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## [UHD problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uhd-problem/191655)

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**Author:** [@Per\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Per_Z)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uhd-problem/191655 "2010-07-16T12:54:01Z")

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Hi Josh and List, I am trying to send two frames and then receive a frame. The two transmit frames are transmitted several seconds in advance using d\_dev-\>send. They arrive nicely at the receiver as they should. Howev…

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## [What we need to run a Rails application](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-we-need-to-run-a-rails-application/191581)

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**Author:** [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-we-need-to-run-a-rails-application/191581 "2010-07-15T00:55:02Z")

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In the Head First Rails, it mentions that we need the following in order to run an application on a server: 1- Application framework. 2- Database system. 3- Web server. 4- Object relational mapping library. The poi…

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## [Belongs\_to multiple things](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/belongs-to-multiple-things/175244)

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**Author:** [@paerez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paerez)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/belongs-to-multiple-things/175244 "2009-09-12T00:12:40Z")

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I am wondering what the best way to go about this situation is from a design perspective: A has many Cs. A has many Bs. B has many Cs. Example (not the example from my real app, so hopefully it makes sense). We hav…

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## [Logger and object life time](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/logger-and-object-life-time/174809)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Dever](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michael_Dever)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/logger-and-object-life-time/174809 "2009-09-02T16:56:46Z")

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I guess I’ll post here, seeing as theres no typo-dev@ list. I was writing a sidebar over the weekend, and testing it live… I know (bad idea :slight\_smile: ) and it was failing at different points. On looking at produ…

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## [Parse Word/HTML Docs for database inserts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parse-word-html-docs-for-database-inserts/172164)

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**Author:** [@msmith362](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/msmith362)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2009, 8:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parse-word-html-docs-for-database-inserts/172164 "2009-07-16T08:26:30Z")

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I am new to Ruby and have perused the forum but I will ask this question as I couldn’t seem to answer my questions with other posts. The documents have no structure except for a unique number that appears first in the…

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## [Language Translation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/language-translation/171424)

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**Author:** [@avantec](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/avantec)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/language-translation/171424 "2009-07-02T19:27:26Z")

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Hi All, Can anybody tell me how can i type regional languages like Hindi, Tamil, etc in a text area using virtual keyboard or something. Otherwise like Orkut, if I written something in English, it should automatically …

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## [Product Class](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/product-class/170722)

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**Author:** [@Zorigami](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zorigami)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/product-class/170722 "2009-06-22T02:27:14Z")

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Does anyone out there have a good “Product” Class?(With defs such as “setprice”, “name”, and “id”…) If so than could you send it to me? I’ve been trying to make one and Ideas would help. Thanks,

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## [Building access data from Mongrel & Production log files](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-access-data-from-mongrel-production-log-files/170528)

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**Author:** [@jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan2000)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-access-data-from-mongrel-production-log-files/170528 "2009-06-18T15:23:33Z")

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Hi, We’ve had NGINX logs trashed through a crash, so I’m trying to work out a way of building or assembling some access data from mongrel..log and production.log files. Any suggestions, tools or ideas folks?! Thanks…

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## [How to Delete Table from Database?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-delete-table-from-database/169288)

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**Author:** [@devrubygem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/devrubygem)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2009, 7:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-delete-table-from-database/169288 "2009-06-07T07:14:13Z")

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I want to delete my project, how do I delete my table inside my sqlite database? Thanks

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## [Rubytest.vim 0.9.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubytest-vim-0-9-0/165897)

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**Author:** [@flowerborn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/flowerborn)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubytest-vim-0-9-0/165897 "2009-04-20T03:40:44Z")

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Hi list, I’m pleased to announce the first release of rubytest, which is a vim plugin aims to help you run ruby test (including vanilla test, rspec, shoulda etc.) conveniently. http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?s…

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## [Helper](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/helper/163633)

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**Author:** [@giga](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/giga)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/helper/163633 "2009-03-23T16:27:16Z")

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How can I replace this with helper? \<% if flash\[:error\] %\> \<%= flash\[:error\] %\> \<% end %\> \<% if flash\[:warning\] %\> \<%= flash\[:warning\] %\> \<% end %\> \<% if flash\[:notice\] %\> \<%= flash\[:notice\] %\> \<% end %\>

