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## [New to gui-coding and have 2 questions :)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-gui-coding-and-have-2-questions/120481)

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**Author:** [@kazaam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kazaam)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-gui-coding-and-have-2-questions/120481 "2007-11-17T17:31:50Z")

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Hi, I started to code my first gui with ruby and gtk with the help of glade. Now everything works fine but I have two problems: 1.) If I exit my program via the X in the window-border (I hope you understand what I me…

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## [Joining on multiple tables](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/joining-on-multiple-tables/113017)

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**Author:** [@wheels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wheels)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/joining-on-multiple-tables/113017 "2007-10-07T20:37:28Z")

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I’m having trouble trying to join on multiple tables. In this example, I want to do fetch of companies in a specified category and location. The pagination code is using the will\_paginate plugin. Any pointers? Do I ne…

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## [Problemas instalar RMagick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problemas-instalar-rmagick/116053)

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**Author:** [@zaid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zaid)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problemas-instalar-rmagick/116053 "2007-10-03T16:46:26Z")

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Hooooooooola Estoy intentando instalar RMagick y al hacer C:\\ruby\>gem install rmagick-1.14.1-win32 Me da el siguiente error. ERROR: Error installing gem rmagick-1.14.1-win32\[.gem\]: buffer error Alguien sabe pq pued…

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## [Relacionar "assigned\_to"](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/relacionar-assigned-to/109257)

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**Author:** [@antoniorv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/antoniorv)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/relacionar-assigned-to/109257 "2007-07-12T21:26:10Z")

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Hola, Tengo una tabla users, y estos tienen diferentes roles, en la tabla hay un id\_role. Tengo otra tabla, repairs, que contiene un campo user\_id, que lo ha de relacionar con el cliente, que es a quien se le harÃ¡ …

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## [Need help with ID-less legacy databases](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-with-id-less-legacy-databases/108862)

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**Author:** [@Jim\_Gagne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jim_Gagne)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2007, 10:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-with-id-less-legacy-databases/108862 "2007-07-12T10:14:36Z")

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I’m a newbie converting a large Foxpro database (188 MB) to Ruby on Rails (RoR) so we can get reports out of it. Our accounting service sends us weekly updates of the entire database. We don’t enter any data (that’s d…

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## [Why two switches and two Rx in RFX series daughter boards?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-two-switches-and-two-rx-in-rfx-series-daughter-boards/108471)

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**Author:** [@zhifeng\_chen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zhifeng_chen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2007, 6:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-two-switches-and-two-rx-in-rfx-series-daughter-boards/108471 "2007-07-06T06:27:05Z")

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I am wondering why there are two switches in the RFX series daughter from schematics. It seems their purposes is different: one for switch between Tx and Rx, another switch between Rx and Rx2. So, my questions as: w…

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## [Questions REST](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/questions-rest/108430)

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**Author:** [@simonr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/simonr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/questions-rest/108430 "2007-07-03T13:51:05Z")

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Bonjour;, Introduction Après avoir observer comment ma mère (elle est expert immobilier) gère ses factures, rappels de payement et archives, je me suis dis que, vraiment, je pourrai lui simplifier la vie tout en m’am…

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## [QUESTION: Insert tags around highlighted text](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-insert-tags-around-highlighted-text/107174)

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**Author:** [@joep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joep)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-insert-tags-around-highlighted-text/107174 "2007-06-18T23:21:28Z")

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Yello, I have a textarea where the user can write a paragraph. I want to be able to let them highlight some of their text and then hit a “URL” button which will insert “\[LINK\]” before the highlighted text and “\[/LIN…

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## [Moving rows included on a gtk treeview using a single button](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/moving-rows-included-on-a-gtk-treeview-using-a-single-button/105136)

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**Author:** [@Julio\_CSSSSsar\_Sosa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Julio_CSSSSsar_Sosa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2007, 8:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/moving-rows-included-on-a-gtk-treeview-using-a-single-button/105136 "2007-05-26T08:41:31Z")

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Sorry i don’t have experience using mailing list =( Hello everybody i’m new here :), I’m trying to get handle of gtk treeviews, right now, i know how to create rows, columns and some else, but i have a problem, i wa…

