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## [Give me advices about method name](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/give-me-advices-about-method-name/148889)

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**Author:** [@kwatch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kwatch)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2008, 7:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/give-me-advices-about-method-name/148889 "2008-09-18T07:13:31Z")

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Hi, I’m wondering what method names are appropriate for my library. Could you give me advices? Background: I’m developping Motto-mysql library (not released yet). This library will improve Mysql/Ruby driver. Motto…

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## [New transactional enterprise e-commerce web site](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-transactional-enterprise-e-commerce-web-site/143291)

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**Author:** [@Swordfish](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Swordfish)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-transactional-enterprise-e-commerce-web-site/143291 "2008-07-17T01:15:18Z")

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We are close to releasing a high-volume, multi-lingual, e-commerce site in Ruby on Rails that has previously been written in an alternative Java framework (e.g. servlets and JSP). This is a real-time 24/7 betting and …

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## [C28000 Mno PostgreSQL user name specified in startup packet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/c28000-mno-postgresql-user-name-specified-in-startup-packet/142682)

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**Author:** [@zzzer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zzzer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/c28000-mno-postgresql-user-name-specified-in-startup-packet/142682 "2008-07-10T13:17:11Z")

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Bonjour, Je viens d’installer Rails sous Windows. Après avoir généré un scaffold et modifié database.yml en mettant adapter: postgresql, lorsque j’essaye de faire un rake db:migrate, voici l’erreur qu’il me met : C:…

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## [Console et colonnes sÃ©rialisÃ©es](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console-et-colonnes-sa-rialisa-es/140161)

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**Author:** [@come](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/come)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console-et-colonnes-sa-rialisa-es/140161 "2008-06-15T21:20:45Z")

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Bonjour, J’ai ajouté récemment 1 colonne sérialisée dans mon projet Rails qui contient un Hash de tableaux. Ce n’est peut être pas terrible comme façon de faire, mais ça fonctionne trés bien en temps normal et je peu…

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## [RSpec for testing REST webservices? (Not Rails)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-for-testing-rest-webservices-not-rails/196688)

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**Author:** [@eterps](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eterps)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-for-testing-rest-webservices-not-rails/196688 "2008-06-06T19:17:17Z")

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Hi, I am new to RSpec and BDD. I was wondering if RSpec specifications are a good solution for testing REST webservices (not implemented in Rails). If so, what would be a good way to test something like the API descr…

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## [Requiring files that subclass AR models](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/requiring-files-that-subclass-ar-models/132627)

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**Author:** [@ericgoodwin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ericgoodwin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/requiring-files-that-subclass-ar-models/132627 "2008-03-22T21:22:43Z")

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What was the intended way to include files that extend AR models? For example, I have a class called UserAction \< ActiveRecord::Base end I would like to include test.rb file in environment.rb that subclasses UserAct…

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## [Coding Ruby Extension with C++ on Win32](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/coding-ruby-extension-with-c-on-win32/127322)

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**Author:** [@daniel\_SSSSkerud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daniel_SSSSkerud)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/coding-ruby-extension-with-c-on-win32/127322 "2008-02-21T15:45:51Z")

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Here are some hurdles that I overcame when coding a Ruby Extension in C++ on Win32. Feel free to add to this or to comment. I hope it will help someone someday. (If you ask WHY?, my answer is: I’m very comfy with STL…

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## [Elemento checkbox](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/elemento-checkbox/127841)

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**Author:** [@yensai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yensai)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/elemento-checkbox/127841 "2008-02-02T03:42:08Z")

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Buenas tardes lista, se podrÃ­a hacer que cuando un usuario pulse en un elemento checkbox este llamara a una acciÃ³n de un controlador? Este objeto checkbox debe sacar el valor de la tabla modelo. He realizado alguna…

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## [Comparar strings dentro de rhtml](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/comparar-strings-dentro-de-rhtml/117173)

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**Author:** [@zaid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zaid)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/comparar-strings-dentro-de-rhtml/117173 "2007-10-15T01:36:38Z")

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Hola. Estoy intentando comparar cadenas dentro de un rhtmly no lo consigo. He probado varias cosas y no soy capaz. El caso es que tengo un bucle y quiero saber si title es igual al anterior para no meterlo en titleIm…