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## [Port scanning in ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/port-scanning-in-ruby/162528)

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**Author:** [@kyle\_s](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kyle_s)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/port-scanning-in-ruby/162528 "2009-03-11T02:45:06Z")

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I was trying to write a simple UDP method to test for snmp, and build from there, and I came across a reference to three articles that looked like they’d help http://www.rubyinside.com/port-scanning-and-monitoring-wit…

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## [Problem with presentation of error messages and multiple objects](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-presentation-of-error-messages-and-multiple-objects/226034)

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**Author:** [@Stefan\_Frede](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Stefan_Frede)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-presentation-of-error-messages-and-multiple-objects/226034 "2009-02-23T16:43:08Z")

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Hi! I have a problem with the presentation of error messages for multiple objects. The validation works fine and if errors occure they will all be presented, but only for one object at a time. When I submit my form t…

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## [Word with an 'S' if quantity \> 1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/word-with-an-s-if-quantity-1/160687)

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**Author:** [@loader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/loader)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/word-with-an-s-if-quantity-1/160687 "2009-02-18T22:42:06Z")

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Hello everyone! Is there a method to add an ‘S’ to a word if there are more than 1 ? For example : 1 day / 2 days … Or do I need to create an if statement? Thank you!

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## [Link\_to\_remote 'this'](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/link-to-remote-this/159254)

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**Author:** [@ben](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ben)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/link-to-remote-this/159254 "2009-02-05T18:08:01Z")

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When using something like link\_to\_function “Label”, “some\_function(this);” the ‘this’ references the href generated by the rails link\_to\_function. When using something like link\_to\_remote(task.id\_description, {:upd…

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## [Acts\_as\_versioned and rails 2.2.2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-versioned-and-rails-2-2-2/154531)

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**Author:** [@emuen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/emuen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2008, 9:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-versioned-and-rails-2-2-2/154531 "2008-12-29T09:33:06Z")

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Hi people I have tried to install the acts\_as\_versioned gem from github in rails 2.2.2 but it seems to conflict with some methods in the activerecords dirty.rb-file. I can solve some of the problem by changing code in…

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## [TI open source tools](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ti-open-source-tools/153623)

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**Author:** [@Bob\_McGwier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bob_McGwier)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ti-open-source-tools/153623 "2008-11-19T17:49:14Z")

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In the squeaky wheel gets the grease category, I have two things. The story about the removal of the open source Linux tools. It was a mistake and caused by disorganized placement of tools in their directory struc…

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## [File.fnmatch? doesn't distinguish between .filename and ./filename?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-fnmatch-doesnt-distinguish-between-filename-and-filename/153288)

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**Author:** [@crocco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/crocco)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-fnmatch-doesnt-distinguish-between-filename-and-filename/153288 "2008-11-14T11:52:04Z")

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I know that File.fnmatch? returns false for file names starting with a dot, unless you specify the File::FNM\_DOTMATCH argument. The reason is that files starting with a dot are hidden files and so you (usually) don’t…

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## [Creating an escaped JOIN?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-an-escaped-join/151820)

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**Author:** [@fipa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fipa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-an-escaped-join/151820 "2008-10-26T14:49:00Z")

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Hi, When creating a custom find for a model, with AR it is possible to do something like: :conditions =\> \[‘user\_id = ?’, params\[:id\]\] However, I would like to know if it is possible to do the same when specifying a …

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## [JRuby version](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-version/151740)

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**Author:** [@jasongarber](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jasongarber)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-version/151740 "2008-10-24T23:27:48Z")

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Hi, everyone. As you know, we’ve been waiting for someone to convert the C guts to Java, since I didn’t have the time or skills. Well, I’m happy to report that Ola B. came through for us! Since he just copied the Ra…

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## [How to read digits in a number](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-read-digits-in-a-number/147782)

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**Author:** [@jsn1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jsn1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-read-digits-in-a-number/147782 "2008-09-05T14:26:28Z")

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Hi all I would like to read all the characters in a string. For example “123456” I need to read every digit separately. thanks

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## [Rubyforge web page search engine features](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-web-page-search-engine-features/145618)

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**Author:** [@emmanueloga](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/emmanueloga)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-web-page-search-engine-features/145618 "2008-08-12T17:04:03Z")

