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## [File path operations?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-path-operations/149225)

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**Author:** [@Kenneth\_McDonald](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kenneth_McDonald)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-path-operations/149225 "2008-09-22T20:15:35Z")

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Ruby has an abstract File/path type which is nice (I’m mainly a Python user and it doesn’t), but it doesn’t seem to provide object-oriented methods to combine file paths, i.e. I can’t go path3 = path1/path2 or somethi…

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## [MPM -- prefork or worker?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mpm-prefork-or-worker/149139)

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**Author:** [@david](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/david)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mpm-prefork-or-worker/149139 "2008-09-21T21:52:41Z")

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We are running apache 2.2, mongrel and RoR 2.1.1. One of the issues we are seeing is the speed apache takes to load images out of the / public folder. The app flies and the response times from mysql and the queries …

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## [Is nginx able to work with multiple memcached servers?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-nginx-able-to-work-with-multiple-memcached-servers/148768)

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**Author:** [@erazor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/erazor)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2008, 8:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-nginx-able-to-work-with-multiple-memcached-servers/148768 "2008-09-17T08:53:41Z")

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Is nginx able to work with multiple memcached servers and therefore correctly hashes the key to pick a server from the cluster?

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## [Configurazione eruby/apache2/windows](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/configurazione-eruby-apache2-windows/145432)

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**Author:** [@ungoro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ungoro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2008, 12:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/configurazione-eruby-apache2-windows/145432 "2008-08-13T12:04:54Z")

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Ciao a tutti! Mi sono avvicinato da poco a Ruby, in principio incuriosito da qualche parola scambiata per caso con un collega, e devo ammettere che Ã¨ un mondo che mi sta coinvolgendo particolarmente. Ho riscritto al…

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## [Weird query on development log](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-query-on-development-log/144854)

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**Author:** [@elioncho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/elioncho)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-query-on-development-log/144854 "2008-08-03T20:59:59Z")

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Hi I have the following query which looks for events which are private and public. I want to show first till what point the development log shows the query as it should be: \[code=\] @events = Event.paginate(:all, :i…

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## [Rescue\_from ActionController::MethodNotAllowed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rescue-from-actioncontroller-methodnotallowed/144786)

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**Author:** [@vineire77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vineire77)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rescue-from-actioncontroller-methodnotallowed/144786 "2008-08-03T06:46:23Z")

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Hello, I’m having some trouble handing ActionController::MethodNotAllowed errors. Basically, the following is defined in my controllers, but obviously I’m missing something. Thanks in advance for any light you can sh…

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## [Can't load plugin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-load-plugin/132833)

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**Author:** [@sumwutdum](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sumwutdum)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-load-plugin/132833 "2008-03-25T14:47:04Z")

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I can tell already that this will be dumb question :slight\_smile: I am trying to install the paperclip plugin. I don’t know why, but it doesn’t seem to install like other rails plugins using the script/plugin install…

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## [Ajax to search a database](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-to-search-a-database/131830)

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**Author:** [@megax](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/megax)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-to-search-a-database/131830 "2008-03-14T00:31:27Z")

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Hi all, I want to add some ajax to search my sqlite3 database, can anyone give me a link to a tutorial or give me somes tips. any help much appreciated

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## [Problems with plugins?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-plugins/128076)

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**Author:** [@lanceball](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lanceball)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-plugins/128076 "2008-02-04T21:01:28Z")

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\-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi there I’ve run into a bit of a problem that I can’t seem to figure out. I have a model class User which includes our acts\_as\_role\_context library. This lib acts lik…

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## [How do I override the method render?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-override-the-method-render/120670)

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**Author:** [@benjohnson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/benjohnson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-override-the-method-render/120670 "2007-11-19T17:51:26Z")

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I did: Module ActionController class Base def render(\*args) super end end end It says: super: no superclass method \`render’ Which is not true because when I look at base.rb I can see the render method right the…

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## [I need some help plz with my ruby project](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-need-some-help-plz-with-my-ruby-project/116974)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2007, 5:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-need-some-help-plz-with-my-ruby-project/116974 "2007-10-15T05:38:06Z")

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First, i need to extend the student class, and its to be enumerable by courses. Then, show off the new functionality supported by this change by writing an expression that returns a list of all of the grades a studen…

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## [How to save an object with its associations into session](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-save-an-object-with-its-associations-into-session/116972)

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**Author:** [@brunopreis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brunopreis)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-save-an-object-with-its-associations-into-session/116972 "2007-10-12T02:42:28Z")

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Hi, How do I save an object with its children into the session? By default AR cleans the children when I put the object there. And if someone knows any docs about that please show the link. Thks, Bruno R.

