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## [Ruby on Rails in industry - publications?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-in-industry-publications/126382)

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**Author:** [@timhunter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/timhunter)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-in-industry-publications/126382 "2008-01-24T18:27:29Z")

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Hi, I’m in my final year of a BSc Computer Science course (my final year project is on Rails) and have been seraching high and low for some publications on the success of Ruby on Rails within industry. I’m basically …

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## [Leopard update - any Ruby hassles?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/leopard-update-any-ruby-hassles/123105)

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**Author:** [@Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giles_B)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2007, 5:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/leopard-update-any-ruby-hassles/123105 "2007-12-14T05:30:14Z")

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So I’ve been dragging my heels on the Leopard update thing. I have an install disc I can use to do it for free (site license at a client) so I can do it, I guess, but I’m still dragging my heels. If you have a bunch o…

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## [Ruby Beginner - Recommended Books](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-beginner-recommended-books/115490)

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**Author:** [@Amir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Amir)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2007, 7:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-beginner-recommended-books/115490 "2007-09-27T07:36:17Z")

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Hi I’m new to this Ruby thing. Would like to get some books to get up to speed on this language. I’ve only done BASIC and VBA. I would like to be able to design a web app for employer’s rental business. Any help wou…

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## [Has\_many conversely](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/has-many-conversely/103252)

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**Author:** [@kane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kane)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/has-many-conversely/103252 "2007-05-03T17:02:50Z")

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I have a very simple association: class User \< ActiveRecord::Base has\_and\_belongs\_to\_many :friends, :class\_name=\>“User”, :join\_table=\>“friends\_users”, :association\_foreign\_key=\>“friend\_id”, :foreign\_key=\>“user\_id” …

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## [Rjs partials](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rjs-partials/75504)

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**Author:** [@Jeroen\_van\_Doorn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jeroen_van_Doorn)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rjs-partials/75504 "2006-11-20T14:47:32Z")

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Hello Everybody, To keep my code dry, I want to use a partial rjs from within another rjs. Is this possible and if so, how should I do this. If it’s not possible, is there a way to cut up the code which I want to use…

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## [Friendly Reminder (OT)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/friendly-reminder-ot/58546)

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**Author:** [@Hampton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hampton)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2006, 5:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/friendly-reminder-ot/58546 "2006-04-24T05:53:42Z")

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Today, I had a tragic hard drive crash. I hadn’t updated anything to SVN in two weeks. I’m posting this here as a reminder to my beloved Rails community. Everyone, right now… make a backup of your rails work. Make su…

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## [Pagination](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pagination/102911)

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**Author:** [@weirdmonkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/weirdmonkey)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2006, 10:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pagination/102911 "2006-03-31T10:11:20Z")

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Hey, I have a CMS I am building right now and I would like to my articles to split in many pages. Here is what I want to do: Once the article reaches 150 words or so it create a link to Page 2 of the article and, on…

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## [Can't install visual ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-install-visual-ruby/242218)

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**Author:** [@musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/musicdenotation)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-install-visual-ruby/242218 "2015-06-05T02:46:13Z")

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is anyone monitoring this forum ? I have exactly the same problem as Lycaon Anderson post of May 30 and it has not been addressed. Could someone take a look at Lycaon’s post and provide some insight. Thanks very much …

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## [\[Closed\] shebang handling](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/closed-shebang-handling/233269)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/closed-shebang-handling/233269 "2014-11-29T19:05:54Z")

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Issue #10556 has been updated by Nobuyoshi N… Status changed from Open to Closed 意図的なものです。 入れたのはr24410なので\[ruby-dev:39015\]ですね。 Bug #10556: shebang handling Author: Akira T. Status: Closed Priority: Normal Assignee…

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## [Top issues with ironruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/top-issues-with-ironruby/219552)

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**Author:** [@Gurdipe\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gurdipe_D)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2012, 11:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/top-issues-with-ironruby/219552 "2012-05-07T11:39:55Z")