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People: I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the significance of http://rubyforge.org site. I’m very grateful to the kind people maintaining it. I have one concern, though… have you tried the search feature of the …

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## [Tomcat 5.5 & Warble](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tomcat-5-5-warble/144822)

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**Author:** [@mikael1991](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mikael1991)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2008, 6:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tomcat-5-5-warble/144822 "2008-08-05T06:07:36Z")

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Hi I’m just stated to try to get a Tomcat to run a Jruby rails app, but i run into a strange problem that it seems some other people have had as well. After i put the WAR file in webapp folder and try to run access it …

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## [CookieOverflow - 4k Session?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cookieoverflow-4k-session/142593)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cookieoverflow-4k-session/142593 "2008-07-09T15:51:24Z")

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Hello all, I get the following error when I stuff my seesion with more than 4k of data. CGI::Session::CookieStore::CookieOverflow My problem is that I obviously need a fatter session. How do other users by-pass the …

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## [Ruby GUI under JRuby and NetBeans - A cry for help!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gui-under-jruby-and-netbeans-a-cry-for-help/139973)

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**Author:** [@ribes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ribes)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gui-under-jruby-and-netbeans-a-cry-for-help/139973 "2008-06-11T01:51:37Z")

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Team, Yesterday I got JRuby with its myriad requirements working under MS Windows XP. Once I understand this environment well I will install it under AIX. The main reason, perhaps the only reason why I want this to w…

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## [Has\_many :through 2 models](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/has-many-through-2-models/135957)

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**Author:** [@fipa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fipa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/has-many-through-2-models/135957 "2008-04-28T22:26:36Z")

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Let’s say I have the following models: User has\_many :orders has\_many :items, :through =\> :orders Order belongs\_to :user has\_many :items has\_many :products, :through =\> :items Item belongs\_to :order belongs\_to …

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## [Need advice for non-ActiveRecord processing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-advice-for-non-activerecord-processing/135966)

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**Author:** [@nateleavitt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nateleavitt)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-advice-for-non-activerecord-processing/135966 "2008-04-27T15:53:03Z")

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Hey Guys… need some advice on the best way to set things up. I’ll explain my scenario below: I have a rails app that does some processing through an xmlrpc API connection with a third party application where I store …

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## [Undefined method \`each' for #\<Usrecart:0x46d1678\>](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undefined-method-each-for-usrecart-0x46d1678/131651)

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**Author:** [@sharan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sharan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2008, 10:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undefined-method-each-for-usrecart-0x46d1678/131651 "2008-03-12T10:15:07Z")

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I have the an error such as undefined method ‘each’ pls can any one find the error from the code given below \<%=@b%\> WELCOME IN YOUR PROFILE \<%@usercart=Usrecart.find\_by\_user\_id(@b)%\> \<%if @usercart.blank?%\> …

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## [Is there a maximum size for the receive in a TCPSocket as in str = streamSock.recv( 64000 )?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-a-maximum-size-for-the-receive-in-a-tcpsocket-as-in-str-streamsock-recv-64000/124338)

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**Author:** [@ribes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ribes)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-a-maximum-size-for-the-receive-in-a-tcpsocket-as-in-str-streamsock-recv-64000/124338 "2007-12-27T20:30:57Z")

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Hello Team, Is there a limit on the amount of data (bytes) that can be received via the str = streamSock.recv( 64000 ) stmt below? Although I put \*64000 \*bytes, I consistently do not get more than 5562bytes. When t…

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## [Help with timeout and IO.popen (newb)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-timeout-and-io-popen-newb/123227)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-timeout-and-io-popen-newb/123227 "2007-12-15T03:53:07Z")

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Hello Folks. I’m running ruby 1.8.6 on Solaris 10 i86pc. I have a script where I use IO.popen to execute some system commands. I want to timeout the execution of the system commands if they take too long to execute…

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## [Ruby 1.9 snapshot binary package](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-snapshot-binary-package/119724)

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**Author:** [@Masayoshi\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Masayoshi_T)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2007, 11:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-snapshot-binary-package/119724 "2007-11-12T11:25:06Z")