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## [USRP digital output hack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usrp-digital-output-hack/103661)

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**Author:** [@stevenc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stevenc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usrp-digital-output-hack/103661 "2007-09-25T23:10:09Z")

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Hi all- I’ve been desparate lately for a way to stream data from GNURadio back out to the hardware world without turning the data into an analog signal via the USRP’s DAC. For example, if I have a software demodulat…

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## [How to use API from AWS -- help!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-api-from-aws-help/82295)

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**Author:** [@rph](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rph)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-api-from-aws-help/82295 "2007-09-25T22:37:17Z")

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I’m building a users web service (direct dispatching) that will (I hope) allow several other applications to manage the same pool of users. Plus it will act as a single-sign-on solution for what I’m doing. But I’m h…

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## [Cross linking controllers & polyporhism](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cross-linking-controllers-polyporhism/105461)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2007, 7:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cross-linking-controllers-polyporhism/105461 "2007-05-30T07:43:26Z")

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Alright, so this problem is two fold. One probably has a simple answer… And the other probably has a simple answer… Maybe not. I have many different controllers… three of note would be ‘order’, ‘review’ & ‘quote’. …

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## [Globalize and SQL Server](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalize-and-sql-server/92536)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalize-and-sql-server/92536 "2007-04-20T17:28:26Z")

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Hello, At my work we have a lot of international clients and i10n is a big issue. We’re now planning to migrate our main application to ruby on rails. The problem is that we still have to use MS SQL Server because th…

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## [Capistrano Error When deploying](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano-error-when-deploying/83796)

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**Author:** [@nendee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nendee)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano-error-when-deploying/83796 "2007-02-02T16:59:49Z")

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The remote command reaper isn’t working: sudo: /www/myapp/current/script/process/reaper: command not found I tried to just “run” reaper on the actual web server and i get the same command not found. I see a reaper fi…

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## [Class design](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/class-design/80394)

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**Author:** [@spitfire](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spitfire)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/class-design/80394 "2006-12-25T21:04:13Z")

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How do I design a class such that it can never be instantiated? Say for example a class containing static members alone, which requires no instantiation!

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## [Aller charette (etait : link\_to\_remote et layout)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aller-charette-etait-link-to-remote-et-layout/79218)

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**Author:** [@Jean-FranSSSSois](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jean-FranSSSSois)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2006, 11:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aller-charette-etait-link-to-remote-et-layout/79218 "2006-12-13T11:25:59Z")

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Guillaume : “Pourquoi diable est-ce qu’il ajoute un ‘\\n’ alors qu’on n’a pas mis de \<%= ?” C’est nous qui rajoutons les retours chariots et lÃ , on demande Ã ERb d’en sucrer un. Avertissement : si vous ne vous …

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## [Re: Drb / ActiveRecord as Application Server for Qt/Ruby cli](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-drb-activerecord-as-application-server-for-qt-ruby-cli/101576)

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**Author:** [@philpraxis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/philpraxis)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-drb-activerecord-as-application-server-for-qt-ruby-cli/101576 "2006-08-07T00:56:39Z")

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Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote: Rails stack in and use REST, XML-RPC or SOAP? this is described here: independent applications (the Korundum app and the XML-RPC/EventMachine/whatever listener) and have them communicate…

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## [Is it safe to delete ferret-write.lck if it is stale?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-safe-to-delete-ferret-write-lck-if-it-is-stale/59429)

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**Author:** [@doncarlosx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/doncarlosx)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-safe-to-delete-ferret-write-lck-if-it-is-stale/59429 "2006-05-03T19:08:03Z")

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I’m noticing that ferret-write.lck sometimes stays in my index directory and throws exceptions whenever someone tries to do a search. Apparently there are some cases where ferret doesn’t realize that the file is old a…

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## [Mongrel: Config File Q](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-config-file-q/59348)

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**Author:** [@cwd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cwd)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-config-file-q/59348 "2006-05-03T18:59:12Z")

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I’d like to be able to type mongrel\_rails start and have mongrel read a conf file like lighttpd does. I’m pretty sure this can be done but the documentation refers to a camping interface and I just don’t see it. Can …

