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## [Whatever happened to the Calibre project?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-calibre-project/70099)

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**Author:** [@John\_WSLong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_WSLong)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2006, 6:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-calibre-project/70099 "2006-09-27T06:08:03Z")

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Whatever happened to the Calibre project? It seems that there are a few gems that are remnants of the project (gem search --remote calibre), but I can’t locate a related Web site. There doesn’t even appear to be a pro…

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## [Sorting order](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sorting-order/67245)

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**Author:** [@keltia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/keltia)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sorting-order/67245 "2006-09-08T17:46:30Z")

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When using such code as I can specify order=“asc” or order=“desc” but what if I want an arbitrary order? In the admin section, pages are ordered according to what I guess is the order of creation (page ID). I can n…

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## [Need Help With Net::HTTP](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-with-net-http/66359)

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**Author:** [@infinite](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/infinite)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2006, 5:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-with-net-http/66359 "2006-08-25T05:57:55Z")

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Hello. Im looking for resources about Net::HTTP. Im new to Ruby but ive been learning it to make programs which goes to an online game webpage, logs in with the username and password and logs in. Then when its logged …

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## [Why don't I get 404s?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-dont-i-get-404s/99136)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan\_del\_Stroth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jonathan_del_Stroth)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-dont-i-get-404s/99136 "2006-07-21T00:47:49Z")

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When I go to a missing page in my rails app, I get the 500.html page, and this in my log output: no route found to match “/asdasd” with {:method=\>:get} ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action\_controller…

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## [Display formatted date](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/display-formatted-date/63368)

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**Author:** [@learningruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/learningruby)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2006, 5:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/display-formatted-date/63368 "2006-07-13T05:49:16Z")

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Hi, In my form I have date field set as ‘datetime\_select’ which is fine as I wanted it in the same format. But while displaying (list action) it displays date in long format i.e. ‘Tue May 30 15:39:00 Central Daylight …

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## [2 subdirectories 1 controller?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/2-subdirectories-1-controller/98053)

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**Author:** [@Shimon\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shimon_A)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2006, 9:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/2-subdirectories-1-controller/98053 "2006-07-12T09:24:17Z")

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Hi, I’d like to create the following setup with RoR: www.mywebsite.com/subdir1/order/create www.mywebsite.com/subdir2/order/create I’d like both urls to call the same action in the same controller. How can I do th…

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## [RedCloth and Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redcloth-and-rails/56075)

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**Author:** [@Berlin\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Berlin_B)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redcloth-and-rails/56075 "2006-03-28T04:01:28Z")

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Has anyone had any experience with RedCloth for rails. It is a textile system. I haven’t spot checked the code and was wondering if it caused any lockups or other issues. http://whytheluckystiff.net/ruby/redcloth/ –…

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## [FTP hangs Rails!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ftp-hangs-rails/55659)

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**Author:** [@bigbrother2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bigbrother2)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ftp-hangs-rails/55659 "2006-03-24T19:51:26Z")

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Hi! I’m running a Rails app on Apache/FCGI, with a single handler process on the server. At one point my application needs to FTP a bunch of files to a remote server. When it starts doing this, the server apparently f…

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## [Known isp running ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/known-isp-running-ruby/82008)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/known-isp-running-ruby/82008 "2006-03-15T05:11:28Z")

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i’m looking for an internet provider able to run ruby (nitro). some refs ?

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## [Rails log](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-log/79901)

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**Author:** [@joe-black](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe-black)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-log/79901 "2006-03-13T14:25:07Z")

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i know rails log is very good, detailed. but find useful infos from big log is terrible. any one have good idea. regards

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## [Inconsistent Behavior Converting String to Integer/Float](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inconsistent-behavior-converting-string-to-integer-float/73192)

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**Author:** [@agnathan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/agnathan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inconsistent-behavior-converting-string-to-integer-float/73192 "2006-02-27T00:58:41Z")

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$ruby-yarv -v ruby 2.0.0 (Base: Ruby 1.9.0 2006-02-14) \[powerpc-darwin8.5.0\] YARVCore 0.4.0 Rev: 466 (2006-02-22) \[opts: \] $ruby -v ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) \[powerpc-darwin8.3.0\] Correct behavior num = “+3” Float(nu…