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e$B9b66@,5A$G$9!#e(B Ruby 1.9e$B$K$D$$$F!“8=;~E@$N%9%J%C%W%7%g%C%H$r%3%s%Q%$%k$7$F\<B9T7A\<0$Ke(B e$B$7$?$b$N!”$H$$$&$N$O4JC1$KMQ0U$G$-$J$$$b$N$G$7$g$&$+!)e(B e$BFC$K!“e(BWindowse$BHG$,$\[$7$$$G$9!J\<j85$G$Oe(BcoLinuxe$B…

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## [Header filter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/header-filter/117715)

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**Author:** [@Manlio\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Manlio_P)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/header-filter/117715 "2007-10-19T19:48:07Z")

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I’m trying to define a custom header filter in mod\_wsgi, but my filter is not called. Is this supported? The filter is very simple, and I need it since Ningx does not set the r-\>header\_only flag: static ngx\_int\_t n…

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## [Getting existing context when defining a singleton method (c](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-existing-context-when-defining-a-singleton-method-c/81250)

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**Author:** [@schmitr3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/schmitr3)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-existing-context-when-defining-a-singleton-method-c/81250 "2007-09-25T22:52:19Z")

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Hi I’m fairly new to this “meta-programming” thing, so excuse me if I get my terminology wrong. Is there any way of getting access to the exisiting context when using class \<\< obj or otherwise creating a singleton me…

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## [Rest?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rest/114047)

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**Author:** [@pieterjongsma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pieterjongsma)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rest/114047 "2007-09-07T22:18:56Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to get a hang of REST, but I can’t seem to figure the following out by myself. The problem is that all paths are working fine, such as event\_path, new\_event\_path etc. But update\_event\_path is not work…

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## [Hi, how can i rewrite this to take out commas in tag field?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hi-how-can-i-rewrite-this-to-take-out-commas-in-tag-field/105315)

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**Author:** [@mixplate](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mixplate)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hi-how-can-i-rewrite-this-to-take-out-commas-in-tag-field/105315 "2007-05-29T02:46:51Z")

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def tag\_with tags tags.split(" ").each do |tag| Tag.find\_or\_create\_by\_name(tag).taggables \<\< self end i have a text field box where the user can create tags. however, if they use commas, the comma becomes part of th…

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## [Implementing Web Services with Ruby on Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/implementing-web-services-with-ruby-on-rails/105140)

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**Author:** [@SR123](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SR123)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/implementing-web-services-with-ruby-on-rails/105140 "2007-05-27T20:13:45Z")

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Are you implementing web services (SOA) with Ruby on Rails today? What are you using and how is it working for you. Thanks! SR123

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## [Form question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-question/104580)

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**Author:** [@kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kelleysislander)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-question/104580 "2007-05-20T02:57:42Z")

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Suppose I have the following models/migrations: class Car \< ActiveRecord::Base belongs\_to :manufacturer validates\_presence\_of :manufacturer validates\_association :manufacturer end class CreateCars \< ActiveRecord::M…

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## [How do you test your REST API with XML?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-you-test-your-rest-api-with-xml/92156)

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**Author:** [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-you-test-your-rest-api-with-xml/92156 "2007-04-16T18:46:13Z")

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So far I’ve been manually using curl to make get and post requests against my Rails app to see if I’m responding to XML clients correctly. But this is silly, I need to write unit tests. I don’t see an obvious way to…

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## [Connect multiple streams](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/connect-multiple-streams/90880)

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**Author:** [@Vincenzo\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Vincenzo_P)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/connect-multiple-streams/90880 "2007-04-03T01:42:01Z")

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hi list, could anyone send me a link for me to see the right syntax that should be used in python to connect a block with N output streams to one with N input streams? is it just a connect(a,b) ? thanks vincenzo

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## [Rails standalone App](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-standalone-app/88978)

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**Author:** [@seanstewart](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seanstewart)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2007, 8:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-standalone-app/88978 "2007-03-16T08:52:34Z")

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How can I get my app into a standalone like Vision (http:// vision.shopify.com/). Basically it is a Rails APP that can be launched from the desktop. It opens up a terminal like window and automatically launches th…

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## [Best way to get a class object from its name?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-get-a-class-object-from-its-name/86519)

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**Author:** [@weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/weyus)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-get-a-class-object-from-its-name/86519 "2007-02-22T22:41:56Z")

