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## [Rails 1.1.5: Mandatory security patch (and other tidbits)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-1-1-5-mandatory-security-patch-and-other-tidbits/64627)

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**Author:** [@divotdave](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/divotdave)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-1-1-5-mandatory-security-patch-and-other-tidbits/64627 "2006-08-15T14:19:41Z")

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We’re still hard at work on Rails 1.2, which features all the new dandy REST stuff and more, but a serious security concern has come to our attention that needed to be addressed sooner than the release of 1.2 would al…

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## [Syntax errors on "insert into"](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syntax-errors-on-insert-into/63128)

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**Author:** [@Dark\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dark_A)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syntax-errors-on-insert-into/63128 "2006-06-12T15:13:23Z")

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I’m digging around and googling but can’t seem to find what I think is a simple thing. All I’m trying to do is insert data in a migration into a table, using regular SQL statements. LIke this: class AddStateData \< A…

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## [Webservice timeout issue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webservice-timeout-issue/61581)

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**Author:** [@Ben\_Wyrosdick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ben_Wyrosdick)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webservice-timeout-issue/61581 "2006-05-25T23:34:53Z")

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I am having an issue where I am trying to test a weservice that I wrote by connecting to it from ruby. When I submit my form that calls the webservice it times out. you can see from the lighttpd log that the webser…

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## [Script running in Ruby version 1.6.7 but not in 1.8.4](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-running-in-ruby-version-1-6-7-but-not-in-1-8-4/61348)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2006, 12:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-running-in-ruby-version-1-6-7-but-not-in-1-8-4/61348 "2006-05-23T12:41:37Z")

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Hi, I have written a script in Ruby version 1.6.7 running in Windows and it is doing fine. But when I start it in Linux with Ruby version 1.8.4 there are lot of error messages. I minimized the script to that part, …

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## [Quick 'link\_to\_remote' question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/quick-link-to-remote-question/58543)

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**Author:** [@dlg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dlg)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2006, 3:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/quick-link-to-remote-question/58543 "2006-04-23T03:21:17Z")

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Hi all i’m using link\_to\_remote to render different sets of text-input fields. i’m setting up links in a sidebar to do this so, in my \_sidebar.rhtml i have \<%= SidebarItem(‘catalogue’) %\> this works…(in works.helper…

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## [Apache 1.3 + remote FastCGI balancing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-1-3-remote-fastcgi-balancing/57616)

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**Author:** [@waddilove](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/waddilove)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-1-3-remote-fastcgi-balancing/57616 "2006-04-14T23:57:54Z")

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Cheers, As I have a lot of stability problems with Lighttpd + FastCGI-Cluster I wanted to test Apache 1.3 as most of the “big” sites like 43people or BaseCamp run on it. Every example I find only talks about lokal Fa…

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## [\[Totally OT\] CSS Best Prac. Rails Apps](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/totally-ot-css-best-prac-rails-apps/57259)

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**Author:** [@cwd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cwd)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2006, 2:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/totally-ot-css-best-prac-rails-apps/57259 "2006-04-09T02:40:56Z")

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I’ve used Verdana heavily in many of my sites. My graphics designer likes it and so do my clients. There is a well-reasoned discussion that goes something like: Verdana is bigger than any other font in default size I…

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## [Foo.h -\> foo.rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/foo-h-foo-rb/53306)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/foo-h-foo-rb/53306 "2006-02-01T19:49:35Z")

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anyone out there written a parser that makes ruby dl bindings for \*.h files? seems like such a beast would exist. regards. -a

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## [HABTM: Records with no parents](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/habtm-records-with-no-parents/53051)

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**Author:** [@Razorcom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Razorcom)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2006, 6:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/habtm-records-with-no-parents/53051 "2006-01-24T06:32:25Z")

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I have a habtm relationship between two models. What I want to do is find items that aren’t related. So like if you had authors ↔ posts, how would you find authors who don’t have any posts? Or posts that don’t hav…

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## [Is there shape drawing tool (like PHP) in Ruby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-shape-drawing-tool-like-php-in-ruby/48716)

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**Author:** [@ricrsskim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ricrsskim)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-shape-drawing-tool-like-php-in-ruby/48716 "2005-11-23T21:04:50Z")