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## [Now that I have migrations working (I think I do anyway)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/now-that-i-have-migrations-working-i-think-i-do-anyway/53713)

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**Author:** [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/now-that-i-have-migrations-working-i-think-i-do-anyway/53713 "2006-02-14T00:48:25Z")

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Do I now define database changes directly in db/migration/0001\_add\_a\_new\_table file ? Obviously the point is not to make the changes directly in postgresql db anymore right? Thanks Craig

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## [Access controller var within model](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-controller-var-within-model/53362)

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**Author:** [@Brendon\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brendon_G)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-controller-var-within-model/53362 "2006-02-02T18:34:43Z")

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I need to access params\[:field\_name\] from within my Model. @params\[:field\_name\] isn’t working?

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## [Layout question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/layout-question/49292)

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**Author:** [@brucebalmer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brucebalmer)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2005, 5:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/layout-question/49292 "2005-12-02T05:48:31Z")

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Hi: If I have four controllers and I want them to use a common layout, I believe there is a way to do that, I read about it once. To have one layout that covers all the controllers in an application. Could someone ki…

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## [Mikel mail with gmail stmp, security issue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mikel-mail-with-gmail-stmp-security-issue/244201)

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**Author:** [@Rafa\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rafa_F)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 8:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mikel-mail-with-gmail-stmp-security-issue/244201 "2016-03-04T08:49:53Z")

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Greetings, I’m trying to get the mikel mail gem working with stmp to gmail. When I attempt to send a mail I get the ‘check\_auth\_response’ error. (NET::SMTPAuthenticationError). When I go to gmail it then says that …

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## [Bind failed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bind-failed/243531)

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**Author:** [@Rafa\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rafa_F)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2015, 9:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bind-failed/243531 "2015-12-02T09:09:41Z")

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Hi, I was doing some tests today and have created a single test virtual host with listen 8181; and nginx runs fine (1.9.7). Now if I change the listen to only one interface ip: listen 192.168.10.10:8181 configtest…

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## [Re: ControlPort 3.7.8rc1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-controlport-3-7-8rc1/242915)

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**Author:** [@Sadaf\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sadaf_N)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2015, 8:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-controlport-3-7-8rc1/242915 "2015-08-08T08:21:36Z")

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On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 6:36 PM, Tom R. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: gnuradio-runtime/python/gnuradio/ctrlport Inspecting GNU Radio Applications with ControlPort and Performance Regards, git clon…

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## [Top block edge list](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/top-block-edge-list/232310)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/top-block-edge-list/232310 "2014-10-02T00:52:38Z")

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Hello All, I’m trying to access the data inside the top block class, from a custom function or at the very least print out some of it as a test. Is there a way to see the data in the top block edge\_list() before runni…

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## [Clock block slow in position satellite calculation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/clock-block-slow-in-position-satellite-calculation/230311)

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**Author:** [@jason\_sam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jason_sam)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 9:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/clock-block-slow-in-position-satellite-calculation/230311 "2014-06-10T09:53:22Z")

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Hello, I have this flowgraph in GNURadio: → Green: calculates the signal delay of a satellite. → Yellow: a clock with a second precision. If I run the clock separately I can see…

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## [RE: Re: Build JRuby from Source on Windows Alone?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-re-build-jruby-from-source-on-windows-alone/238627)

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**Author:** [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2014, 9:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-re-build-jruby-from-source-on-windows-alone/238627 "2014-01-21T09:58:26Z")

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Well, its a simple jar but i think that you can do it by youseft as i linked… -----Mensaje original----- De: “Richard S.” removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Enviado: ‎21/‎01/‎2014 7:52 Para: “removed\_email\_address…

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## [Devise problem : xpected /home/roelof/tamara\_devise/app/controllers/sessions\_controller.rb to define](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/devise-problem-xpected-home-roelof-tamara-devise-app-controllers-sessions-controller-rb-to-define/224510)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2012, 9:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/devise-problem-xpected-home-roelof-tamara-devise-app-controllers-sessions-controller-rb-to-define/224510 "2012-11-18T09:52:34Z")

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Hello, Because I want to change something on login I copied the standard sessions controller to /app/controllers. Code : class Devise::SessionsController \< DeviseController prepend\_before\_filter :require\_no\_authent…