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All, In my Rails app., I’m doing something like this: eval("#{requested\_controller\_class}.respond\_to?(‘session\_data\_not\_needed\_by?’)") where requested\_controller\_class is the name of an existing (controller) class. I…

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## [Ruby .NET, RubyCLR, and Assemblies](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-net-rubyclr-and-assemblies/82017)

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**Author:** [@phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phrogz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-net-rubyclr-and-assemblies/82017 "2007-01-30T00:09:09Z")

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(Resending again as plain-text (hopefully) to ensure it makes it through the google groups gateway.) My company is working on a piece of software right now that is using .NET. One of the features is a scripting consol…

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## [Learning how Ruby compiles etc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/learning-how-ruby-compiles-etc/81040)

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**Author:** [@merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/merc)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 11:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/learning-how-ruby-compiles-etc/81040 "2007-01-03T11:57:58Z")

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Hi, feeling quite at home now with the Ruby way of programming and with the Ruby language, I would be interested in some more internals. What happens when I call “ruby myapp.rb”, i.e. how is the compiler/interpreter …

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## [Any kind of rails setting / plugin for this?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-kind-of-rails-setting-plugin-for-this/80854)

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**Author:** [@benjohnson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/benjohnson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-kind-of-rails-setting-plugin-for-this/80854 "2006-12-31T18:23:01Z")

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First off, thanks for your help. I am having trouble here completely understanding model relationships. Maybe you can shed some light on this subject. Let’s say I have 2 models: Category Product Where a category ha…

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## [How can I abort processing in the middle of a page & return?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-abort-processing-in-the-middle-of-a-page-return/76933)

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**Author:** [@steve\_dogers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/steve_dogers)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-abort-processing-in-the-middle-of-a-page-return/76933 "2006-11-22T17:38:47Z")

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Hi, basically for those who know ColdFusion I’m looking for a CFABORT tag but in ruby on rails :smiley: In a nutshell it’s used for debugging, i know in ruby you can use \<%= debug(@order) %\> to dump the content of the…

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## [Select tag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-tag/75544)

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**Author:** [@stb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stb)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-tag/75544 "2006-11-11T14:07:16Z")

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Ciao, scusate ma come faccio ad assegnare alle tags della select un determinato valore? tipo visualizzo gennaio, febbraio ecc ma li tratto come numeri, 1 e 2 in questo caso. Saluti Andrea

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## [Backgroundrb - how to pass a data file to worker from form](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backgroundrb-how-to-pass-a-data-file-to-worker-from-form/72416)

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**Author:** [@nathandelane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nathandelane)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backgroundrb-how-to-pass-a-data-file-to-worker-from-form/72416 "2006-10-17T17:23:00Z")

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I am trying to initiate a background process with several parameters including a CSV file. Can anyone provide an example where a file is used as input for the background worker? Thanks, Nathan

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## [Database multitable and/or multicolumn search](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/database-multitable-and-or-multicolumn-search/69235)

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**Author:** [@devaulw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/devaulw)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/database-multitable-and-or-multicolumn-search/69235 "2006-09-19T21:45:02Z")

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I’d like to search a database through n terms for something like: WHERE (category.name, subcategory.name) LIKE TERM1 AND (category.name, subcategory.name) LIKE TERM2 AND (category.name, subcategory.name) LIKE TERM3 … …

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## [How are the object\_ids generated/assigned to objects?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-are-the-object-ids-generated-assigned-to-objects/66453)

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**Author:** [@elgato](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/elgato)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2006, 5:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-are-the-object-ids-generated-assigned-to-objects/66453 "2006-08-27T05:48:58Z")

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Hello, assume some multithreaded application, thread1 starts and finishes, then thread2 starts — how is the possibility that these two threads will have the same object\_id? On what it depends? Thanks, P.

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## [HELP: multiple select list in ror](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-multiple-select-list-in-ror/101225)

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**Author:** [@dbrady010](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dbrady010)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-multiple-select-list-in-ror/101225 "2006-08-04T00:37:00Z")

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Hi Search doesn’t seem to be working so my apologies if this has come up before. I have some simple code in a view that generates a multiple select: \<% for m in Menu.find(:all) %\> " else "\>" end %\> \<%= m.name %\> …

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