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## [Overiding concatenation of tables by alphabetical order](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/overiding-concatenation-of-tables-by-alphabetical-order/90368)

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**Author:** [@georgeuoa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/georgeuoa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/overiding-concatenation-of-tables-by-alphabetical-order/90368 "2007-03-28T20:05:16Z")

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Hi everyone! When doing a has\_and\_belongs\_to\_many join, with two tables, rails expects a join table whose name is the concatenation of the two table names in an alphabetical order. However i have a number of tables w…

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## [Otra pregunta de SQL Server](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/otra-pregunta-de-sql-server/90229)

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**Author:** [@juan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/juan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/otra-pregunta-de-sql-server/90229 "2007-03-27T01:35:23Z")

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Quisiera saber si me pueden ayudar con una conexion de SQL server, el problema es que tengo que hacer una conexion de ruby con SQL server utilizando el ActiveRecord, por los momentos tengo lo siguiente ActiveRecord::B…

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## [Help with passing user's input to remote\_function](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-passing-users-input-to-remote-function/89632)

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**Author:** [@kim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-passing-users-input-to-remote-function/89632 "2007-03-21T20:23:26Z")

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\<%= form\_tag( “http://search2.library.oregonstate.edu/record/search”) %\> \<%= text\_field\_tag(‘query’,value=“Enter keywords”,{ :size=\> “35”, :accesskey=\> “s”}) %\> \<%= hidden\_field\_tag(‘tab’, value=“general”)%\> \<%= hid…

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## [Newbie - How does one learn to use Radiant?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-how-does-one-learn-to-use-radiant/87872)

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**Author:** [@ntk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ntk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-how-does-one-learn-to-use-radiant/87872 "2007-03-06T22:09:32Z")

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I am very excited about someday being able to use your Radiant CMS system and see you have a very active forum of people asking specific questions. Are there any tutorial type pages available or a book published on th…

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## [How\_to\_square\_error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-square-error/86792)

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**Author:** [@Vincenzo\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Vincenzo_P)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-square-error/86792 "2007-02-25T23:50:22Z")

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In my previous installation, still on fedora core 6 I did not experience this but right now, when make checking into the src/python directory after having compiled the gr-howto-write-a-block stuff I get this error: …

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## [Documentation for 3.0 GNURadio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/documentation-for-3-0-gnuradio/84062)

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**Author:** [@amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amin1426)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/documentation-for-3-0-gnuradio/84062 "2007-02-01T03:15:30Z")

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I’ve been trying to analyze what someone else has done, as well as look at some better examples of what I need done… However, it does not seem that there is a version of documentation for the 3.0 version of GNURadio …

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## [Segmentation fault in Index::Index#add\_document](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/segmentation-fault-in-index-index-add-document/83779)

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**Author:** [@maz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/maz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/segmentation-fault-in-index-index-add-document/83779 "2007-01-29T23:25:59Z")

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Hello, Here’s the code that segfaults: http://pastie.caboo.se/36467 I could have submitted a patch, but I’m not sure whether this segfault is caused by Ferret or Ruby. This seems to be triggered only when combining …

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## [jEdit](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jedit/77763)

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**Author:** [@manu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/manu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jedit/77763 "2006-11-30T14:19:48Z")

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Voici une autre possibilité, pour les Rubyists à la recherche d’un éditeur : http://www.rubyinside.com/jedit-now-a-solid-cross-platform-ruby-ide-too-311.html multi-plateforme et open-source !

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## [Stagiaire/Developpeur](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stagiaire-developpeur/70763)

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**Author:** [@tlockney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tlockney)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stagiaire-developpeur/70763 "2006-10-02T23:26:11Z")

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Bon, Je relance ma recherche…Y a t’il un stagaire ou un developpeur interessÃ© par travailler sur un projet liÃ© Ã la geolocalisation - et bien sur ecrit en RoR… Je ne veut pas polluer la mailing list, donc si que…

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## [Collection has next question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/collection-has-next-question/93862)

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**Author:** [@johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnnybutler7)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/collection-has-next-question/93862 "2006-04-12T14:09:53Z")

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Hi, I know about pagination but dont want to use that option if it all possible. How in a collection of posts can i check if the there is a next item in the collection and then add that an object. For instance: //R…

