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## [Recommendations for training on ROR for a noob?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommendations-for-training-on-ror-for-a-noob/145577)

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**Author:** [@colin158](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/colin158)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommendations-for-training-on-ror-for-a-noob/145577 "2008-08-11T22:16:16Z")

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I am a SW Engineer with no experience with ROR. Mostly SQL Server & SSRS experience. I am wondering if anyone can recommend a good training course on ROR? I need to get proficient quickly to sell it to my Boss.

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## [Usiung a distributed filesystem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usiung-a-distributed-filesystem/145263)

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**Author:** [@mhfs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mhfs)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2008, 6:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usiung-a-distributed-filesystem/145263 "2008-08-08T06:35:23Z")

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Hello list, I wonder if anyone around uses or ever used a distributed filesystem for a Rails app (or any other platform). If so: Do I need any explicit code in the application to use a distributed filesystem or is …

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## [Log file permissions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/log-file-permissions/139096)

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**Author:** [@Henrik\_Vendelbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Henrik_Vendelbo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/log-file-permissions/139096 "2008-06-01T00:20:09Z")

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I am quite stuck trying to set up access/error logging for nginx. nobody 17992 0.0 0.1 76872 1144 ?? S 12:20am 0:00.00 nginx: worker process nobody 17991 0.0 0.1 76872 1140 ?? S 12:20…

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## [Is it possible from a class to grab the name of the object instance?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-possible-from-a-class-to-grab-the-name-of-the-object-instance/137948)

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**Author:** [@rubisher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubisher)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-possible-from-a-class-to-grab-the-name-of-the-object-instance/137948 "2008-05-23T23:04:10Z")

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Hello all rubyist, I fall in love of ruby some years ago when I reach to re-write in a couple of days with ruby only a scripts I spent some weeks to write with classical unix tools (awk, sed, grep, …) and the new stu…

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## [Console arguments broken?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console-arguments-broken/131865)

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**Author:** [@xjivan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/xjivan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2008, 9:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console-arguments-broken/131865 "2008-03-14T09:08:05Z")

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Do the -X:… console arguments work for anybody? Â» C:\\tools\\IronRuby\\build\\debug\\rbx -X:TabCompletion mscorlib:0:in CanonicalizePath': The given path's format is not supported. (System::NotSupportedException) from msc…

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## [Gnuradio C++ engineer wanted](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnuradio-c-engineer-wanted/127654)

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**Author:** [@Toby\_Oliver](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Toby_Oliver)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnuradio-c-engineer-wanted/127654 "2008-01-31T21:51:05Z")

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I hope no one minds me putting this up here: Path Intelligence Ltd is a multiple award winning start-up company, whose most recent achievement is winning the UK SEEDA Enterprise Hub Showcase event, ahead of more than …

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## [REXML/Amrita2 closing tag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rexml-amrita2-closing-tag/124107)

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**Author:** [@Vasyl\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Vasyl_S)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rexml-amrita2-closing-tag/124107 "2007-12-25T13:06:30Z")

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Hi, I’ve noticed that Amrita2 (which uses REXML), automagically compresses empty tags, for example: becomes just Is there any way to turn this behavior off? It doesn’t play well with textarea tags, which must alw…

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## [Generando RSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generando-rss/111270)

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**Author:** [@fernandosilva](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fernandosilva)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generando-rss/111270 "2007-08-05T21:43:37Z")

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Buenas, Alguien me podria recomendar un metodo para generar RSS desde una aplicacion rails?. Concretamente me gustaria mostrar un contenido del tipo siguiente: Nombre restaurante, Tipo y promocion usando este bucle …

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## [Why is not work?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-is-not-work/109851)

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**Author:** [@bkeh12](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bkeh12)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-is-not-work/109851 "2007-07-20T05:32:43Z")

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Hi all, module A end A.autoload(:B, “b”) A::B.doit # autoloads “b” result : uninitialized constant A::B (NameError)

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## [Losing sanity, please help!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/losing-sanity-please-help/93254)

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**Author:** [@Dmitry\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dmitry_Y)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2007, 12:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/losing-sanity-please-help/93254 "2007-04-30T12:07:27Z")

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OK, I’m still trying to move a pic between albums, but this time I’m going totally ballistic. Please see the debugger session below. The model is simple, class Pic acts\_as\_list and belongs\_to :album. Can someone pleas…

