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## [New curse in spanish for beginning ruby on rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-curse-in-spanish-for-beginning-ruby-on-rails/215132)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2011, 8:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-curse-in-spanish-for-beginning-ruby-on-rails/215132 "2011-12-23T08:21:47Z")

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Hello guys! I am Pedro from Spain and completely new on ruby on rails. This is my project: As far as I have seen, to learn ruby on rails you need to know several web programing languages as HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, Jav…

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## [Simplify code on method about 4 models](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simplify-code-on-method-about-4-models/210554)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simplify-code-on-method-about-4-models/210554 "2011-08-11T00:18:08Z")

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I’m trying to get more into the Ruby mindset. I know I should accomplish more with less code. I came up with this method that does work, but I think could really use some simplification. There is 4 models. Account C…

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## [Overriding object instantiation?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/overriding-object-instantiation/194971)

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**Author:** [@moonshadow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/moonshadow)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/overriding-object-instantiation/194971 "2010-09-15T05:44:07Z")

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Hi all, ROR newbie coming from a PHP background here. I have a model that inherits from ActiveRecord::Base. I would like to extend that into two further models, to separate functionality from each other. Basically: c…

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## [How to change one attribute (or a group of attributes) when another changes?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-change-one-attribute-or-a-group-of-attributes-when-another-changes/188719)

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**Author:** [@chewmanfoo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chewmanfoo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-change-one-attribute-or-a-group-of-attributes-when-another-changes/188719 "2010-05-18T01:31:31Z")

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I have a hosts class with an ip\_addresses class which has a host\_id attribute. All hosts are associated with a data\_center, and all ip\_addresses are associated with a network. Networks have a standard IP network def…

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## [Help to show image](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-to-show-image/181307)

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**Author:** [@newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/newb)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2010, 10:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-to-show-image/181307 "2010-01-11T10:21:09Z")

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Dear friends i have used send\_file method to display my html file which is in my local server not in rails’s public folder \<% @file\_path = “#{@prfile.folder\_path}/#{profile.file\_path}” %\> \<%= link\_to image\_tag(“confi…

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## [Is File.open deprecated?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-file-open-deprecated/181184)

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**Author:** [@Xeno\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Xeno_C)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-file-open-deprecated/181184 "2010-01-07T03:38:18Z")

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I don’t see it mentioned in the File chapter of the latest Pickaxe book? Is this just a mistake? I would think it would be mentioned as deprecated otherwise…??? Apparently I use File.new instead, but it seems like …

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## [A newbie question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-newbie-question/173002)

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**Author:** [@archangel77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/archangel77)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-newbie-question/173002 "2009-07-31T15:38:33Z")

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I’m new with Rails and I’m creating a simple app. I have these 3 files and would like to display an error message when the form fails, saying the problem. Something like ‘Title must be filled.’ . I don’t know how to …

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## [Session modify user updated\_at](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/session-modify-user-updated-at/170544)

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**Author:** [@Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sean_McGilvray)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/session-modify-user-updated-at/170544 "2009-06-19T01:22:03Z")

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I have a system that uses sessions for users to display their personalized site. I want to modify the updated\_at field in the database when ever their personal account is viewed. Any ideas? Thank you, Sean McGilvra…

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## [Inheritance in ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inheritance-in-ruby/167772)

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**Author:** [@jarodzz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jarodzz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inheritance-in-ruby/167772 "2009-05-13T07:00:54Z")

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Hi, all. I’m really new to Ruby. Got this error: class Page @url="" def initialize puts "going to "+@url end end class MainPage \< Page @url = “Main” end class LoginPage \< Page @url = “Login” end every tim…

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## [Loop and instance variable problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loop-and-instance-variable-problem/165502)

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**Author:** [@nickh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nickh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loop-and-instance-variable-problem/165502 "2009-04-14T17:50:49Z")

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I have a loop for parsing each rss feed @address.each do |address| @feed = SimpleRSS.parse open(address.feed) end the problem is my my instance variable @feed just gets overwritten so basically it displays the last …

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## [How can i get a complete proxy content?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-complete-proxy-content/163004)