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Hi guys, I would like to spend some time helping with ironruby. I was planning on starting with the specs. But I thought it might be a good idea to ask here if there are issues that are more pressing then others. I re…

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## [Render\_to\_string + json problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/render-to-string-json-problem/187846)

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**Author:** [@Abhishek\_shukla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Abhishek_shukla)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2010, 9:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/render-to-string-json-problem/187846 "2010-04-30T09:52:59Z")

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I am stucked at some major issue with the AjaxForm and render\_to\_string. I am using AjaxForm for uploading images with other details since the Ajax Upload library isn’t even using Ajax. So once the form is submitted i …

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## [ANN: RubyInstaller - Release Candidate 2 - 1.8.6, 1.8.7 and 1.9.1 released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rubyinstaller-release-candidate-2-1-8-6-1-8-7-and-1-9-1-released/183082)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rubyinstaller-release-candidate-2-1-8-6-1-8-7-and-1-9-1-released/183082 "2010-02-07T20:10:48Z")

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I’m pleased to announce the second Release Candidate of the latest RubyInstaller packages. For those not already familiar with RubyInstaller, these versions continue the great work started with the original One-Click …

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## [\[ANN\] mongrel\_service 0.4.beta2 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-mongrel-service-0-4-beta2-released/180955)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-mongrel-service-0-4-beta2-released/180955 "2010-01-01T22:47:54Z")

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mongrel\_service version 0.4.beta2 has been released! http://github.com/fauna/mongrel\_service This plugin offer native win32 services for rails. This replace mongrel\_rails\_service. Since this is a pre-release gem, yo…

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## [Same regex caching](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/same-regex-caching/209739)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/same-regex-caching/209739 "2011-07-22T03:24:32Z")

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Hi, I wanted to ask if the same regex used in multiple conditions is the same cached-compiled version? Eg I need to validate the all the (sub)request params before sending it upstream: location /foo { if ($time !~…

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## [Ruby on rails supports ms sql server 2000?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-supports-ms-sql-server-2000/204357)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-supports-ms-sql-server-2000/204357 "2011-03-11T15:25:53Z")

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sir, I need some assistance from u regarding the “ROR”. I have one serious doubt in it. we have MS SQL server 2000 as a database and since we are shifting now to ROR from Classic ASP & VB6.0 we don’t have much knowle…

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## [Commiting doc folder to svn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/commiting-doc-folder-to-svn/195787)

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**Author:** [@tom-mac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tom-mac)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/commiting-doc-folder-to-svn/195787 "2010-09-30T21:11:02Z")

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Hi I would like to know expert opinion on this. Should I commit folders like doc/app into svn? What is the general strategy Thanks Tom

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## [Implementation of Sets in AR](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/implementation-of-sets-in-ar/193858)

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**Author:** [@Owain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Owain)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/implementation-of-sets-in-ar/193858 "2010-08-25T20:09:43Z")

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I am at the very early design stages of a web service to implement a “booking engine”. I want it to be a generic in so far as the resource being booked could be anything, a tennis court, hotel room, ski chalet or air…

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## [How to achieve parallelism, using threads?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-achieve-parallelism-using-threads/189189)

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**Author:** [@walle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/walle)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 12:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-achieve-parallelism-using-threads/189189 "2010-05-26T12:57:15Z")

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Hey, I’m having a hard time figuring out how threads works, and how to use them. I’m currently working on a project were I need to achieve parallelism in the code, but I always ends up with a multiply threads, workin…

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## [Edit only your posts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/edit-only-your-posts/181351)

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**Author:** [@nexon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nexon)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2010, 10:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/edit-only-your-posts/181351 "2010-01-11T10:52:13Z")

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Hello, How can I do, when a user make a post, he only can edit his posts? thanks

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## [CKeditor synergy with RoR?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ckeditor-synergy-with-ror/180111)

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**Author:** [@bct](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bct)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ckeditor-synergy-with-ror/180111 "2009-12-15T02:06:04Z")

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Has anyone used CKeditor with RoR (not the pervious release FCKeditor, but hte new platform)? Any gotchas? I read up a fair chunk of info on CKeditor vs. TinyMCE, and I am leaning towards CKeditor, but if you want to…