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I need to draw a simple graphs to post my biological data on web. And I also want to add some interactivity into the graph (using like a simiple imagemap). To do this, I need to know the position of squares or circle…

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## [Ssl\_ciphers for speed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssl-ciphers-for-speed/219512)

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**Author:** [@Gurdipe\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gurdipe_D)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssl-ciphers-for-speed/219512 "2012-05-06T21:00:25Z")

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Hello I am using nginx 2.0 built with OpenSSL 0.9.8 and I have the following configuration for my ssl: listen 443 ssl; ssl\_certificate /etc/ssl/private/wildcardcert.crt; ssl\_certificate\_key /etc/ssl/private/wildcard…

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## [Why GIL is not released on ruby/dl external function call](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-gil-is-not-released-on-ruby-dl-external-function-call/216802)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-gil-is-not-released-on-ruby-dl-external-function-call/216802 "2012-02-14T18:25:22Z")

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Hello. if i run following test code: require ‘dl/import’ module User32 extend DL::Importer dlload ‘user32’ extern ‘int MessageBoxA(int, char\*, char\*, int)’ end Thread.new { User32.MessageBoxA( 0, “Text”, “Caption…

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## [Multiple classes question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-classes-question/207686)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-classes-question/207686 "2011-05-31T20:23:47Z")

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Hi. I need to create a class “Getter” that exposes a method “retrieve” implemented differently depending on what backend is chosen. The public API could be something like: getter = Getter.new(:backend =\> “DB”) gette…

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## [The location directive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-location-directive/205511)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-location-directive/205511 "2011-04-08T04:33:19Z")

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Hello list I am new to nginx. I put it into production a couple of weeks ago, and I have been very pleased with its efficiency and stability. But I have been wondering about an aspect of the location directive. The on…

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## [Help for extracting text with regexp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-for-extracting-text-with-regexp/203367)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-for-extracting-text-with-regexp/203367 "2011-02-18T18:01:36Z")

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Hi, I’m having some trouble with the regexp :confused: I’m messing up with the match, scan methods, I’m not sure wich one I should use. Here’s what I’m trying to do : I have a string that’s an URL with get values : …

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## [GitHub configuration files](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/github-configuration-files/193870)

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**Author:** [@nofun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nofun)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/github-configuration-files/193870 "2010-08-26T03:25:16Z")

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Hello, I am trying to put together a set of configuration files, generalized for different web applications (for the moment just Drupal and WordPress) and with added security. All of them will be modular so that they…

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## [Failing Routes in deployment](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/failing-routes-in-deployment/190500)

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**Author:** [@niczm25](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/niczm25)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/failing-routes-in-deployment/190500 "2010-06-24T15:16:42Z")

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I have an app that has the following in the routes file: namespace “admin” do # ADMINISTRATIVE ROUTES ONLY root :to =\> ‘home#index’ resources :comments do member do get :approve get :reject end end resources :u…

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## [Ordered hash: order breaks down pretty quickly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ordered-hash-order-breaks-down-pretty-quickly/189965)

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**Author:** [@cmaxvv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cmaxvv)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ordered-hash-order-breaks-down-pretty-quickly/189965 "2010-06-10T17:35:47Z")

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I’m in rails 2.3.4, and i’m trying to convert an array into an ordered hash. Since an ordered hash is kind of an array in disguise i thought this would be simple. But the ordering is breaking down by the time i add …

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## [List controller actions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/list-controller-actions/188889)

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**Author:** [@bigdaddy71](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bigdaddy71)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/list-controller-actions/188889 "2010-05-19T23:53:46Z")

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Is there a way to list on a web page the current controller actions define din the controller? Would like to put up a link for each automatically.