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**Author:** [@pf\_shineyear](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pf_shineyear)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2009, 8:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-complete-proxy-content/163004 "2009-03-17T08:52:04Z")

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hi i try to get a complete proxy content from a body filter like this: struct ngx\_chain\_s \*tmp\_in = in; while (tmp\_in) { len = tmp\_in-\>buf-\>last - tmp\_in-\>buf-\>pos; if (len \<= 0) { if (tmp\_in-\>next == NULL)b…

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## [RadRails visual debugger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radrails-visual-debugger/109260)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radrails-visual-debugger/109260 "2009-01-01T15:32:37Z")

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Hi, Do I need to install any other gems to activate the RadRails visual debugger? I am using RadRails v0.7.2 As when I attempt to debug, I am getting no further than this statement in the console ruby 1.8.6 debugge…

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## [Interpreter to work well with other programming languages](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/interpreter-to-work-well-with-other-programming-languages/156429)

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**Author:** [@rubyisking](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubyisking)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/interpreter-to-work-well-with-other-programming-languages/156429 "2008-12-27T16:50:59Z")

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What would be some good interpreters for the Ruby programming language? I need some for .Net, PHP, Java, possibly Python, and others. I’m trying to bypass the compiler option. I recognize there other different types o…

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## [Conditions and joins and paginate, oh my!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conditions-and-joins-and-paginate-oh-my/155996)

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**Author:** [@jeffpritchard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeffpritchard)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2008, 11:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conditions-and-joins-and-paginate-oh-my/155996 "2008-12-19T11:35:18Z")

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I’m starting off with something that already works, and trying to add another condition to it. I just can’t seem to find an example of the proper syntax to make this happen. In this case, I have users, and users have…

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## [Has\_many, has\_one and calling a self.method](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/has-many-has-one-and-calling-a-self-method/149390)

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**Author:** [@sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/has-many-has-one-and-calling-a-self-method/149390 "2008-09-24T12:27:07Z")

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Hi I have the following classes and relations ServiceDeskTicket has\_many :service\_desk\_status\_histories has\_one :service\_desk\_resolution ServiceDeskResolution belongs\_to :service\_desk\_ticket def self.add\_resolut…

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## [ActiveRecord - schema and relations between](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-schema-and-relations-between/148116)

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**Author:** [@Zirael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zirael)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-schema-and-relations-between/148116 "2008-09-11T16:00:35Z")

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Hi, I have quite complex db schema created by ActiveRecord and every constraints/relations are defined only in ActiveRecord objects. I am going to create db schema diagram like ERD etc. Do you have any idea how to do…

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## [Leggere PDF](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/leggere-pdf/141777)

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**Author:** [@miclab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miclab)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2008, 9:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/leggere-pdf/141777 "2008-07-07T09:37:20Z")

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Con PDF/Writer si possono scrivere documenti PDF, ma per leggerli? Qualcuno si Ã¨ giÃ imbattuto in questo problema? Ciao Michele.

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## [Ruby 1.8.6 p230 - really a fix?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-6-p230-really-a-fix/141387)

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**Author:** [@Michal\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michal_S)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-6-p230-really-a-fix/141387 "2008-06-25T18:28:44Z")

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Hello reading http://www.rubyinside.com/june-2008-ruby-security-vulnerabilities-927.html I find the current state somewhat unsettling. I have not hit the problem myself so I can only rely on the comments there. These…

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## [Starting mongrel rails server error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/starting-mongrel-rails-server-error/137747)

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**Author:** [@smitty26](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smitty26)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/starting-mongrel-rails-server-error/137747 "2008-05-16T16:14:40Z")

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I have a new rails installation on a Mac and am running into problems when trying to start my mongrel server (mongrel\_rails start). The application I’m working on was created from an older version of rails (windows);…

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## [Container wont contain! (noob question)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/container-wont-contain-noob-question/137315)

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**Author:** [@gastrogreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gastrogreen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/container-wont-contain-noob-question/137315 "2008-05-11T23:18:06Z")