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## [Auto admin?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-admin/177849)

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**Author:** [@fipa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fipa)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-admin/177849 "2009-10-25T20:07:51Z")

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I’m sure we all find out that after some time, out admin pages look the same, and have roughly the same code in their controllers. I already have been able to dramatically dry out my admin/controllers code by creating…

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## [Accessing model attribute name dynamically](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/accessing-model-attribute-name-dynamically/171892)

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**Author:** [@bikle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bikle)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/accessing-model-attribute-name-dynamically/171892 "2009-07-13T19:23:39Z")

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I’m calling this action from within another action: edit\_meta(@table\_meta\_id, @field, @content) where @field is an attribute name for a Model. @table\_meta\_id is the id and @content is the new value for that attribute. …

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## [How well does Rails handle brownfield data in a greenfield application?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-well-does-rails-handle-brownfield-data-in-a-greenfield-application/168580)

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**Author:** [@wemagor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wemagor)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-well-does-rails-handle-brownfield-data-in-a-greenfield-application/168580 "2009-05-23T12:59:06Z")

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Let me give an example: Say I have an e-commerce storefront with data that’s provided by a 3rd-party vendor, instead of just a handful of items that I’m selling myself (which seems to be the way most Rails e- commerc…

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## [Ruby Test Frameworks](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-test-frameworks/155224)

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**Author:** [@mifi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mifi)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-test-frameworks/155224 "2008-12-10T13:08:36Z")

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I’m looking for a Ruby Framework that I can use to aid in testing a filter driver, we currently use a Perl based set of scripts that has some wrapping and does system events for files, directories and registry change…

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## [Distributing Plugins](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/distributing-plugins/152707)

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**Author:** [@adam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adam)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/distributing-plugins/152707 "2008-11-14T02:36:22Z")

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Hi all, I’ve written a couple of rails plugins and want to be able to use Rails’ script/plugin script to add and remove them from my projects. I’ve put them in a svn repository, yet the plugin script doesn’t seem to …

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## [Rewrite rule](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rewrite-rule/143501)

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**Author:** [@vchav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vchav)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rewrite-rule/143501 "2008-07-21T18:55:19Z")

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There has been a change of behaviour on the rewrite rule between version 0.7.1 and higher… I don’t know if it’s a bug or a correction ! You can view a configuration type here : http://pastebin.com/f49df278c And the be…

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## [Help extending Hash to allow hexadecimal encoded keys (problem with "Delegator")](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-extending-hash-to-allow-hexadecimal-encoded-keys-problem-with-delegator/138467)

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**Author:** [@ISSSSaki\_Baz\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ISSSSaki_Baz_C)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-extending-hash-to-allow-hexadecimal-encoded-keys-problem-with-delegator/138467 "2008-05-23T15:09:29Z")

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Hi, basically I need to implement a Hash in which keys can be encoded with “pseudo” hexadecimal. This is basically to store URI parameters and headers (defined in RFC 2396), so: “tag” == “t%61g” “alice” == “%61l%69…

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## [What are folks using these days for "paranoid" deletion?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-are-folks-using-these-days-for-paranoid-deletion/137431)

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**Author:** [@schof](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/schof)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-are-folks-using-these-days-for-paranoid-deletion/137431 "2008-05-13T16:41:24Z")

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Just curious what people are recommending these days for referential integrity, etc. when it comes to record deletion. A while back I looked at acts\_as\_paranoid and it looked promising but there were a few issues wit…

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## [\[regexp\] How to extract](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regexp-how-to-extract/133928)

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**Author:** [@halfbyte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/halfbyte)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2008, 11:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regexp-how-to-extract/133928 "2008-04-05T11:08:27Z")

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From: #header h1 a { display: block; background: url(images/wordpress-logo.png) center left no-repeat; width: 301px; height: 88px; text-indent: -9999px; float: left; } #header ul li#download a { background: #d5…

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## [Monkey-patching with modules](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/monkey-patching-with-modules/124113)

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**Author:** [@ghoti143](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ghoti143)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/monkey-patching-with-modules/124113 "2007-12-25T16:36:04Z")

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module Foo class String def hi puts ‘hi’ end end end include Foo x = “hello” x.hi Why does this not work? Thanks.