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## [New to rails - apparently need patch to use PostgreSQL](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-rails-apparently-need-patch-to-use-postgresql/187512)

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**Author:** [@cootcraig](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cootcraig)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-rails-apparently-need-patch-to-use-postgresql/187512 "2010-04-24T17:44:35Z")

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Help please. My first attempt at Rails, I’m trying to use PostgreSQL and I’m seeing this error. I’m also new to PostgreSQL, but the default encoding in PostgreSQL appears to be SQL\_ASCII. I’m not sure if I should t…

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## [Image in production mode + nginx missed half page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-in-production-mode-nginx-missed-half-page/197286)

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**Author:** [@artchrst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/artchrst)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2010, 7:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-in-production-mode-nginx-missed-half-page/197286 "2010-01-10T07:55:17Z")

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Hi Guys, I’ve updated my images with 715x500. It works fine in my frontpage in development mode. However, when I deploy to my production server (Nginx+thin+Rails), the image cannot be displayed perfectly, only around…

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## [Rails 2.3.3 error under Ruby 1.9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-3-3-error-under-ruby-1-9/174346)

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**Author:** [@threeeyedfish](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/threeeyedfish)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2009, 7:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-3-3-error-under-ruby-1-9/174346 "2009-08-26T07:53:49Z")

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Despite the claim that Rails now work under 1.9, I fail: testapp\\ $ script/console script/console:2:in require': no such file to load -- script/../config/boot (LoadError) from script/console:2:in’ Does that mean that …

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## [Plugin auto\_complete - unable to get it to work at all](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugin-auto-complete-unable-to-get-it-to-work-at-all/172618)

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**Author:** [@SSSSS\_lphSSSSBlSSS\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSSSS_lphSSSSBlSSS_S)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2009, 8:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugin-auto-complete-unable-to-get-it-to-work-at-all/172618 "2009-07-24T08:09:27Z")

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I’m having a little trouble trying to understand how autocomplete works. This is namely because there are so many plugins out there and some are outdated and many come with mixed instructions. I’m using the standard p…

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## [Architectual question: Engine with all common models](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/architectual-question-engine-with-all-common-models/164929)

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**Author:** [@tuktuk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tuktuk)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/architectual-question-engine-with-all-common-models/164929 "2009-04-13T14:05:26Z")

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I am maintaining a large Rails application, that consists of several “interfaces”: The web interface (figures) Import of data from external providers Export of data to a large range of customers It seems to me quite …

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## [Problem with booting mongreal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-booting-mongreal/154826)

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**Author:** [@Jaikishan\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jaikishan_J)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-booting-mongreal/154826 "2008-12-05T12:52:17Z")

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Hello, When I try to boot my server by ruby script/server, it throws me following error: =\> Booting Mongrel (use ‘script/server webrick’ to force WEBrick) =\> Rails 2.2.2 application starting on http://0.0.0.0:3000 …

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## [SVN help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-help/151252)

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**Author:** [@ressister](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ressister)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-help/151252 "2008-10-19T00:38:34Z")

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Hi there, I have a revision, #238 which I’ve since made changes to and committed so I’m now on revision #240. I’m not happy with the direction that I’ve gone since the two commits I’ve made, and I want #238 to be the …

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## [Failed to install Ruby on Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/failed-to-install-ruby-on-rails/146350)

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**Author:** [@lcyeap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lcyeap)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2008, 9:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/failed-to-install-ruby-on-rails/146350 "2008-08-20T09:11:16Z")

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Greetings, I am facing problem when installing the rails 2.1.0. i have saved the gem file in the bin folder, but it always come out with the error saying that rails require rake 0.8.1. I try to download the rake gem f…

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## [Rubygems won't run on WinXP after system update](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-wont-run-on-winxp-after-system-update/142331)

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**Author:** [@arturaz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/arturaz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-wont-run-on-winxp-after-system-update/142331 "2008-07-07T12:36:34Z")

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hello. Anyone tried to upgrade rubygems from windows xp? I downloaded fresh ruby 1.8.6 installer, installed, did gem update –system and now whenever I try anything, i get this: C:\\Documents and Settings\\ArtÅ«ras\>gem …

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## [PickAxe - Understanding \[\] on SongList](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pickaxe-understanding-on-songlist/135597)

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**Author:** [@mohnish82](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohnish82)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pickaxe-understanding-on-songlist/135597 "2008-04-23T14:55:26Z")

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Hi, I am a newbie and am following Programming Ruby 2nd edition. On page 44, there’s this piece of code, class SongList def initialize @songs = Array.new end def @songs\[index\] end end Now, the following code …