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## [403 (Forbidden) with Apache on Mongrel Cluster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/403-forbidden-with-apache-on-mongrel-cluster/196476)

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**Author:** [@knb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/knb)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/403-forbidden-with-apache-on-mongrel-cluster/196476 "2007-10-03T16:10:06Z")

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Hi, I’ve configured a rails application on my VPS to run on two mongrels. When I run curl on localhost, the starting page comes up fine. That is, mongrel is serving the app perfectly. The problem arises when trying…

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## [Ruby 1.9 $B$G(B ruby 1.9 $B$O%3%s%Q%$%k$G$-$J$+$C$?(B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-b-g-b-ruby-1-9-b-o-3-s-q-k-g-j-c-b/115764)

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**Author:** [@drenovac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/drenovac)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-b-g-b-ruby-1-9-b-o-3-s-q-k-g-j-c-b/115764 "2007-09-28T13:18:42Z")

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## [Distributing controllers across several Rails servers and ur](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/distributing-controllers-across-several-rails-servers-and-ur/82545)

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**Author:** [@Marcus\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Marcus_R)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/distributing-controllers-across-several-rails-servers-and-ur/82545 "2007-09-25T23:11:12Z")

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Hi, I have an application which is split across two servers. Most of the application runs on one server, but one controller runs on another server. The second controller has no dependency on the first. I need to ge…

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## [Super return changed in 1.8.6](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/super-return-changed-in-1-8-6/108438)

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**Author:** [@hanholl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hanholl)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2007, 11:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/super-return-changed-in-1-8-6/108438 "2007-09-25T23:09:18Z")

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Hello, The following snippet: #!/usr/bin/ruby -w require ‘date’ class MyDate \< Date def self.today super end end puts MyDate.today.class end prints out ‘MyDate’ with ruby 1.8.4 and 1.8.5, but ‘Date’ with 1.8.6 …

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## [\[rails\] pulire il path generato da image\_tag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-pulire-il-path-generato-da-image-tag/110072)

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**Author:** [@stratboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stratboy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2007, 10:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-pulire-il-path-generato-da-image-tag/110072 "2007-09-25T22:59:51Z")

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Salve di nuovo. Qualcuno sa perchÃ© image\_tag aggiunge un numero in parametro nell’url generato? es. \<%= image\_tag ‘iso.jpg’, {:size =\> ‘200x304’, :border =\> ‘0’} %\> genera: /images/iso.jpg?1185114524 E’ per la cac…

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## [Can't reach a controller :(](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-reach-a-controller/114246)

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**Author:** [@Korosu\_Itai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Korosu_Itai)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-reach-a-controller/114246 "2007-09-10T22:10:34Z")

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When I try to see a controller I get a 404 error, this is what WEBrick says What could it be? Thanks for the help :wink: =\> Booting WEBrick… =\> Rails application started on http://0.0.0.0:3000 =\> Ctrl-C to shutdown …

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## [Unit tests rolling back my migrations](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unit-tests-rolling-back-my-migrations/113887)

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**Author:** [@janovetz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/janovetz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unit-tests-rolling-back-my-migrations/113887 "2007-09-06T22:37:55Z")

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Hey folks– I’m currently on tag/rel\_1-2-3 and have a problem I haven’t encountered before. I’ve got about 55 total migrations in my database. With this most recent one, I migrate the test database: rake RAILS\_ENV=t…

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## [InstantRails and ImageScience on Windows](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instantrails-and-imagescience-on-windows/110266)

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**Author:** [@Olly\_L](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Olly_L)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instantrails-and-imagescience-on-windows/110266 "2007-08-29T15:48:27Z")

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Has anyone successfully used ImageScience whilst running using InstantRails on Windows? Out of the box I don’t believe it’s possible given that ImageScience uses RubyInline which itself requires a C compiler, which …