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## [Advanced AR: select+include OR manual eager load OR virtual-column with assoc eager load SQL](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/advanced-ar-select-include-or-manual-eager-load-or-virtual-column-with-assoc-eager-load-sql/221500)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2012, 11:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/advanced-ar-select-include-or-manual-eager-load-or-virtual-column-with-assoc-eager-load-sql/221500 "2012-07-19T11:51:52Z")

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Hi there, I figured out, that .includes() kills .select(). That means you can not specify virtual column, like select(‘SUM(points) AS points’) with eager loading. So how you can accomplish this task? Eager loading + …

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## [Rails & PHP](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-php/218649)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-php/218649 "2012-04-08T01:28:19Z")

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I am inheriting a legacy PHP website and I want to add a few Rails pages. Is there anyone who can recommend some info on how to add RoR to a PHP-driven website? Ralph S.

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## [How to get value text\_field\_tag from controller](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-value-text-field-tag-from-controller/216680)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-value-text-field-tag-from-controller/216680 "2012-02-11T21:10:06Z")

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hi, I would like get the value of text\_field from controller, my text\_field\_tag not within of form, is necessary to use. as I can do it without javascript

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## [Rspec help for create user test](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-help-for-create-user-test/207169)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-help-for-create-user-test/207169 "2011-05-19T22:22:30Z")

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My user controllers ‘create’ action looks like: def create @user = User.new(params\[:user\]) @user.user\_name = params\[:user\]\[:user\_name\] @user.email = params\[:user\]\[:email\] if @user.is\_valid? @user.status = 2 @user.…

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## [LibXMLJRuby is not missing constant XML!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/libxmljruby-is-not-missing-constant-xml/194313)

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**Author:** [@guipereira](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/guipereira)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/libxmljruby-is-not-missing-constant-xml/194313 "2010-09-06T17:26:09Z")

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Hi, anyone have the solution for this problem? I have gem RXSD and it need libxml-jruby. This works with ruby but with jruby gives an error : ArgumentError (LibXMLJRuby is not missing constant XML!): libxml-jruby (1…

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## [How do you use rails with (triggers and Oracle)?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-you-use-rails-with-triggers-and-oracle/85537)

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**Author:** [@crenner](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/crenner)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-you-use-rails-with-triggers-and-oracle/85537 "2010-05-03T15:50:26Z")

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I have an existing database in Oracle. All the tables have triggers that insert the next value from the table sequence into the id column. I have told rails about the sequence using set\_sequence\_name. The problem occ…

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## [Comparing data](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/comparing-data/178633)

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**Author:** [@introvert](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/introvert)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/comparing-data/178633 "2009-11-08T16:55:36Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to implement Rails functionality which would allow to compare Model records (in my case different plans). I’m unsure what would be the proper approach towards this with Rails, is there any tutorial …

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## [Daemons causing Mysql::Error:Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/my](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/daemons-causing-mysql-cant-connect-to-local-mysql-server-through-socket-var-run-mysqld-my/169234)

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**Author:** [@ram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ram)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/daemons-causing-mysql-cant-connect-to-local-mysql-server-through-socket-var-run-mysqld-my/169234 "2009-06-02T07:09:52Z")

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Hi all, Ive been having this problem for the past few days on production. I have a couple of daemons (using the daemons gem and daemon\_generator) that I run every hour on the server. One of them sends out email too (…

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## [Ri\_cal 0.5.0 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-cal-0-5-0-released/168869)

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**Author:** [@rykkers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rykkers)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-cal-0-5-0-released/168869 "2009-05-26T22:10:19Z")

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ri\_cal version 0.5.0 has been released! http://ri-cal.rubyforge.org/ A new Ruby implementation of RFC2445 iCalendar. The existing Ruby iCalendar libraries (e.g. icalendar, vpim) provide for parsing and generating…

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## [Installing an old version of rails with 1.9.1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-an-old-version-of-rails-with-1-9-1/164166)

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**Author:** [@david](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/david)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-an-old-version-of-rails-with-1-9-1/164166 "2009-03-29T05:38:54Z")