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## [How to does validates\_uniqueness with option :unless work?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-does-validates-uniqueness-with-option-unless-work/134922)

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**Author:** [@fries88](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fries88)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 11:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-does-validates-uniqueness-with-option-unless-work/134922 "2008-04-17T11:54:17Z")

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Hi, I am quite confuse with validates\_uniqueness with option :unless. Correct me if I’m wrong, the :unless =\> :method option enables validation to happen to all except that particular method. But when I used the unle…

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## [Download Problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/download-problem/133201)

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**Author:** [@sigma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sigma)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/download-problem/133201 "2008-03-28T21:57:35Z")

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Hi there I’ve got following strange problem. Follwing code: send\_data(originalString, :filename =\> “foo.bar”, :type =\> ‘text/plain; charset=utf-8’ ) I send the file “foo.bar” to the browser. If I save it, the charse…

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## [Re: \[ANN\] walkthrough: Rails 2.0 startup process](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ann-walkthrough-rails-2-0-startup-process/121930)

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**Author:** [@pratik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pratik)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ann-walkthrough-rails-2-0-startup-process/121930 "2007-12-03T20:42:28Z")

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Umm…just one question, why are you porting engines to rails 2.0 ? From what I understand, engines are no longer needed as the same goals can be achieved using plugins. On Dec 2, 2007 5:26 PM, Sven F. removed\_email\_add…

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## [How to install and use subversion successfully on windows xp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-and-use-subversion-successfully-on-windows-xp/116770)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-and-use-subversion-successfully-on-windows-xp/116770 "2007-10-10T15:21:21Z")

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hi guys can anyone tell how to install subversion on windows xp for use with instantrails? the documentation that comes with the download is unfathomable please help!!

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## [How to substitute a string with different size](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-substitute-a-string-with-different-size/110849)

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**Author:** [@alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex-osu3)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-substitute-a-string-with-different-size/110849 "2007-08-01T20:12:59Z")

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Hi all, I deal with a mixture of text and binary file. I want to search a pattern in the string and replace it with a new pattern, then write to a new file. I use the following script(only part of the script) str.gsu…

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## [Are you using foreign keys?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/are-you-using-foreign-keys/110589)

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**Author:** [@glenn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/glenn)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/are-you-using-foreign-keys/110589 "2007-07-28T00:48:14Z")

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Hi Guys, When you use ActiveRecord relationship, there is always a place to put foreign key on your table, e.g., id and foo\_id. However, from rails perspective, foreign keys are not required as long as data could be …

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## [Undocumented argument on Object#methods](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undocumented-argument-on-object-methods/109318)

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**Author:** [@apeiros](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/apeiros)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undocumented-argument-on-object-methods/109318 "2007-07-13T19:24:15Z")

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Due to a discussion in irc.freenode.org#ruby I stumbled over an undocumented argument to Object#method. My suggested fix to the documentation is below, or was it left out intentionally? Regards Stefan in object.c: …

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## [Dynamically referencing class constants?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamically-referencing-class-constants/106786)

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**Author:** [@lstrecv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lstrecv)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamically-referencing-class-constants/106786 "2007-06-14T03:28:09Z")

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How can I do this? Socket.constants.each {|i| puts Socket::#{i} ##does not work of course } ################################# Futile attempts: irb(main):023:0\> puts Socket::SEEK\_CUR ##works of co…

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## [Validation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validation/91612)

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**Author:** [@mick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mick)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validation/91612 "2007-05-06T20:58:11Z")

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Hi there, I am trying to add some validation to protect against blank fields, but it does not seem to want to work, here is how I am trying to do it: view \<%= form\_tag :action =\> ‘update’ %\> for opened controller d…

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## [Routing errors in production, RoR 1.2+](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-errors-in-production-ror-1-2/91075)

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**Author:** [@Roland\_Bali](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Roland_Bali)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2007, 9:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-errors-in-production-ror-1-2/91075 "2007-04-05T09:07:10Z")

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The application I’m working on has two user controllers. One is the main page a user reaches when after login /user/index.html and the other is a user administration page located at /admin/user/index.html. When deploy…