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## [New Wiki Front Page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-wiki-front-page/91263)

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**Author:** [@jconley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jconley)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-wiki-front-page/91263 "2007-04-06T16:26:53Z")

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The front page to the GNU Radio wiki has been updated to a simpler and hopefully more easily navigable format. Thanks go to Trond D. for creating the new look and linked pages. http://gnuradio.org/trac – Johnathan …

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## [Sessions Problems](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sessions-problems/58985)

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**Author:** [@kumar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kumar)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 9:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sessions-problems/58985 "2007-03-10T09:51:12Z")

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Hi to group! I am new to ROR! I am facing problems on sessions. First I created the one session variable. after that I created the other one. after moving to three pages the session was destroyed automatically. …

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## [Creating LDAP (specifically, Active Directory) records](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-ldap-specifically-active-directory-records/79882)

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**Author:** [@Sterling\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sterling_A)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2007, 6:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-ldap-specifically-active-directory-records/79882 "2007-01-24T06:01:26Z")

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Has anyone done anything with creating LDAP records? I’ve got an app that needs to talk to my AD domain and ideally create new accounts, but I’m having a hard time finding information on if anyone has published anythi…

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## [CRUD when saving aggregate objects/calling one controller fr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crud-when-saving-aggregate-objects-calling-one-controller-fr/80321)

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**Author:** [@dan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crud-when-saving-aggregate-objects-calling-one-controller-fr/80321 "2006-12-24T03:04:38Z")

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My project has a number of objects that aggregate other objects. In certain contexts, objects can either be a root object or a child to another object. For example: Object A can be manipulated on it’s own and has it…

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## [Rake db:migrate not applying changes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-db-migrate-not-applying-changes/70466)

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**Author:** [@ambrose](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ambrose)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-db-migrate-not-applying-changes/70466 "2006-09-29T18:27:12Z")

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I am new to RoR. I have started a new project and have successfully used migrations to create new tables. I now want to add a column and have followed the steps outlined in “Agile with Rails”: ruby script/generate …

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## [Can you explain what this repo (yaml/Marshal) code do?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-you-explain-what-this-repo-yaml-marshal-code-do/100957)

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**Author:** [@anne001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anne001)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2006, 12:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-you-explain-what-this-repo-yaml-marshal-code-do/100957 "2006-08-03T12:37:31Z")

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repositiory is a hash keyed on some kind of check sum derived from the file. But what is the use of Marshal? something to do with memory management, instead of writing to file? What is the format of what is spewed ou…

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## [BackgrounDRb - uninitialized constant](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backgroundrb-uninitialized-constant/99894)

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**Author:** [@justin\_Pease](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/justin_Pease)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backgroundrb-uninitialized-constant/99894 "2006-07-27T03:16:27Z")

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I installed BackgrounDRB as instructed: script/plugin install svn://rubyforge.org//var/svn/backgroundrb rake backgroundrb:setup I started it with: rake backgroundrb:start In a model I make the call: MiddleMan.new\_w…

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## [Handling external links to methods in rails apps](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/handling-external-links-to-methods-in-rails-apps/62986)

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**Author:** [@chris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chris)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/handling-external-links-to-methods-in-rails-apps/62986 "2006-06-10T19:55:52Z")

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I created the website www.brandfetch.com with Rails. I’ve noticed that Google & some search engines have indexed links into the site that are only meant to be reached through Ajax (link\_to\_remote) calls within the app…

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## [Pub/Sub in Distributed setup](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pub-sub-in-distributed-setup/62085)

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**Author:** [@Vinay\_Kumar\_Jaasti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Vinay_Kumar_Jaasti)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pub-sub-in-distributed-setup/62085 "2006-06-02T20:49:06Z")

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Hi, I want to implement RCR 198 in distributed environment.I wrote subscriber as follows require ‘drb’ DRb.start\_service() a = DRbObject.new(nil,‘druby://localhost:9000’) a.subscribe(:prof2 ) do |proxy| proxy.met…

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## [\[Ruby Social Club\] Ordinato Libro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-social-club-ordinato-libro/60032)

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**Author:** [@chiaroscuro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chiaroscuro)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2006, 9:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-social-club-ordinato-libro/60032 "2006-05-16T09:16:58Z")