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## [Link\_to\_remote to update multiple components](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/link-to-remote-to-update-multiple-components/57506)

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**Author:** [@Heist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Heist)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2006, 4:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/link-to-remote-to-update-multiple-components/57506 "2006-04-12T04:17:54Z")

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How would go about to update multiple components when using link\_to\_remote? I’ve got a button that lets you switch between languages and it has to update every component in my application (like, let’s say: the main s…

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## [Autorequire.rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autorequire-rb/93729)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autorequire-rb/93729 "2006-04-07T20:32:33Z")

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just hacked this out - can anyone see holes in it? harp:~ \> cat autorequire.rb class Module alias\_method "const\_missing!", "const\_missing" def const\_missing c lib4 = lambda{|k| k.to\_s.downcase.gsub(%r/::/, …

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## [Routes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routes/93499)

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**Author:** [@ertai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ertai)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2006, 1:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routes/93499 "2006-04-04T13:44:40Z")

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Salut Bolo, Là ton histoire de routes, je n’y comprends plus rien. Doit y avoir une petite erreur cachée quelque part mais dans les retranscriptions par liste de diffusion, c’est quasiment impossible à voir (d’ailleu…

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## [Can I set up multiple deploy targets with Capistrano?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-set-up-multiple-deploy-targets-with-capistrano/77748)

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**Author:** [@pergesu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pergesu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-set-up-multiple-deploy-targets-with-capistrano/77748 "2006-03-07T15:16:19Z")

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I have two servers up, one will be used for production, one for testing stuff. I’d like to set things up so I can upgrade each one independently. So I could type $ rake deploy That will update the test server. I d…

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## [Ruby server chrashes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-server-chrashes/222919)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-server-chrashes/222919 "2012-09-15T20:54:36Z")

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Hello, When I do rails server it chrashed with this ouput : Anyone a idea what is the cause of this problem and how to solve this ? Roelof

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## [Audio based Instructions (via Ruby and Linux)?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/audio-based-instructions-via-ruby-and-linux/221024)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/audio-based-instructions-via-ruby-and-linux/221024 "2012-06-27T22:55:44Z")

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Hi. Anyone has an idea where I could look for SIMPLE audio based instructions? Basically I would just need to use a very few words in a ruby script. Something very simple like only 3 different audio-instructions, to …

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## [Learning Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/learning-ruby/212661)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 9:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/learning-ruby/212661 "2011-10-10T09:46:29Z")

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Can someone please email me some PDF books or videos to learn Ruby? I am very interested in it. How do I update Ruby from com. prmpt? Should I install Rails?

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## [Arrays and defs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/arrays-and-defs/202725)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/arrays-and-defs/202725 "2011-02-04T21:54:37Z")

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Hi, I’ve just started learning Ruby for screen scraping purposes and I’ve now run in to a problem I can’t get my head around. Is it not possible to call an array outside a defintion? Like this: list = Array.new list …

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## [Blog and comments!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blog-and-comments/187154)

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**Author:** [@Guru\_101011](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Guru_101011)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2010, 10:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blog-and-comments/187154 "2010-04-19T10:38:22Z")

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Blog: I will pay for someone to solve this problem for me! post ur email or msn or yim! Basically, what i got at the moment that works is the reading, ADD and EDIT and delete posts that people have made, i have also…

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## [WhiteBoard Class (for these Boids)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whiteboard-class-for-these-boids/185743)

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**Author:** [@thunk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thunk)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whiteboard-class-for-these-boids/185743 "2010-03-26T10:35:35Z")

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http://gist.github.com/343358 This seems to work with decent performance but I have little/no experience using some of these features - almost seems “too good to be true” to this old time programmer that spent days d…

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## [Please Help I'm new in Ruby -- Input Problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-im-new-in-ruby-input-problem/181663)

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**Author:** [@nollysizzle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nollysizzle)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-im-new-in-ruby-input-problem/181663 "2010-01-15T17:28:18Z")

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Hi, I’m interested to learn this language. I’m using Eclipse with Ruby plugin. I encountered this problem. I place this code (got from an internet site): def addtwo(a, b) a + b; # return a + b end print "Please en…

