config-and-technology-choice/130389)

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**Author:** [@Jodi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jodi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deployment-config-and-technology-choice/130389 "2008-02-28T18:17:49Z")

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Greeetings all, I’m revisiting our deployment technologies after having read Ezra’s book; hoping you don’t mind answer a few questions. Plus would love any thoughts from the other pros. We’ve presently deployed : ng…

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## [Sharing Sessions between Rails & Php](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sharing-sessions-between-rails-php/127644)

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**Author:** [@sideshow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sideshow)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sharing-sessions-between-rails-php/127644 "2008-01-31T10:47:49Z")

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Hey there everyone Does anyone have any experience on this and if so could you please guide me in the right direction? I have a rails app which is password protected using acts as authenticated I want to use php for…

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## [MVC dentro de un plugin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mvc-dentro-de-un-plugin/126614)

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**Author:** [@alarkspur](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alarkspur)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mvc-dentro-de-un-plugin/126614 "2008-01-20T16:49:18Z")

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por lo que he visto en el video de la ponencia “Programa en Rails como si jugases con Lego” veo que es posible poner los MVCs dentro de la carpeta vendor/plugins, el caso es que por mas vueltas que le he dado no he co…

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## [Rails 2.0.1 is real](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-0-1-is-real/122426)

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**Author:** [@Jean-FranSSSSois\_Tr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jean-FranSSSSois_Tr)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-0-1-is-real/122426 "2007-12-07T16:35:03Z")

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Hey ouais déjà ! (Changesets 8330 et 8331) -- Jean-François. – Ruby ( http://www.rubyfrance.org ) on Rails ( http://www.railsfrance.org )

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## [Finding one certain line in a file is easy but how to look f](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-one-certain-line-in-a-file-is-easy-but-how-to-look-f/113030)

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**Author:** [@kazaam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kazaam)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-one-certain-line-in-a-file-is-easy-but-how-to-look-f/113030 "2007-08-26T17:36:06Z")

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Hi, I’m writing a little script for installing ati-drivers on linux machines but I have a little problem. I need to change the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file for this. This file is built like this (just a cut-out): Section …

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## [Running rails on Linux](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-rails-on-linux/196432)

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**Author:** [@bloc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bloc)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2007, 5:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-rails-on-linux/196432 "2007-08-18T05:57:17Z")

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Hi guys, I initially developed an application using Locomotive on Mac OS X. I developed 2 applications which use one database. Now I would like to export them to a Linux box. How do I go about doing that. My applicat…

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## [Has\_many association based on common target rather than join](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/has-many-association-based-on-common-target-rather-than-join/105095)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/has-many-association-based-on-common-target-rather-than-join/105095 "2007-05-25T20:37:33Z")

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I have the following models: create table “users” do |t| t.column “name”, :string t.column “group\_id”, :integer end create table “groups” do t.column “name”, :string t.column “staff”, :boolean end create table…

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## [ActiveRecord Previous/Next Record](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-previous-next-record/103062)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-previous-next-record/103062 "2007-05-01T14:13:54Z")

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Does ActiveRecord offer a simple solution to get previous/next records relative to a certain record? For instance, say I have this table: PEOPLE id | name 1 | john 2 | mary 3 | bob Using p = Person.find(2), is …

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## [Emacs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs/90712)

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**Author:** [@ISSSSigo\_Sola\_NSSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ISSSSigo_Sola_NSSSS)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2007, 11:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emacs/90712 "2007-04-12T11:44:07Z")

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Llevo varias semanas intentando incorporar funcionalidades de ruby on rails en emacs. He probado tanto en linux (mandriva) como en windows xp y tanto con emacs como con xemacs y no he conseguido hacerlo funcionar. Si …

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## [What's the best way to learn how to program](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-learn-how-to-program/91641)

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**Author:** [@zak](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zak)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-learn-how-to-program/91641 "2007-04-11T17:33:01Z")

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I want to learn how to write computer programs and have started with watching lynda.com videos and going through a couple SitePoint books. I told a friend of mine the other day that it feels like I am just learning ho…

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## [Difference between \<%= end %\> \<%= end -%\>](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/difference-between-end-end/88673)

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**Author:** [@rita](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rita)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/difference-between-end-end/88673 "2007-03-14T11:28:44Z")

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Hi, I am reffering to "Agile Web D. with Rails 2nd ed B1 21.pdf" As per this book, \<% 3.downto(1) do |count| -%\> \<%= count %\>...\<br /\> \<% end -%\> Merry Christmas! The minus sign in end will supress the newline. This …

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## [Generic validation / maxlength off column\[colname\].limit?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generic-validation-maxlength-off-column-colname-limit/87477)

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**Author:** [@wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wpwood)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generic-validation-maxlength-off-column-colname-limit/87477 "2007-03-02T22:16:36Z")

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I’m currently using validates\_length\_of to guard against buffer overruns in the model and using js max\_length in the views to try to “head it off at the pass.” There are two problems with the approach I’m currently u…

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## [Acts \_As\_Ferret - How to confirm Indexing is complete?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-ferret-how-to-confirm-indexing-is-complete/86735)

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**Author:** [@jen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2007, 10:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-ferret-how-to-confirm-indexing-is-complete/86735 "2007-02-28T10:02:42Z")