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Ho ordinato il libro Rails Recipes che dovrebbe arrivare a fine mese. Fatemi sapere se al prossimo incontro devo portare l’altro libro ricevuto su Rails per qualcuno… – Chiaroscuro Liquid Development: http://liquid…

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## [Pagination Question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pagination-question/94546)

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**Author:** [@Binil\_Thomas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Binil_Thomas)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pagination-question/94546 "2006-05-08T16:22:39Z")

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I am new to Rails and am running into a problem with pagination. Consider model classes Employee and Department: class Employee \< ActiveRecord::Base belongs\_to :department end class Department \< ActiveRecord::Base …

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## [Ordering after a inject](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ordering-after-a-inject/59389)

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**Author:** [@steveoco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/steveoco)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ordering-after-a-inject/59389 "2006-05-03T19:05:40Z")

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Hi, My results are getting out of order after I do the following command: count = result.inject({}) { |hsh, row| hsh\[row\[‘name’\]\] = row\[‘count’\].to\_i; hsh } Why? Here are more specifics: My complete method is this…

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## [Does Rails need more useful form helpers?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-rails-need-more-useful-form-helpers/58661)

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**Author:** [@furrot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/furrot)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-rails-need-more-useful-form-helpers/58661 "2006-04-25T02:11:25Z")

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I have been using rails professionally for only a month and a half now, but I am continually running into problems with form helpers and accessing multiple objects on a single page. To whit: While text\_field and tex…

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## [DRb and signals](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drb-and-signals/74411)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2006, 2:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drb-and-signals/74411 "2006-02-28T02:47:59Z")

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Using DRb appears to disable signal handlers in Ruby, at least in 1.8.4. Is there any way to work around this? Compare: trap( “SIGINT” ) { puts “foo” ; exit 0 } loop do sleep 1 end with: require ‘drb’ DRb.start\_s…

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## [Plugin install behind corporate firewall?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugin-install-behind-corporate-firewall/53177)

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**Author:** [@erubin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/erubin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2006, 8:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugin-install-behind-corporate-firewall/53177 "2006-02-05T08:29:01Z")

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Hi all, Anybody has a clue on how to install a plugin behind a corporate firewall? I know the “-p” option works for installing a ruby gem thru a proxy, but it doesn’t seem to work for script/plugin install Thanks

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## [Single Table Inheritance (this is my 3rd post :( )](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/single-table-inheritance-this-is-my-3rd-post/52361)

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**Author:** [@Vikrant\_Rathore](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Vikrant_Rathore)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/single-table-inheritance-this-is-my-3rd-post/52361 "2006-01-13T17:25:27Z")

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Hi Everyone, I hope I get some feedback on my question. Here it goes. I have a situation here, I have a company table and then using Single Table inheritance it is of 3 types: class Company \< ActiveRecord::Base end …

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## [Features of Ruby used in Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/features-of-ruby-used-in-rails/49840)

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**Author:** [@krishna.vivek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/krishna.vivek)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2005, 6:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/features-of-ruby-used-in-rails/49840 "2005-12-09T06:39:45Z")

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Hi, I have been using rails to do some pilot applications now and I have often come accross the comment that Rails uses Ruby features to the maximum. I never could get what exactly are those things.However,one cool t…

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## [Generate a couple hundred rows of dummy data - how?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generate-a-couple-hundred-rows-of-dummy-data-how/49761)

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**Author:** [@df-sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/df-sean)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generate-a-couple-hundred-rows-of-dummy-data-how/49761 "2005-12-08T15:56:31Z")

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Simple task – I’ve done some custom pagination and I need to fill up a table with a bunch of rows so I can play around with the back and next buttons. Is there an easy way from the command line perhaps to just fire o…

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## [Lighttpd not working with 0.14.3 for me](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighttpd-not-working-with-0-14-3-for-me/50235)

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**Author:** [@mannl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mannl)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighttpd-not-working-with-0-14-3-for-me/50235 "2005-11-27T19:37:51Z")

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I’m almost sure I’m doing something wrong here, but I don’t know what it is. Maybe someone has stumbled upon this and can help me. I can’t start lighttpd+fcgi for my rails app. It’s a 0.14.3 rails app. Weird thing is,…

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## [Email server stand-alone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/email-server-stand-alone/263338)