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## [How to put unique lines from regexped file](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-put-unique-lines-from-regexped-file/180493)

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**Author:** [@beny18241](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/beny18241)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-put-unique-lines-from-regexped-file/180493 "2009-12-20T20:04:41Z")

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Hi all, I have such a question, when i open a file doing some grep stuff… File.open(‘aa.xml’).each do |line| dev\_name = ARGV\[1\] if line =~ /prf:CcppAccept/…line =~ /\</prf:CcppAccept\>/ if line =~ /rdf:li(image|aud…

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## [Twitter by John Nunemaker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/twitter-by-john-nunemaker/178234)

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**Author:** [@andkjaer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andkjaer)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2009, 12:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/twitter-by-john-nunemaker/178234 "2009-11-02T12:04:48Z")

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Hi Railer’s, Im pllaying around with the Twitter API wrapper by John Nunemaker, but i’m wondering where to put all the logic. It can’t find any examples with this code built into rails. What im doing now is like this…

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## [Secure Form question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/secure-form-question/174012)

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**Author:** [@Trausti\_Thor\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Trausti_Thor_J)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/secure-form-question/174012 "2009-08-19T14:42:49Z")

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In cakephp, you have Secure component. It takes certain form values like id and User\_id and such and encodes them. How is this done in rails ? I don’t want the user to change ids on items for deletions and such. Tr…

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## [Is there any collabrative community content managemnt product available in ruby On Rails?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-any-collabrative-community-content-managemnt-product-available-in-ruby-on-rails/168627)

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**Author:** [@RubyRed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RubyRed)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-any-collabrative-community-content-managemnt-product-available-in-ruby-on-rails/168627 "2009-05-23T22:49:33Z")

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Is there any collabrative community content managemnt product(other than radiant CMS) available in ruby On Rails?. I need a software which can be used like drupal or joomla for a comminity of more than 10 k users to d…

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## [Page.visual\_effect](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/page-visual-effect/167361)

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**Author:** [@jsmecham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jsmecham)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/page-visual-effect/167361 "2009-05-07T02:59:20Z")

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I have something similar to a blog post that users can add comments to. I’m use a partial to render the list of comments and a form that submits a new comment via AJAX to update the list. The AJAX call uses the same p…

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## [Most useful instance methods](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/most-useful-instance-methods/128957)

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**Author:** [@scudco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/scudco)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/most-useful-instance-methods/128957 "2008-02-13T23:47:51Z")

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Ive just been getting to grips with some of the string and array methods. The basics were easy enough such as reverse. Then came map and uniq. Im wondering what else is good to practice with. It seems to make sense to…

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## [Rubyscript2exe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyscript2exe/126504)

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**Author:** [@mohammad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohammad)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyscript2exe/126504 "2008-01-19T01:38:43Z")

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I’m trying to use rubyscript2exe on there website, http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/rubyscript2exe/index.html it says that it can also compile for Linux and Mac. I’m really trying to have this done by next Friday (so a wee…

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## [Simple split function gives wrong output](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-split-function-gives-wrong-output/125902)

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**Author:** [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-split-function-gives-wrong-output/125902 "2008-01-13T17:34:13Z")

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I want to make a simple IP check for values between 0-255 without using expressions, so I created the code below: (But c and d always gives first if -statement. Does not not split handle 4 integer split, or have I don…

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## [Named parameters idiom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/named-parameters-idiom/119365)

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**Author:** [@fernan2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fernan2)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/named-parameters-idiom/119365 "2007-11-06T16:59:04Z")

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Hi people, I often see hashes used as a form of named parameters, with some variations. However, I couldn’t find the idiom properly explained anywhere. I’m just missing it? Where is it? Would anyone like to explain …

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## [Authentication error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication-error/118502)

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**Author:** [@jimmygoogle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimmygoogle)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication-error/118502 "2007-10-30T03:24:39Z")

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I am not sure if I am in the right forum but here is to goes. I am a rails noob. I am trying to setup authentication in my current small cookbook app. I am following the basic tutorials. I am trying to use “Acts\_a…

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## [BackgrounDRb question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backgroundrb-question/89751)