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## [Beginner needs help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/beginner-needs-help/120206)

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**Author:** [@caesarsalad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/caesarsalad)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/beginner-needs-help/120206 "2007-11-16T15:43:12Z")

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Hey everyone! I’ve recently got in touch with the Ruby programming language and thought it was very interesting and useful, way better than a ton of other languages. Anyway, I need some help on a few things: Is the…

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## [Using Standard Integration Tests with RSpec](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-standard-integration-tests-with-rspec/118718)

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**Author:** [@dougal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dougal)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-standard-integration-tests-with-rspec/118718 "2007-10-30T15:18:46Z")

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Hi there. I am using RSpec for unit and functional testing on a project. I have however found the (experimental) RSpec stories to be un-intuitive in some situations. The RSpec plugins seems to disable the standard R…

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## [Layouts imbriquÃ©s](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/layouts-imbriqua-s/117765)

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**Author:** [@ebougerolle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ebougerolle)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/layouts-imbriqua-s/117765 "2007-10-20T14:47:27Z")

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Bonjour, J’aimerais savoir s’il y a un moyen d’utiliser des layouts imbriquÃ©s … Je m’explique : Mon layout gÃ©nÃ©ral est application.rhtml : Mon header \<%= yield :layout %\> Mon footer Mon layout “i…

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## [Ruby and Rails Ruined my life](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-rails-ruined-my-life/104147)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-rails-ruined-my-life/104147 "2007-05-14T21:15:51Z")

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I’m a PHP developer by trade. I work w/ MVC architecture with a framework built by a friend of mine. And I used to think it was amazind developing with it. And in a backwards fashion, I met rails… Who introduced me …

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## [Same operation (sort of), different results](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/same-operation-sort-of-different-results/90604)

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**Author:** [@cpeterson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cpeterson)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/same-operation-sort-of-different-results/90604 "2007-03-30T13:41:11Z")

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I’m a little confused by these results. Perhaps someone can tell me what I’m assuming incorrectly: $ irb irb(main):001:0\> 5 / 9 \* ( 100 - 32 ) =\> 0 irb(main):002:0\> ( 5 / 9 ) \* ( 100 - 32 ) =\> 0 irb(main):004:0\> …

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## [One-to-One Associations and REST](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-to-one-associations-and-rest/87528)

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**Author:** [@ralph](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ralph)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-to-one-associations-and-rest/87528 "2007-03-03T21:08:23Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to write a piece of code that enables users to upload an avatar. The user code and the avatar code does work great, but now I want to associate the avatar with the user, which should also be reflect…

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## [\`cmd\` and UTF-8](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cmd-and-utf-8/65507)

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**Author:** [@atd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/atd)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2006, 4:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cmd-and-utf-8/65507 "2006-08-19T04:16:02Z")

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I have spent several hours searching for this and I still don’t know how it works. How is cmd string encoded? I want it in UTF-8, but I don’t know how to do it! I have tried with $KCODE = ‘u’ but it doesn’t works. M…

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## [Class is converting fixnum to array!?!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/class-is-converting-fixnum-to-array/100832)

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**Author:** [@stuartbrand](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stuartbrand)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/class-is-converting-fixnum-to-array/100832 "2006-08-01T14:24:30Z")

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Hi all I have made a class to return a value of either 1 or 0 depending on conditions, however once it returns the fixnum is converted to an Array? user = 0 puts user.class # -\> fixnum user = My\_class.test(name) pu…

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## [Moving Files from a CGI Script](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/moving-files-from-a-cgi-script/63143)

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**Author:** [@nko](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nko)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/moving-files-from-a-cgi-script/63143 "2006-06-12T18:43:38Z")