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Hello, I am running Ruby 1.9.1 and Rails 2.3.2 and need a copy of Rails 2.3.0 to do some testing on a plugin. I tried sudo gem install -v 2.3.0 rails But I got the following error: ERROR: could not find gem rails …

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## [wxRuby 2.0.0 released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wxruby-2-0-0-released/161654)

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**Author:** [@absolute-beginner](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/absolute-beginner)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wxruby-2-0-0-released/161654 "2009-03-01T19:40:21Z")

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Hi all I’m pleased to announce that wxRuby 2.0.0’s now available for Ruby 1.8 and 1.9. It’s a happy moment for the project, this being the first official stable release, the fruit of several years development. INSTAL…

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## [Status of the Windows Version?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/status-of-the-windows-version/152781)

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**Author:** [@MeMyselfAndI](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MeMyselfAndI)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/status-of-the-windows-version/152781 "2008-12-09T13:11:26Z")

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Hello, I tried to port a program from Linux to Windows. After some hours I finally got it running the first time but instead of showing me a dialog a mass of pango warnings appeared finalized with a segfault. I am at…

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## [Help with turning procs into C function pointers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-turning-procs-into-c-function-pointers/150966)

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**Author:** [@Andrew\_SSTownley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Andrew_SSTownley)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2008, 7:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-turning-procs-into-c-function-pointers/150966 "2008-10-18T07:39:08Z")

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Hi Guys, I’ve been looking at the way the signal dispatcher works in rbgobj\_signal.c to try to figure out how to call an exteral C function which takes a callback function pointer. I have to say that being unfamilia…

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## [Please explain that](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-explain-that/148214)

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**Author:** [@janpipek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/janpipek)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-explain-that/148214 "2008-09-10T17:05:11Z")

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Can you please explain this behaviour ? irb(main):017:0\> 071.to\_s =\> “57” irb(main):018:0\> 71.to\_s =\> “71” Why is an octal Number converted to decimal when outputted as String ?

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## [Plugins -\> Gems](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugins-gems/146545)

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**Author:** [@mrkohrea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mrkohrea)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2008, 9:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugins-gems/146545 "2008-08-22T09:15:32Z")

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Hallo, im Laufe der Zeit haben sich bei mir einige eigene Plugins angesammelt, die ich gerne in Gems verwandeln wÃ¼rde. Gibt es irgendwo im Netz eine Anleitung, wie man das macht? Viele GrÃ¼ÃŸe Michael K.

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## [Tracing a connection stack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tracing-a-connection-stack/138165)

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**Author:** [@Brett\_LSTrotter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brett_LSTrotter)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tracing-a-connection-stack/138165 "2008-05-26T15:16:06Z")

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Is there a simple way to print out a list of what was connected into a flow graph?

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## [What is the difference between ==,===,equal?,eql?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-equal-eql/137676)

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**Author:** [@sanjib](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sanjib)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2008, 9:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-equal-eql/137676 "2008-05-15T09:17:44Z")

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I am totally confused wht is the difference between them…If some body knows please reply soon…I am waiting.

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## [Noob ? - Diff Between "action =\> :index" and "action =\> 'index'"?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/noob-diff-between-action-index-and-action-index/135864)

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**Author:** [@rornoob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rornoob)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2008, 10:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/noob-diff-between-action-index-and-action-index/135864 "2008-04-26T10:56:20Z")

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What is the difference between specifiying a link\_to action with a “:” vs. “’’” ? Example: \<%= link\_to “Continue your spree”, :action =\> :index %\> vs. \<%= link\_to “Continue your spree”, :action =\> ‘index’ %\> Is the…

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## [Ejemplos para aplicacion compleja de entrada de datos?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ejemplos-para-aplicacion-compleja-de-entrada-de-datos/131913)

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**Author:** [@bonzo\_bcn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bonzo_bcn)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2008, 1:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ejemplos-para-aplicacion-compleja-de-entrada-de-datos/131913 "2008-03-14T13:03:58Z")

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Hola, Llevo unas cuantas semanas estudiando rails y algo me aclaro…no mucho. Tengo que desarrollar una aplicaciÃ³n en la que bÃ¡sicamente se entran datos en una base de datos, pero me gustarÃ­a que tuviese el siguient…

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## [Ruby on windows](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-windows/131593)

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**Author:** [@t3chn0n3rd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/t3chn0n3rd)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-windows/131593 "2008-03-13T17:21:05Z")

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right now I am running ruby on red hat 8. Is there a compiler for windows vista?