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## [Newbie question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question/84710)

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**Author:** [@gnuvince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gnuvince)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question/84710 "2007-02-08T15:46:25Z")

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I am very new to programming “infant new” and I have a question about a return I am scratching my head over in a simple program I am writing here is my code… shouldn’t the return of my method be “true” after pressing…

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## [Turning off ID's auto\_increment](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/turning-off-ids-auto-increment/76874)

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**Author:** [@johnk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnk)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/turning-off-ids-auto-increment/76874 "2006-11-22T04:41:50Z")

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For one of my objects it’s ‘id’ will be taken from another system so I don’t want it auto\_incrementing but I want to just assign a value myself to it? How can I create an id field while turning off auto\_increment for…

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## [Announcing GNU Radio Release 3.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/announcing-gnu-radio-release-3-0/71441)

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**Author:** [@jconley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jconley)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2006, 11:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/announcing-gnu-radio-release-3-0/71441 "2006-10-10T11:18:11Z")

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All, Release 3.0 of GNU Radio is available at the following URL: http://gnuradio.org/releases/gnuradio/gnuradio-3.0.tar.gz …and: http://gnuradio.org/releases/gnuradio/gr-howto-write-a-block-3.0.tar.gz However–this i…

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## [Option for select](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/option-for-select/69218)

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**Author:** [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/option-for-select/69218 "2006-09-19T17:56:24Z")

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One thing I haven’t figured out or found an answer to is if I create a select tag from a database table, how can I have an option for “Please select” or “choose” or whatever - I know i can do something like :include\_b…

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## [RoR free hosting](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-free-hosting/100950)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-free-hosting/100950 "2006-08-04T21:43:07Z")

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Does anyone know of a good hosting company that is offering free ruby on rails hosting? I have a 1and1 account, but as of yet they do not support rails. Thanks.

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## [RoR on Apache not working](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-on-apache-not-working/62290)

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**Author:** [@Cristian\_Baltatescu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Cristian_Baltatescu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2006, 10:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-on-apache-not-working/62290 "2006-06-02T22:54:09Z")

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Hi I’m a RoR newbie, in fact i’ve been using it for less than 24 hours, but I’m not an internet/pc/apache/developement newbie so I expected this to go much easier :slight\_smile: Ok, here it goes. I’ve been trying to …

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## [How to put the model class in module?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-put-the-model-class-in-module/86077)

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**Author:** [@Oliver\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Oliver_P)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-put-the-model-class-in-module/86077 "2006-03-24T20:01:00Z")

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I meet a strange problem. I have a table name is application. So I have to use Application as the model class name. But it reports error. If I put the model class into my special module and require the file in control…

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## [Hivelogic lighttpd install](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hivelogic-lighttpd-install/55564)

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**Author:** [@pachl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pachl)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hivelogic-lighttpd-install/55564 "2006-03-23T15:16:49Z")

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Hey group, I went through the Hivelogic install and it works great. Now I’d like to run lighttpd as a daemon, but when I go into the /usr/local folder where everything was installed, I don’t see a lighttpd directory w…

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## [Determining Browser?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/determining-browser/55523)

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**Author:** [@Brent\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brent_J)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/determining-browser/55523 "2006-03-21T23:12:58Z")

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Is there a way I can read the user agent or something similar to determine whether the person is using IE, Mozilla/Netscape, Opera, Safari, etc? I want to dynamically output the CSS to the browser, but I’d like to ch…

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## [Find and eager loading questions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-and-eager-loading-questions/54689)

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**Author:** [@johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnt519)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2006, 8:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-and-eager-loading-questions/54689 "2006-03-13T08:21:41Z")

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Hi all, I want to see if I’m not missing something with associations and eager loading. (I’m currently using Locomotive on OS X and SQLite3.) I have two simple tables/models, set up properly: teams has\_many :matches …

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## [About rails connection pool?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/about-rails-connection-pool/66418)

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**Author:** [@joe-black](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe-black)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/about-rails-connection-pool/66418 "2006-02-13T15:45:33Z")

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hi all, how to config or use rails connection pool, like jsp, tomcat connection pool. regards.

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