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**Author:** [@petervandeput](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/petervandeput)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/email-server-stand-alone/263338 "2022-10-15T16:31:08Z")

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We all know we need to send emails from our server app eg for verification of email There are a lot of 3rd party solutions some free some cheap and some expensive I’m developing a full smtp server with mail transfer ag…

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## [\[Newbie\] Help with Simple Association Question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-help-with-simple-association-question/234164)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-help-with-simple-association-question/234164 "2015-02-12T17:19:43Z")

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Greetings RoR Friends! I would SO APPRECIATE your help with a question. I have read the Rails Guides, Stack Overflow, and tutorials but still seem to fail at grasping some basic RoR Association Conventions. I will s…

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## [Issue with my proxy configuration](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issue-with-my-proxy-configuration/228434)

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**Author:** [@SSJSSrg\_KastningSS\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSJSSrg_KastningSS_S)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 8:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issue-with-my-proxy-configuration/228434 "2013-04-23T08:32:11Z")

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Hello. In our lan I can reach my webapplication with an url like http:// :8081/AppName. I try to configure nginx to forward requests from wan site to this server. All firewall policies needed are configured and the …

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## [Single page application authentication and authorization](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/single-page-application-authentication-and-authorization/227618)

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**Author:** [@johan-vm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johan-vm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/single-page-application-authentication-and-authorization/227618 "2013-03-22T00:10:32Z")

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How would I do authentication and authorization in a single page application running with Rails as the backend? Any recommendations?

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## [How class objects call methods?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-class-objects-call-methods/226811)

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**Author:** [@my-ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/my-ruby)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2013, 11:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-class-objects-call-methods/226811 "2013-02-24T11:31:04Z")

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Hi, “Class are itself objects” - this statement is making me too confused,when trying to feel the concept at its core. In the same context I also failed or confused to differentiate “How class objects call methods” a…

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## [Rerun 0.7 - no-frills command-line alternative to Guard and Autotest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rerun-0-7-no-frills-command-line-alternative-to-guard-and-autotest/221252)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rerun-0-7-no-frills-command-line-alternative-to-guard-and-autotest/221252 "2012-07-05T21:46:47Z")

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I just released rerun 0.7. It now uses the Listen library which uses your OS’s built-in filesystem change monitoring features so CPU use is much more efficient. Source and docs: GitHub - alexch/rerun: Restarts an app…

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## [Debugging in gnuradio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugging-in-gnuradio/218571)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 11:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugging-in-gnuradio/218571 "2012-04-10T11:39:21Z")

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Hi, I am having a hard time with a “segmentation fault” error. I am no expert in python (I just started to use it last week) but I find it difficult to believe that a segmentation fault error would appear in python c…

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## [Load balancer - add nodes dynamically to upstream](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/load-balancer-add-nodes-dynamically-to-upstream/209855)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/load-balancer-add-nodes-dynamically-to-upstream/209855 "2012-03-09T00:38:32Z")

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For a particular use case, we are using nginx as a lb (with 'weight’s and 'fail\_timeout’s as mentioned in the wiki here - . http://library.linode.com/web-servers/nginx/configuration/front-end-proxy-and-software-load-…

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## [Issue with scruffy and Rmagick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issue-with-scruffy-and-rmagick/211150)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issue-with-scruffy-and-rmagick/211150 "2011-08-27T18:15:19Z")

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Hi I’m trying to create a graph with scruffy but my problem begin with this part of the code: graph.render :width =\> 300, :height =\> 200, :to =\> “x.png”, :as =\> ‘png’ the thing is that ruby needs the gem Rmagick to …

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## [Initialize() in a module, is it correct?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/initialize-in-a-module-is-it-correct/201902)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 10:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/initialize-in-a-module-is-it-correct/201902 "2011-01-18T10:40:36Z")

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Hi, for some exotic reason I need to define initialize() method in a module, so a class including such module can invoke super() in its initialize() method. It seems to work: module M def initialize puts “I’m modul…

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## [Before\_filter always running in test, not in development or production mode](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/before-filter-always-running-in-test-not-in-development-or-production-mode/189277)

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**Author:** [@johnpetterson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnpetterson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/before-filter-always-running-in-test-not-in-development-or-production-mode/189277 "2010-11-09T03:13:32Z")