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Hello I have a couple of questions, Hope someone here can help answer them. I am using acts\_as\_ferret on a model Item with around 10 million rows. I use Item.rebuild\_index at the ruby console to build the index. It …

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## [ANN: Reordering of Pages](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-reordering-of-pages/84861)

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**Author:** [@hirodusk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hirodusk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-reordering-of-pages/84861 "2007-02-08T16:36:31Z")

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Radiant Users, I have just checked in the reorder extension \[1\]. It adds the ability to reorder the children of a Page. This continues to address ticket 45 \[2\]. John L. has written 99% of the reordering code; I simply …

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## [Problemas con el socket d mysql](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problemas-con-el-socket-d-mysql/73724)

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**Author:** [@miguel\_pereira\_hern](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miguel_pereira_hern)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problemas-con-el-socket-d-mysql/73724 "2006-10-26T20:38:37Z")

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## [Bus Error with Ferret 0.9.3 using the BooleanQuery api](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bus-error-with-ferret-0-9-3-using-the-booleanquery-api/63060)

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**Author:** [@mrkohrea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mrkohrea)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bus-error-with-ferret-0-9-3-using-the-booleanquery-api/63060 "2006-06-28T02:26:26Z")

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Hey guys, I’ve been trying out ferret 0.9.3 on my powerbook this weekend and I’ve been triggering ‘bus errors’ when using the Query API. If I programmatically build up strings, it works just fine. There’s some more …

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## [Magic Quotes in Ruby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/magic-quotes-in-ruby/58903)

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**Author:** [@nko](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nko)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/magic-quotes-in-ruby/58903 "2006-04-27T01:25:33Z")

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(I thought I posted this question just a bit ago but I can’t find it now. Sorry if this is a double-posting) I have some strings in a CGI script of mine that will sometimes contain double-quotation marks (""). These b…

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## [Coding Standards for Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/coding-standards-for-ruby/57464)

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**Author:** [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/coding-standards-for-ruby/57464 "2006-04-11T18:36:22Z")

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Hie. This is a little urgent. Can anybody out here help me with the Ruby Coding Standards? Please make it soon. Thanks.

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## [Charts and Java servers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/charts-and-java-servers/55966)

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**Author:** [@seanb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seanb)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/charts-and-java-servers/55966 "2006-04-08T13:26:40Z")

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Hi, As a long time Java/J2EE exponent I wanted to give Rails a fair crack of the whip and after we evaluated it for several weeks I have to say I like it. The installation process for the base system/framework is s…

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## [R822 to r983 migration failing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r822-to-r983-migration-failing/56610)

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**Author:** [@Gary\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gary_S)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r822-to-r983-migration-failing/56610 "2006-04-03T01:56:40Z")

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Okay the last version of trunk I was sitting on was r822. I thought I’d embrace 1.1 fully and push up to r983. Running rake migrate throws out these errors: \*\* Invoke migrate (first\_time) \*\* Invoke environment (fir…

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## [Getting database config info](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-database-config-info/99734)

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**Author:** [@Robbie\_Carlton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Robbie_Carlton)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-database-config-info/99734 "2006-02-02T20:47:50Z")

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Hi folks. I have a very small problem which is probably very simple. But I’ve scoured the api and the rails book with no luck. I’m trying to get information about the database definition out of active record. When I …

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## [Ljust and rjust broken on OSX](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ljust-and-rjust-broken-on-osx/49106)

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**Author:** [@martin.dufort](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/martin.dufort)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ljust-and-rjust-broken-on-osx/49106 "2005-11-30T22:15:06Z")

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ruby 1.8.2 (2004-11-03) \[powerpc-darwin7.5.0\] tripus% irb irb(main):001:0\> “test”.rjust(5,“x”) =\> " test" irb(main):002:0\> “test”.ljust(5, “x”) =\> "test "

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## [Removing space between 1st and last name -- A basic/beginner .length problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/removing-space-between-1st-and-last-name-a-basic-beginner-length-problem/251353)

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**Author:** [@tofif](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tofif)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/removing-space-between-1st-and-last-name-a-basic-beginner-length-problem/251353 "2018-12-11T22:33:07Z")

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I tried to google and everything is way beyond the scope of this exersize. The problem is simply ask for full name and use .length and then puts the number of characters in their name. .chomp removes the trailing space …

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## [How to change PSK roll-off during runtime (or an arbitrary parameter)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-change-psk-roll-off-during-runtime-or-an-arbitrary-parameter/243042)

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**Author:** [@Sadaf\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sadaf_N)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-change-psk-roll-off-during-runtime-or-an-arbitrary-parameter/243042 "2015-08-17T20:07:27Z")

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Hi all! Thank you for contributing to gnuradio and providing new users like me with help. I have read and worked through some of the guided tutorials. However I come to a point now where it seems that own Python code…

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## [Udp log graylog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/udp-log-graylog/233867)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/udp-log-graylog/233867 "2015-01-18T17:57:42Z")

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Hi, I’m setting up logging from my Nginx server to a Graylog server. I folow this short guide https://www.graylog2.org/content-packs/547b5021e4b0a06d87eea01e . But nothing works… My iptables are all accept policies,…

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