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Here I want to change Class1’s var2 to equal 2. Now, I can do this by… “object.m\_container.container1 = Class1.new(2)”, but I want to do it with “object.change\_me = 2” Point is I want to change that variable by simply…

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## [Making Rails application dependent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-rails-application-dependent/133128)

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**Author:** [@dhaval\_parikh33](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dhaval_parikh33)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2008, 11:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-rails-application-dependent/133128 "2008-03-28T11:00:10Z")

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hi all I want to make the rails version application dependent…Say suppose i have a website which runs on rails 2.0 version and then i want to configure mephisto which uses rails 1.2.5 version in the same application …

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## [Ruby-mode.el and tabbing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-mode-el-and-tabbing/132071)

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**Author:** [@Frank\_Wilson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Frank_Wilson)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-mode-el-and-tabbing/132071 "2008-03-17T09:34:45Z")

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I’m starting to learn RoR on emacs with the ecb and rails plugins. I find myself wanting to type maps in the following way foo = bar.mkfoo( :bangers =\> “mash”, :fish =\> “chips” ) but ruby-mode (i think) keeps doing…

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## [Require error in gems](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/require-error-in-gems/129885)

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**Author:** [@BENI](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BENI)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/require-error-in-gems/129885 "2008-02-22T13:11:07Z")

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I have installed rubyzip gems . I have it jolly well in C:\\ruby\\lib\\ruby\\gems\\1.8\\gems\\rubyzip-0.9.1 Now in irb i get C:\\ruby\>irb irb(main):001:0\> require ‘rubyzip’ LoadError: no such file to load – rubyzip from …

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## [Another newbie question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/another-newbie-question/124732)

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**Author:** [@KSSS\_sa\_MSSSSrton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KSSS_sa_MSSSSrton)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/another-newbie-question/124732 "2008-01-02T02:47:18Z")

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Hi group, I apologize for the newbie question. Is there in Ruby some possibility for making global variables visible from within a DEF, except that passing all of them as parameters? E.g.: class class1 … def some…

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## [Aliasing customer.mysite.com to customer.com possible?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aliasing-customer-mysite-com-to-customer-com-possible/123000)

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**Author:** [@adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adistarmid)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2007, 11:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aliasing-customer-mysite-com-to-customer-com-possible/123000 "2007-12-13T11:05:43Z")

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I’m using DHH’s Account Location plugin to create the subdomains for the users. If a user wants a unique domain name for their account (e.g. customer.com), instead of the default customer.mysite.com, is that possible? …

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## [Best Practices for Views Noobie Q](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-practices-for-views-noobie-q/120516)

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**Author:** [@tomn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tomn)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2007, 4:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-practices-for-views-noobie-q/120516 "2007-11-18T04:51:55Z")

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As I’m going along with my application I am realizing I really don’t like seperate pages to create and edit different models. I prefer the user experience of pages with fields for a few related models displayed at onc…

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## [Doubts on char patterns into String.each argument](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/doubts-on-char-patterns-into-string-each-argument/111324)

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**Author:** [@caof2005](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/caof2005)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/doubts-on-char-patterns-into-string-each-argument/111324 "2007-08-06T03:58:07Z")

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Hello Folks with a question I would like someone can clarify me: When I type the following code: “Substring1 Substring2 Substring3”.each( ‘\\s\*’ ) { | substring | puts “\[” + substring +"\]" } What I got is: \[Substrin…

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## [Ar save! bug?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ar-save-bug/109167)

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**Author:** [@ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ara.t.howard)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ar-save-bug/109167 "2007-07-12T19:24:54Z")

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any ideas how this ever could be possible: @model.save! @model.update Model.find @model.id # raises ?? -a we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being better. simply reflect on that. h.h. …

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## [Newbie :: Running script at client side](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-running-script-at-client-side/92119)

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**Author:** [@aveo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aveo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-running-script-at-client-side/92119 "2007-04-16T16:22:53Z")

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Hi all, I am newbie to Ruby and web programming as well. My show.rhtml is like, . … … \<% require ‘win32ole’ %\> \<% ie = WIN32OLE.new(‘InternetExplorer.Application’) %\> \<% ie.visible = true %\> \<% ie.gohome %\> … …