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I’m using Shoulda and restful\_authentication on Rails3 and whenever I run my tests a before filter for login\_required is always triggered, despite my filter being set up as: before\_filter :login\_required, :only =\> \[:…

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## [Change captured values in a regexp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/change-captured-values-in-a-regexp/198111)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/change-captured-values-in-a-regexp/198111 "2010-10-26T17:45:44Z")

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Hi everyone! Supposing there is a string like this: Oct 22 06:25:35 machine kernel: \[271182.956004\] IN= OUT=eth0 SRC=10.8.0.248 DST=192.5.5.241 I am using the following regexp to capture time: /Oct (\\d{2}) (\\d{2}:\\d…

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## [IRC (Nginx problem or unix?)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irc-nginx-problem-or-unix/186256)

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**Author:** [@flash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/flash)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irc-nginx-problem-or-unix/186256 "2010-04-04T18:13:16Z")

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I have installed Webmasters Conference Room CR4 with a fresh install of Nginx (0.8.34). I do not have much experience running my own IRC channel and I’m not sure if this even has anything to do with Nginx. But when I …

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## [Null pointer dereference vulnerability in 0.1.0-0.8.13](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-0-1-0-0-8-13/177923)

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**Author:** [@imixaly4](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/imixaly4)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-0-1-0-0-8-13/177923 "2009-10-31T12:52:50Z")

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A patch to fix null pointer dereference vulnerability in 0.1.0-0.8.13. The patch is not required for versions 0.8.15+, 0.7.62+, 0.6.39+, 0.5.38+.

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## [Click\_no\_wait error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/click-no-wait-error/174182)

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**Author:** [@paragadosm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paragadosm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/click-no-wait-error/174182 "2009-08-24T15:37:25Z")

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First off, sorry if this is in the wrong location as this is my first posting. I have build an executable using rubyscript2exe. I’m attempting to run this from a network drive. It all works except when click\_no\_wai…

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## [Rails/Rake wrongly interpreting command-line?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-rake-wrongly-interpreting-command-line/171638)

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**Author:** [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-rake-wrongly-interpreting-command-line/171638 "2009-07-07T17:13:59Z")

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Hi, I’ve been struggling to get Rails working properly on my Ubuntu box for a couple of weeks now - driving me mad… The current problem is that the “rails” and “rake” commands seem to be wrongly intrepreting the comm…

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## [Monitoring folder for changes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/monitoring-folder-for-changes/164110)

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**Author:** [@fcruxen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fcruxen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2009, 2:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/monitoring-folder-for-changes/164110 "2009-03-28T14:26:51Z")

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Is there any gem or code example that would help me to watch a given folder for changes and trigger a callback upon change detection? Thanks! – Felipe

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## [USRP Rev4 FX2 firmware question. Initializing FIFOs?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usrp-rev4-fx2-firmware-question-initializing-fifos/163512)

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**Author:** [@Ryan\_Seal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ryan_Seal)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usrp-rev4-fx2-firmware-question-initializing-fifos/163512 "2009-03-21T18:52:53Z")

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I have been working on modifications to the USRP board so that I can pass a gating signal through the basic RX daughterboard to gate signal collection for a pulsed radar application. This is somewhat working, but I …

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## [Rails API is down](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-api-is-down/154156)

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**Author:** [@gamafranco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gamafranco)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-api-is-down/154156 "2008-11-26T00:07:13Z")

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Hi, http://api.rubyonrails.org/ is down. Regards, Tiago F.

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## [1.upto(4) in ruby 1.8.6](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/1-upto-4-in-ruby-1-8-6/153102)

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**Author:** [@Tom\_Verbeure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tom_Verbeure)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2008, 7:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/1-upto-4-in-ruby-1-8-6/153102 "2008-11-12T07:16:51Z")

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Hi, I’m doing the following: indices = 1.upto(points.size) zipped = indices.zip(distances, points) Basically, I’m temporarily annotating my point objects with an index to avoid losing track of its original posit…

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## [Attributes on join model](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/attributes-on-join-model/152001)

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**Author:** [@ahoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ahoward)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/attributes-on-join-model/152001 "2008-10-29T12:13:47Z")

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given a setup like class Parent has\_many :child\_parents has\_many :children, :through =\> child\_parents end and assuming i’d like to store the style of relationship on the child\_parents table, for example create tab…

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