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## [Is this getting through?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-this-getting-through/104744)

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**Author:** [@liquid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/liquid)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-this-getting-through/104744 "2007-05-22T05:01:50Z")

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Just wondering if this is making it to the list. Thanx

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## [Model validation crashes my early migrations - what to do?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/model-validation-crashes-my-early-migrations-what-to-do/91851)

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**Author:** [@Andreas\_Hallberg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Andreas_Hallberg)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2007, 9:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/model-validation-crashes-my-early-migrations-what-to-do/91851 "2007-04-14T09:49:41Z")

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Hi all, I am quite new to RoR but have immediately managed to stumble into some migration difficulties. Some migrations setting up my “users” table: 001\_add\_user.rb (creates the users table) 002\_insert\_test\_user.r…

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## [How to get around observe\_field 'template missing' error?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-around-observe-field-template-missing-error/91496)

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**Author:** [@jko170](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jko170)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-around-observe-field-template-missing-error/91496 "2007-04-11T16:45:08Z")

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When my params for my observe\_field are empty or 0 I get the ‘template missing’ error. I’m trying to emulate the ‘user name is valid/not valid’ feature that many apps have when signing up. As long as the params is gre…

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## [How to find rows where no row in associated table exists?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-find-rows-where-no-row-in-associated-table-exists/91332)

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**Author:** [@stubbsuk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stubbsuk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-find-rows-where-no-row-in-associated-table-exists/91332 "2007-04-09T18:07:12Z")

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Basically, how do I do this “The Rails Way™” SELECT \* FROM beta\_users u LEFT JOIN beta\_codes c ON u.id = c.beta\_user\_id AND c.code IS NULL At the moment I’m using find\_by\_sql, and that works Ok, but what would be the…

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## [Routing Problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-problem/88056)

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**Author:** [@jcernelli](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jcernelli)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-problem/88056 "2007-03-08T01:46:39Z")

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Hi, I’m having a problem with the routing within my rails app. I’m probably doing something completely, obviously, and totally wrong, but for the life of me I can’t see it. The short of it: My banner disappears if…

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## [Gem problem with ActiveRecord/Oracle (without rails)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-problem-with-activerecord-oracle-without-rails/84764)

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**Author:** [@dfg59](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dfg59)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-problem-with-activerecord-oracle-without-rails/84764 "2007-02-07T16:09:06Z")

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I have written the small script below. I have the ruby-oci adapter installed, the newest version of gems and the newest version of ActiveRecord. When I run the code I’m getting the follow error following my code. It s…

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## [ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-failed-to-build-gem-native-extension/82735)

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**Author:** [@rails-nooby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rails-nooby)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-failed-to-build-gem-native-extension/82735 "2007-01-20T03:37:44Z")

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Can anyone tell this noob what I’ve done wrong? I tried to install rmagick, but apparently it fails. C:\\InstantRails\\rails\_apps\>gem install rmagick -r Need to update 31 gems from http://gems.rubyforge.org … comple…

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## [Load Testing Rails Apps with Jmeter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/load-testing-rails-apps-with-jmeter/81437)

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**Author:** [@jamie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jamie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/load-testing-rails-apps-with-jmeter/81437 "2007-01-09T03:59:20Z")

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I am experimenting with using Jmeter to load test my Rails Application. I am looking to find the session variable name that identifies the session id. This needs to be added to a HTML URL Re-writing modifier, to asso…

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## [Typo and internationalization - i18n?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/typo-and-internationalization-i18n/76219)

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**Author:** [@Ullrich\_SchSSS\_fer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ullrich_SchSSS_fer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/typo-and-internationalization-i18n/76219 "2006-11-16T20:49:22Z")

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1st of all hello. i’m new to this mailinglist and hope i confirm with its standards :slight\_smile: i was working on my own ruby on rails bloging system for private use and to gain more skills, when i stumbled over typ…

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## [No freeride](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-freeride/72334)

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**Author:** [@ike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ike)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-freeride/72334 "2006-10-16T20:55:55Z")

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I know this is a newbie question, but I’ve just installed InstantRails and am trying to invoke the Freeride editor from the command line (using the same command as in the run.bat provided with freeride, so that I can …