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## [XMLRPC Ruby 1.8.6 stdlib Authentication/docs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xmlrpc-ruby-1-8-6-stdlib-authentication-docs/91015)

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**Author:** [@jmaenpaa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jmaenpaa)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xmlrpc-ruby-1-8-6-stdlib-authentication-docs/91015 "2007-04-06T00:08:27Z")

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Greeting All, I am writing a Rails App which includes (I hope) an XMLRPC API interface. I am working with the XMLRPC library in Ruby 1.8.6 to write a client and a Mock of the Rails server. In looking at the code in …

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## [Validates\_length\_of not working with :if?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validates-length-of-not-working-with-if/90500)

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**Author:** [@jamal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jamal)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validates-length-of-not-working-with-if/90500 "2007-03-30T00:27:24Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to cut down the errors if the guy already getting the empty nickname, so he doesn’t get anything about the nickname is short. validates\_presence\_of :nickname This below is not working ? validates\_l…

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## [Help with regular expression](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-regular-expression/78724)

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**Author:** [@ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-regular-expression/78724 "2006-12-08T16:31:00Z")

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Someone helped me earlier today with a method to remove the “pre” tag block and replace it with ‘’. This is because when I’m showing snippets of a post, I don’t want a piece of code to be in the snippet. Anyway, her…

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## [Through and through](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/through-and-through/74212)

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**Author:** [@zakifataya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zakifataya)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2006, 7:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/through-and-through/74212 "2006-11-03T07:38:46Z")

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I have users, groups, permissions, and volumes, with these relationships: users HABTM groups groups has\_many permissions permissions has\_many volumes groups has\_many volumes :through =\> permissions Is the…

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## [GNU Radio without Python](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-without-python/73048)

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**Author:** [@davide\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davide_a)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-without-python/73048 "2006-10-22T01:59:18Z")

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Hi, is it possible to implement a GNU Radio based application completely written in C++, without the glue of Python? I need Real Time capability, which Python doesn’t give. Regards, Davide A. web: http://www.david…

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## [Directory Help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/directory-help/65362)

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**Author:** [@teqbreak](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/teqbreak)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/directory-help/65362 "2006-08-17T21:49:48Z")

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I am a newbie to ruby on rails. I am using the pragmatic programmers agile development with rails book. I am at the beginning, i have installed MySQL and ruby on rails but the book asks me to “create a directory”. …

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## [Building a log by watching a file](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-a-log-by-watching-a-file/65041)

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**Author:** [@Bil\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bil_K)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-a-log-by-watching-a-file/65041 "2006-08-16T13:53:04Z")

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I’ve been paying attention to some mind-numbing chores I’ve been tasked to do lately, and I think Ruby might be able to help. Let me know what you think. We have many crusty Fortran (and FORTRAN) codes lying around …

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## [How to create Multi-User webapplication?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-create-multi-user-webapplication/96732)

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**Author:** [@Gerard\_Netro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gerard_Netro)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-create-multi-user-webapplication/96732 "2006-07-01T16:57:42Z")

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I’m kinda nuby! and i just want to know how to create a Multi-User Web application, where a person can register and can have his own subdomain for a blog… where people can view and visit it…

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## [Simple Subdomain Routing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-subdomain-routing/64021)

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**Author:** [@iluke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/iluke)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2006, 7:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-subdomain-routing/64021 "2006-06-22T07:37:19Z")

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Hey all, I hope this is a relitively simple question, but I have not been able to arrive at a workable solution for myself. What I’m wanting to do is a very simple pattern match on a subdomain: www.\* forwards to mydo…

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## [Re: pdf generators](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-pdf-generators/72132)

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**Author:** [@jeff\_thompson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff_thompson)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-pdf-generators/72132 "2006-03-05T18:03:33Z")

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So, I guess pdf::writer is the last word? Thanks all for your input. Cheers. Jeff Send instant messages to your online friends

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## [Web.rb?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-rb/68224)