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## [(slightly OT) Reporting tools (Jasper, DataVision, etc.)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/slightly-ot-reporting-tools-jasper-datavision-etc/56201)

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**Author:** [@jennyw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jennyw)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/slightly-ot-reporting-tools-jasper-datavision-etc/56201 "2006-03-30T19:41:48Z")

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We’re evaluating reporting tools right now, both open source and closed. I saw that a bunch of people on this list have considered Jasper/iReport – is this coincidence, or is this the best open source report writer ri…

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## [Dealing with Form Data](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dealing-with-form-data/89336)

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**Author:** [@akm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/akm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dealing-with-form-data/89336 "2006-03-29T03:14:03Z")

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Google lets me down once again :slight\_smile: Coming from a PHP background I know I can take submitted form data, mix it, mash it and put it together in very odd ways. In other words do this. $title = “My Title” $s…

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## [Select options for HABTM?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-options-for-habtm/65159)

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**Author:** [@csn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/csn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-options-for-habtm/65159 "2006-02-10T02:24:10Z")

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I’ve looked through the docs and the wiki and can’t figure out how to go about generating select options and the update function for an item that has a HABTM relationship. I have a ‘parks’ table and the park model ha…

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## [Printing RFC3339 timezone?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/printing-rfc3339-timezone/96936)

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**Author:** [@csn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/csn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/printing-rfc3339-timezone/96936 "2006-01-25T15:13:39Z")

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How can I print a valid RFC3339 time zone (used by Atom)? Presumably using strftime; which outputs -HHMM for “%z” (which isn’t documented), but RFC3339 requires -HH:MM (I know RFC3339 allows ‘Z’, but I’d like the actu…

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## [Variable symbol](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/variable-symbol/221164)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/variable-symbol/221164 "2012-07-03T15:38:56Z")

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Hi i hava a database tst with attributes d1 and d2 in an array a=\[“d1”,“d2”\] to get to the value of tst.d1 i can use tst.send a\[0\].to\_sym how can i change the value of d1 in this way ? something like tst.send a\[0\]…

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## [Regular expression problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regular-expression-problem/187648)

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**Author:** [@hunt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hunt)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regular-expression-problem/187648 "2010-04-27T16:31:18Z")

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var text=“Afganistan (+86)” var code=text.sub(/\\w+/, ‘’) result: code = (+86) var text = “Antigua and Barbuda (+1268)” var code=text.sub(/\\w+/, ‘’) result : code = and Barbuda (+1268)" what regular expression I can…

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## [Where to find the help document?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-find-the-help-document/179329)

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**Author:** [@rubynut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubynut)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-to-find-the-help-document/179329 "2009-11-22T11:37:19Z")

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Hello, How to find ruby’s help document? for example, I want to know what’s the difference between two functions of “p” and “print”, but don’t know where to search. Thanks.

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## [User driven form creator?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/user-driven-form-creator/178074)

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**Author:** [@steve\_bell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/steve_bell)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2009, 8:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/user-driven-form-creator/178074 "2009-10-30T08:27:31Z")

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Hi All, I need to add functionality to an intranet site where users can design basic forms such as leave forms, change of details forms, request for printing forms, etc via a web gui where they enter the label, select…

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## [JOBS - Have opening for ROR engineers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jobs-have-opening-for-ror-engineers/168382)

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**Author:** [@Doris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Doris)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jobs-have-opening-for-ror-engineers/168382 "2009-05-23T16:43:38Z")

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Hi All, I am looking for talented engineers with experince of around 4 - 6 years having hands on Ruby on Rails, Java, MySql or Flash. Work location will be Bangalore, India. If this sounds interesting please send acr…

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## [Ruby-based wiki](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-based-wiki/157386)

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**Author:** [@enduro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/enduro)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-based-wiki/157386 "2009-01-15T21:09:14Z")

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It’s a while since the last time this was asked: Is there any wiki written in Ruby which is alive and is backed by more than just one developer? I’m looking for a replacement for MediaWiki, the markup there is getting …

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## [Preserving data in production](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/preserving-data-in-production/147504)