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## [Capistrano first deploy after setup](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano-first-deploy-after-setup/121908)

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**Author:** [@kadoudal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kadoudal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano-first-deploy-after-setup/121908 "2008-03-10T01:58:44Z")

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checkout seems to be fine , bit I can see some errors in the log \[www. mydomain.net\] executing command \*\*\* \[err :: www. mydomain.net\] find: \*\*\* \[err :: www. mydomain.net\] /var/rails/myprojects/app\_test/releases/20071…

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## [Common clock for two RFX2400 DB's](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/common-clock-for-two-rfx2400-dbs/130605)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/common-clock-for-two-rfx2400-dbs/130605 "2008-03-05T10:37:55Z")

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Hello! We consider using USRP with two RFX2400 dautherboards to build MIMO system. As I can see, each RFX2400 has Tx and Rx VCOs. Is it possible to use common clock for these two dautherboards? (Frequency mismatch be…

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## [Schema\_info always wants to be 3, even when set to 7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/schema-info-always-wants-to-be-3-even-when-set-to-7/119919)

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**Author:** [@combray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/combray)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/schema-info-always-wants-to-be-3-even-when-set-to-7/119919 "2007-11-13T23:03:38Z")

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Hi all, I’m having a very odd problem with db:migrate. I’m using Rails 1.2.5 on Windows XP SP2 and Ruby 1.8.6 I have seven migrations. If I run them with an empty database, it runs the first three, then halts. Whe…

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## [Q why do I get: uninitialized constant GLUT::BITMAP\_8\_BY\_13](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/q-why-do-i-get-uninitialized-constant-glut-bitmap-8-by-13/117708)

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**Author:** [@Steffen\_winther\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Steffen_winther_S)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/q-why-do-i-get-uninitialized-constant-glut-bitmap-8-by-13/117708 "2007-10-19T20:25:04Z")

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Hi Doing a little open GL from Ruby fails on my production server (Ubuntu) but not on my labtop (Fedora) even though runby-opengl is installed without any complaints on both machines. On Ubuntu I get this error runni…

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## [Java Like public constant?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/java-like-public-constant/106309)

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**Author:** [@Kevin\_Yang](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kevin_Yang)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/java-like-public-constant/106309 "2007-06-08T14:05:39Z")

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Hi , Some times there is a need to to store some constant variables in a Ruby Class. we can do that in Java like : Public Static Class A{ public static int LUCKY\_NUMBER=100; } then we can use it everywhere A.LUCKY…

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## [Questions about correct associations](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/questions-about-correct-associations/68016)

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**Author:** [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/questions-about-correct-associations/68016 "2006-09-09T16:56:29Z")

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Currently have two models Pay and Wage Pay has 2 columns (methods) id and name Wage has 3 columns id, pay\_id and name Pay is set up with: has\_many :wages Wage is: belongs\_to :pay First, I believe this is set up …

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## [Parsing with delimeters ---new programmer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parsing-with-delimeters-new-programmer/101021)

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**Author:** [@ricardo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ricardo)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parsing-with-delimeters-new-programmer/101021 "2006-08-03T13:21:16Z")

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I’m trying to parse a file that looks like this: text… text… numbers… blalba bla and then somewhere in the file i have a table like this: IDS\_SOMETHIGN\_SOMETHING “giving you cookies in a sec” IDX\_SOMETHING\_SOMETH…

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## [Traversing an object / array?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/traversing-an-object-array/101751)

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**Author:** [@softwareengineer\_99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softwareengineer_99)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/traversing-an-object-array/101751 "2006-02-06T23:21:04Z")

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This is a very basic question but I cannot find the ‘right’ answer. What is the best way to traverse an object / array with ROR. I need to look at the structure of some of the objects/ arrays but not sure how to go ab…

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## [Related Models](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/related-models/207465)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/related-models/207465 "2011-05-26T16:14:31Z")

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I am still somewhat new to rails and I am not getting the results I am expecting with my models… perhapse I do not understand something, or just didn’t set something up right. I have three models: class Coordinator \< …

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