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I’m looking to use a CGI script to move / rename a directory. I can’t find anything under Dir:: or File:: that looks appropriate and making a shell command in back-ticks is out of the question as I’m using POST data t…

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## [Sun + Ubuntu == good for Rails?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sun-ubuntu-good-for-rails/63030)

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**Author:** [@joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe-dumoulin)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sun-ubuntu-good-for-rails/63030 "2006-06-11T20:10:19Z")

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Hi, anyone have any experiences running Sun hardware (maybe a T1000 or 2000) with Ubuntu with Rails? Joe

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## [Global not evaluated properly in 'if' statement modifier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/global-not-evaluated-properly-in-if-statement-modifier/63022)

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**Author:** [@darren\_kirby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/darren_kirby)\
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Hello all, I am scratching my head over this one. I have a method: def dispatchFile(file) song = Convert.new(file) case type when ‘ogg’ song.oggToWav song.wavToOgg if $outtype == ‘ogg’ song.wavToMp3 if $outtyp…

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## [Listing parents from child conditon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/listing-parents-from-child-conditon/59241)

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**Author:** [@mich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mich)\
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Hi, How can I grab all parents in a table, depending on a condition in the children table ? Fx. def list @projects = Project.find(:all) end will find all projects in my table. Now let’s say I want show a similar …

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## [A table for every user?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-table-for-every-user/58337)

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**Author:** [@Ben\_Nevile](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ben_Nevile)\
**Replies:** 5\
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Hi everyone, I’m a signal processing / math analysis programmer just getting interested in programming for the web. RoR seems to be the system to learn. I have read through the O’Reilly cookbook and pragmatic Depot …

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## [Interacting Between Controllers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/interacting-between-controllers/234026)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
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I am having issue grasping how to accomplish interacting between two controller. My design is as follows: I am coding a Microblog. I can make posts, which are text, and need to extract hashtags from that content. Rig…

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## [Newbie problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-problem/233463)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
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Hi guyz I need help, I am unable to use Ruby on consoles emulators, ConEmu, PowerCmd, Ruby programs execute perfect on windows default CMD, (and I hate it) I tried uninstalling Ruby and install it again but it doesn’t…

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## [Install ROR on Linux](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-ror-on-linux/232372)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
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Excuse me I am a total beginer, but I want to learn programming in RoR. I have linux Ubuntu 14.04. How I can install it? Is there somewhere step by step instruction? Thanks.

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## [Make Errors with Out of Tree Block](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/make-errors-with-out-of-tree-block/241036)

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**Author:** [@musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/musicdenotation)\
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I have an energy detector block and I am trying to gr\_message with it: void energy\_detector\_sink\_f\_impl::send\_to\_message\_q(float \*buffer, int buffersz) { gr\_message\_sprt msg = gr\_make\_message(0, sizeof(float), buff…

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## [Need help to make the require-relative path expression](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-to-make-the-require-relative-path-expression/236812)

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**Author:** [@alcina](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alcina)\
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Hi, Suppose I do have FS as below : foo (b.rb) |–bar |–baz (a.rb) Now in side the program a.rb I want to include the code b.rb. How to write the require-relative expression? Thanks

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## [\[HELP\] RoR Fedena App Installation: Rake Gem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-ror-fedena-app-installation-rake-gem/235524)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
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**Last updated:** [June 29, 2013, 4:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-ror-fedena-app-installation-rake-gem/235524 "2013-06-29T04:51:36Z")

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I’m really a newbie with RoR. But I need to deploy this app as soon as possible. RoR App: Fedena RoR Ver: 1.8.7 When I type any rake commands I always encounter this problem: rake aborted! uninitialized constant Ac…

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## [Recommended DSP reading](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommended-dsp-reading/229029)

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**Author:** [@etikette](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/etikette)\
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**Last updated:** [May 17, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommended-dsp-reading/229029 "2013-05-17T00:07:05Z")

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Hello, I’m looking for recommended reading to better by understanding of DSP. I’m nearing the end of The Scientist and Engineer’s Guide to Digital Signal Processing, and have found it to be an excellent resource on t…

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