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**Author:** [@bingobob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bingobob)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/preserving-data-in-production/147504 "2008-09-03T17:10:50Z")

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I’ve made some pretty major changes to my applications structure, including regenerating the migrations. Rather than adding a column here and there I just did this… rake db:migrate VERSION=0 Then edited my migration …

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## [Javascripts controller Not Called](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascripts-controller-not-called/138845)

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**Author:** [@ror\_arch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ror_arch)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2008, 10:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascripts-controller-not-called/138845 "2008-05-29T10:42:23Z")

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I am trying to make a javascripts controller work. The only resource I can find on this is here : #88 Dynamic Select Menus - RailsCasts I have tried everything in the tutorial and the comments including May 22 08 comm…

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## [How pass the params :id to next action?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-pass-the-params-id-to-next-action/125635)

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**Author:** [@myst\_tt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/myst_tt)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-pass-the-params-id-to-next-action/125635 "2008-01-10T21:57:16Z")

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Hi, everybody: I made a view - works as creating a new comment for a specific article, a example URL is “http://localhost:3000/comments/new/2”: here, comments is the controller, new is the action, 2 is the id of the…

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## [Problem with 'self'. behaves different on setting and gettin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-self-behaves-different-on-setting-and-gettin/121749)

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**Author:** [@gabru](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gabru)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-self-behaves-different-on-setting-and-gettin/121749 "2007-11-30T16:47:56Z")

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hello, i have a question according ‘self’. I have setup a small simple scenario to simulate the problem. This following small program works fine … class User def set\_foo self.x = ‘1’ end def get\_foo x end def…

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## [Beginners question about Array#assoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/beginners-question-about-array-assoc/78823)

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**Author:** [@builderchad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/builderchad)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/beginners-question-about-array-assoc/78823 "2006-12-09T02:39:12Z")

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Hi, I am new to Ruby and still finding it very strange even though I am enjoying learning it immensely. I have this code: if an\_array.assoc(tag\_name) == nil … and of course it doesn’t work because I either get an ar…

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## [Trace Object Creation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trace-object-creation/70145)

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**Author:** [@S-redyck](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S-redyck)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trace-object-creation/70145 "2006-09-27T05:07:58Z")

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Hi, I have a project in which (somewhere) a Complex object is created which is not exactly performance-wise or desirable. Unfortunatly the project is fairly large and I have absolutely no idea where it is being create…

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## [String Matching in an Array](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/string-matching-in-an-array/99022)

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**Author:** [@diragor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/diragor)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/string-matching-in-an-array/99022 "2006-07-19T22:33:43Z")

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I have an array set up that I want to match the user input to a property of a sting. However whenever I try to impliment the code the stings never match and I am returned nil. The first two ways I tried: class POlist …

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## [Compiling Module Issue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-module-issue/228959)

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**Author:** [@Nada\_ABDELKADER](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nada_ABDELKADER)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-module-issue/228959 "2013-05-14T19:43:38Z")

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Hi, I’ve added a module ‘sensing’ with a “noblock” block ‘sensing’ but when I tried to make, I got this error: Building CXX object swig/CMakeFiles/\_sensing\_swig.dir/sensing\_swigPYTHON\_wrap.cxx.o In file included fro…

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## [Regex confusion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regex-confusion/228084)

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**Author:** [@my-ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/my-ruby)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2013, 9:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regex-confusion/228084 "2013-04-09T09:44:12Z")

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I was trying to get some matches: as below “191760250”, “This is a test”, “2013-04-07T17:19:06.953”, “131466368”, “191760250”, “Does it wotk”, “2013-04-07T17:19:17.303”, “131466368” accordingly made Rubular: (\>(\[\\w\\s…

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## [Can't Control FCD Parameters](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-control-fcd-parameters/226673)

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**Author:** [@George\_SSWilliams](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/George_SSWilliams)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-control-fcd-parameters/226673 "2013-02-18T17:36:02Z")

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I have installed 3.6.3 (from source) on a fresh install of Scientific Linux 6.3. I basically followed the build instructions on the Fedora page on the wiki after I added the EPEL repo to yum. ‘make’ and ‘make install’…