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## [Precision and scale support for BigDecimals in ActiveRecord](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/precision-and-scale-support-for-bigdecimals-in-activerecord/69971)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/precision-and-scale-support-for-bigdecimals-in-activerecord/69971 "2006-09-27T23:52:17Z")

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Hello all, We have been building a financial application on RoR, and let me say, it has been great. We are currently trying to ensure that decimal numbers are handled correctly in our application and thus we are very …

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## [Can't dynamically create an Acitve::Record object](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-dynamically-create-an-acitve-record-object/69256)

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**Author:** [@mjgp2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mjgp2)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2006, 11:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-dynamically-create-an-acitve-record-object/69256 "2006-09-20T11:26:35Z")

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Can anyone explain why the following shows that when you dynamically create an Active::Record object, the accessors/mutators for the columns are not created? Very puzzled! Thanks :o) klass = Class.new(ActiveRe…

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## ["uninitialized constant Deprecated" with rake db:migrate](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uninitialized-constant-deprecated-with-rake-db-migrate/68057)

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**Author:** [@metrix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metrix)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uninitialized-constant-deprecated-with-rake-db-migrate/68057 "2006-09-08T23:12:21Z")

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I’ve been chuggin along with Agile Web D. with Rails, got up to Chapter 13 then discivered the Second Edition of the book. I installed the latest Edge Rails (to get support for :decimal) so I could get a feel for the …

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## [RE: Installing ROR/Webrick app on Windows 2000/2003 Server](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-installing-ror-webrick-app-on-windows-2000-2003-server/98834)

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**Author:** [@William\_SBillS\_Froe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/William_SBillS_Froe)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-installing-ror-webrick-app-on-windows-2000-2003-server/98834 "2006-07-19T01:49:59Z")

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\-----Original Message----- I am looking into developing an app to run in Windows 2000/2003 Server environment. To install ROR on a server to run an app on Webrick do I need any extra steps beyond those needed to ins…

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## [Partition results based on field](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/partition-results-based-on-field/64186)

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**Author:** [@Trent\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Trent_S)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/partition-results-based-on-field/64186 "2006-06-28T02:38:27Z")

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Hello all I’m using Ferret for a site wide search where I have several kinds of (similar) objects in a central index (using a “type” field containing the class name). This works great, and I can search all objects wit…

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## [Weird Problem With Active Record](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-problem-with-active-record/95720)

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**Author:** [@johnk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2006, 9:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-problem-with-active-record/95720 "2006-06-12T09:01:59Z")

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Is it me or is my model getting the created\_at from the wrong model! I have a HABTM relationship between Problems and Tags. In one of my controller I do the following: def view @tag = Tag.find\_by\_name @params\[:id\] …

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## [Help about CMS - newbie in RoR](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-about-cms-newbie-in-ror/62017)

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**Author:** [@SSASMartSSS\_nSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSASMartSSS_nSSS)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-about-cms-newbie-in-ror/62017 "2006-05-31T00:33:11Z")

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Hi team, I’m a very newbie RoR user from Spain and I’m developing a blog’s CMS. Why RoR?, coz I think it’s an amazing framework with many posibilities, portable and really powerful, with a young and optimist community…

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## [IRC channel for "Ruby for Rails"](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irc-channel-for-ruby-for-rails/95054)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irc-channel-for-ruby-for-rails/95054 "2006-05-20T14:48:06Z")

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Hi – I’ve created and registered an IRC channel, #rubyforrails on irc.freenode.net, for discussion of, and questions about, my book “Ruby for Rails”. I’ll do my best to be on hand to field questions and comments. Th…

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## [Atsc signal plots](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/atsc-signal-plots/59744)

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**Author:** [@valdar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/valdar)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/atsc-signal-plots/59744 "2006-05-11T05:35:41Z")

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Here’s some pictures for Friday - I though these were interesting, the output of the 0.9 atsc equalizer showing the 8 levels getting more distinct with every field: http://webpages.charter.net/cswiger/g09\_eq\_data-1.jp…

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## [How to transfer variables from one page to another page?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-transfer-variables-from-one-page-to-another-page/59991)

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**Author:** [@tiwaripk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tiwaripk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-transfer-variables-from-one-page-to-another-page/59991 "2006-05-09T18:39:07Z")