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**Author:** [@simon1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/simon1)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2007, 4:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backgroundrb-question/89751 "2007-10-18T04:53:12Z")

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Hi, I am going to use BackgrounDRb for to handle some processing, but have one question that I haven’t been able to find in the documentation. I have an application that accepts XML docs via a HTTP POST. I am going …

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## [What the...? Hash does not have a key it really should have!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-the-hash-does-not-have-a-key-it-really-should-have/111784)

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**Author:** [@josh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/josh)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-the-hash-does-not-have-a-key-it-really-should-have/111784 "2007-08-10T19:58:15Z")

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Hi all irb(main):001:0\> conversion\_classes = { irb(main):002:1\* ‘Music labels’ =\> ‘MusicLabel’, irb(main):003:1\* ‘Music artists’ =\> ‘MusicArtist’, irb(main):004:1\* ‘Online Shops’ =\> ‘OnlineShop’…

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## [Variable Generation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/variable-generation/110176)

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**Author:** [@Ari\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ari_B)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2007, 4:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/variable-generation/110176 "2007-07-24T04:19:12Z")

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yes, I mean spontaneously generated variables. Assume we have an array: array = %w(yea cool awesome stuff) Now, I’m looking to make a variable corresponding to the item. so that: yea = “yea” cool = “cool” awesome =…

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## [NetBeans Ruby Support](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/netbeans-ruby-support/88049)

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**Author:** [@bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruparel)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/netbeans-ruby-support/88049 "2007-03-08T02:50:51Z")

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Has anyone successfully installed Ruby/Ruby on Rails plug-in modules in NetBeans? I have downloaded and installed the following file by unzipping it in the NetBeans folder. netbeans-6\_0-daily-bin-200703041900-4\_Mar\_2…

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## [Ruby-Lang.org in Korean, Polish and Spanish](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-lang-org-in-korean-polish-and-spanish/75501)

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**Author:** [@mmaher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mmaher)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-lang-org-in-korean-polish-and-spanish/75501 "2006-11-11T13:21:09Z")

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The official Ruby language website is now available in English, Japanese, Korean, Polish and Spanish. There are more translation initiatives going on, and soon we will have Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Czech, French…

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## [Global lock](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/global-lock/72141)

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**Author:** [@taq](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/taq)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/global-lock/72141 "2006-10-16T18:57:39Z")

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Hi there! Does Ruby threading model uses a global lock as Python uses? Thanks!

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## [Problemi di routing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problemi-di-routing/68668)

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**Author:** [@fellons](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fellons)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problemi-di-routing/68668 "2006-09-15T14:50:13Z")

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Ciao a tutti. ecco la mia prima domanda. Premetto che lavoro su una fedora 5, con apache 2 e mysql 5 e ruby 1.8.4 …(vado a memoria, non sono sul mio pc di casa!) A seguito dell’installazione di ruby, rails ecc… ho s…

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## [Programming Ruby for $27](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/programming-ruby-for-27/64952)

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**Author:** [@maraby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/maraby)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/programming-ruby-for-27/64952 "2006-08-15T17:05:50Z")

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http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?id=3556134178641&isbn=0974514055 Not to take away from folks buying from Amazon or direct from the Pragmatic Programmers, but I think this is a pretty good price for newcomers a…

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## [\[ANN\] MongrelDay Documentation -- Memoirs Of A Web Server](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-mongrelday-documentation-memoirs-of-a-web-server/63728)

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**Author:** [@Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zed_S)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-mongrelday-documentation-memoirs-of-a-web-server/63728 "2006-06-20T19:33:18Z")

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Happy RailsDay! While everyone else was out having fun with RailsDay I spent my time wisely and wrote up tons of documentation for Mongrel and cleaned out some of the docs I’ll never write anyway. I also took the tim…

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## [Noob: Building Yarv 0.4.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/noob-building-yarv-0-4-0/72894)

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**Author:** [@gzoller](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gzoller)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/noob-building-yarv-0-4-0/72894 "2006-02-25T16:05:20Z")

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Apologies if this is posed in the wrong forum… I’m having problems building yarv 0.4.0 on Linux. I’ve tried building with stable/production ruby release and with ruby 1.9.0 (last night’s snapshot). Here’s the error I…

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