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## [Struggling at Rails beginner help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/struggling-at-rails-beginner-help/224629)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/struggling-at-rails-beginner-help/224629 "2012-11-20T15:28:49Z")

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So I’ve just dipped into Rails and I’m completely lost … I have a very simple website. There are 2 layouts, application and welcome. The route begins at the welcome layout. The “main” controller is connected to the “…

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## [Cgi class prints garbage in HTML output](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cgi-class-prints-garbage-in-html-output/220474)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 10:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cgi-class-prints-garbage-in-html-output/220474 "2012-06-12T10:00:47Z")

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Hi everybody I am trying to bring an Web App up in ruby 1.9.3 which worked flawlessly in ruby 1.8.7. But sofar, I am stumbling from one failure to the next. At some point it seems to me as if the cgi class would write…

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## [How to call a method from a different class](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-call-a-method-from-a-different-class/214735)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-call-a-method-from-a-different-class/214735 "2011-12-11T20:32:15Z")

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Hi all, I am currently stuck trying to call a method from a different class. example… I have a checkout class and within it I have the overall method, I want to call the overall method from within the shopping class… …

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## [How to upgrade rails 2 application to rails 3?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-upgrade-rails-2-application-to-rails-3/214191)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-upgrade-rails-2-application-to-rails-3/214191 "2011-11-25T17:58:37Z")

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I developed a rails application using rails 2.3.8 version but now how to upgrade this application in rails 3.0 version.

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## [Each iterator passing in nil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/each-iterator-passing-in-nil/213295)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/each-iterator-passing-in-nil/213295 "2011-10-31T02:10:06Z")

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Hi all, In Rails console (just doing a general exercise in ruby design patterns), I create two classes: ruby-1.9.2-p136 :023 \> class A ruby-1.9.2-p136 :024?\> attr\_accessor :name, :balance ruby-1.9.2-p136 :025?\> …

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## [What is the purpose of "initialize"](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-initialize/203236)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-initialize/203236 "2011-02-16T02:40:13Z")

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Why do you need initialize and what do you put in the parameter after initialize(parameter) ?

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## [Using TkEntry with copy/paste](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-tkentry-with-copy-paste/189763)

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**Author:** [@kookjr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kookjr)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-tkentry-with-copy-paste/189763 "2010-06-07T23:17:23Z")

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I’m writing a Ruby/Tk program where I want a TkEntry field with a state of “readonly” so a user can copy/paste from it, but not modify it. Unfortunately this prevents me from programatically changing it, which I want …

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## [Behavior of find(:select =\> ...)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/behavior-of-find-select/180995)

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**Author:** [@acreadinglist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/acreadinglist)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2010, 9:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/behavior-of-find-select/180995 "2010-01-04T09:02:08Z")

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Can someone clarify what type of object is returned from a find (:select =\> …) statement that only selects a subset of the records columns? If I have an object Foo with attributes A and B, and call find(:select =\> “A…

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## [String#split and capturing delimiters](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/string-split-and-capturing-delimiters/178178)

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**Author:** [@alby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alby)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/string-split-and-capturing-delimiters/178178 "2009-10-30T19:56:04Z")

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Since what version of Ruby does “String#split /(whatever)/” returns the delimiters in the result? In other words, since what version it’s possible, as in Perl, to put parentheses is the regexp and have them returned? …

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## [Rails \_x.x.x\_ \<appname\> doesn't work on ubuntu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-x-x-x-appname-doesnt-work-on-ubuntu/174043)

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**Author:** [@susanklein](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/susanklein)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-x-x-x-appname-doesnt-work-on-ubuntu/174043 "2009-09-02T19:18:28Z")

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Hello, I posted this issue on http://railsforum.com without getting an answer yet. I can’t create a specific version of rails on ubuntu OS. Can anyone help me, please? I have multiple versions of rails: $ gem list …

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## [1.9 test woe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/1-9-test-woe/172301)

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**Author:** [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/1-9-test-woe/172301 "2009-07-24T01:12:49Z")

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porting a lib to 1.9, I was presented with this: somewhere it did a require ‘test/unit’ then later uninitialized constant Test::Unit::AutoRunner The fix was: gem install test-unit gem ‘test-unit’ require ‘test/uni…

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