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Hi, In my application I want to tranfer a variable (store\_id) from one page to next without putting it into session. How should I do this? Is there any way to transfer variable from one to other page using methods ot…

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## ["classes are always open" for anonymous classes?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/classes-are-always-open-for-anonymous-classes/59426)

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**Author:** [@joshmh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joshmh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/classes-are-always-open-for-anonymous-classes/59426 "2006-05-03T19:05:42Z")

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So you know how classes are always open? What about anonymous classes? I try: x = Class.new class x def foo end end but get: SyntaxError: compile error (irb):2: class/module name must be CONSTANT from (irb):5 …

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## [How to use own classes properly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-own-classes-properly/58286)

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**Author:** [@Kostya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kostya)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2006, 1:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-own-classes-properly/58286 "2006-04-28T13:08:04Z")

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I am using rails just for few days Now i am developing traffic reports for my local network I had to build database queries manualy becouse ActiveRecord does not support selection of multiple sum() fields in silgle qu…

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## [How to restrict access to images by user?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-restrict-access-to-images-by-user/58287)

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**Author:** [@budu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/budu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2006, 9:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-restrict-access-to-images-by-user/58287 "2006-04-20T09:46:23Z")

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Hi, I have a some image files that belongs to some users. Only the owner of an image should be able to see it. How can I do that? I don’t think I can use send\_data, because I want the image to be displayed on a “…

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## [Inserting parent\_id](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inserting-parent-id/57029)

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**Author:** [@mich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mich)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2006, 10:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inserting-parent-id/57029 "2006-04-06T22:44:54Z")

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I have two tables: projects lines lines has a foreign key constraint to projects.id When I’m creating a new line object, the database fails on insert with the following error: “PGError: ERROR: null value in column…

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## [More random, please ! :)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-random-please/57050)

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**Author:** [@Meino\_Christian\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Meino_Christian_C)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-random-please/57050 "2006-04-06T21:31:41Z")

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Hi, recently I asked, how one would distribute all letters of the alphabet randomly and each statistically equal handled (oh…damn…this looks like awful german English…sorry…) And the solution was too simple, as I wou…

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## [Merge with symbol problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/merge-with-symbol-problem/75894)

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**Author:** [@Abbath](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Abbath)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/merge-with-symbol-problem/75894 "2006-03-24T02:50:52Z")

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Hi, It’s a little bit annoying to me, I can’t understand the following: If I merge a value to the params hash with: params =\> params.merge :value =\> new\_value the params\[:value\] doesn’t change, but if I use string in…

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## [Lighty+Mongrel: Limiting persistent db connections?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighty-mongrel-limiting-persistent-db-connections/55078)

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**Author:** [@joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighty-mongrel-limiting-persistent-db-connections/55078 "2006-03-17T15:00:29Z")

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I’m not sure if it’s due to setting up multiple mongrel servers and proxying them with lighty, but something is keeping postgres connections around. I only have a couple Rails apps running on a new server, with not a …

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## [How to copy between databases?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-copy-between-databases/79249)

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**Author:** [@ldk2005](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ldk2005)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-copy-between-databases/79249 "2006-03-10T17:24:21Z")

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I want to copy data from one database to another using rails. But, it seems that rails only will talk to one database at a time. Is there a way around this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. – Best Regards, …

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## [RE: best way to combine results from two tables](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-best-way-to-combine-results-from-two-tables/79038)

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**Author:** [@stickstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stickstone)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-best-way-to-combine-results-from-two-tables/79038 "2006-03-09T17:18:54Z")

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I’m going to throw my .02 in on this one. I’m a long time DBA, and in my opinion, some things are just better left to the database as a view (as you stated), a stored procedure, or a table returning function. There a…

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## [Sync.rb difference between Sync::UN, Sync::EX and Sync::SH](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sync-rb-difference-between-sync-un-sync-ex-and-sync-sh/49787)

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**Author:** [@transfire](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/transfire)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sync-rb-difference-between-sync-un-sync-ex-and-sync-sh/49787 "2005-12-12T15:48:00Z")

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In sync.rb what are Sync::UN, Sync::EX and Sync::SH all about? Thanks, T.

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