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**Author:** [@PAPAPA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/PAPAPA)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2006, 10:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-rb/68224 "2006-02-15T10:13:40Z")

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Hello, Beside the “too clever by half” Rails, is there some more straightforward Web library that anyone would recommend? Perhaps something along the lines of Web.py or such? http://webpy.org/ TIA! Cheers

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## [Ruby/Rails T-Shirts/graphics?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-rails-t-shirts-graphics/65743)

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**Author:** [@joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2006, 8:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-rails-t-shirts-graphics/65743 "2006-02-11T08:53:26Z")

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Hey, I was just wondering - are there any Ruby and/or Rails t-shirts available? Or nice, big graphics available to make your own? Joe

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## [Won't auto\_increment](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wont-auto-increment/64336)

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**Author:** [@bimo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bimo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2006, 1:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wont-auto-increment/64336 "2006-01-23T13:06:09Z")

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I am writing my first RoR ap and am having problems with ActiveRecord’s basic functions. The first one is that the id column is not auto incrementing. I can add one record but after that it says, “Mysql::Error: #230…

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## [Database best practices?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/database-best-practices/50352)

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**Author:** [@anthony](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anthony)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/database-best-practices/50352 "2005-12-15T17:06:32Z")

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I started with rails a few weeks ago and I’ve been very impressed with the whole framework. My first project after the cookbook was a small application connecting to Postgres. This was originally a port of an Access…

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## [Using, or not using, ruby gems](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-or-not-using-ruby-gems/232192)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-or-not-using-ruby-gems/232192 "2014-09-25T02:00:58Z")

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Hi, Can someone please tell me whether or not I should still have ‘require rubygems’ at the top of my Ruby scripts? I seem to recall, years ago, that I should always have it there. But, now with Ruby 2.x, I’m seeing …

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## [How to make this form](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-this-form/230958)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-this-form/230958 "2014-07-15T22:16:05Z")

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Hello, I have read several pages but I cannot find how to make a form with this field ; div class=“field”\> Login naam: Can anyone give me a hint ? Roelof

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## [Ruby book to learn this beautiful language](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-book-to-learn-this-beautiful-language/230924)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-book-to-learn-this-beautiful-language/230924 "2014-07-14T00:24:48Z")

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Hello, rubyists. Well, as the subject says I want some guidance about ruby books. I already know the language (because of codecademy), but I want to know Ruby thoroughly. Also i already know programming (i’m coming fr…

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## [Couldn't able to solve MySQL error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/couldnt-able-to-solve-mysql-error/239577)

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**Author:** [@musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/musicdenotation)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/couldnt-able-to-solve-mysql-error/239577 "2014-03-05T18:16:27Z")

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I am new for MySQL and Ruby. require ‘rubygems’ require ‘mysql’ Connect to a MySQL database ‘test’ on the local machine using username of ‘root’ with no password. db = Mysql.connect(‘localhost’, ‘root’, ‘’, ‘test’) P…

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## [TCP -TLS Redirection](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tcp-tls-redirection/237904)

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**Author:** [@musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/musicdenotation)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tcp-tls-redirection/237904 "2014-02-12T00:12:45Z")

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Hi Team , I want to do a tcp to tls proxy. we need to communicate to apple server via tls (tcp over ssl). our server does not have internet access so we need to use a proxy server that has internet access which can …

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## [X a, b = b, a : a, b = a + 1, b + 1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/x-a-b-b-a-a-b-a-1-b-1/237331)

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**Author:** [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/x-a-b-b-a-a-b-a-1-b-1/237331 "2013-11-06T14:57:10Z")

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irb(main):002:0\> a = 1; b = 2; x = true # Ruby 1.9.3 irb(main):022:0\* if x then a, b = b, a else a, b = a + 1, b + 1 end =\> \[2, 1\] irb(main):023:0\> x ? a, b = b, a : a, b = a + 1, b + 1 SyntaxError: (irb):23: synta…

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## [\[ruby-trunk - Bug #7941\]\[Open\] configure use wrong test(1) usage](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-trunk-bug-7941-open-configure-use-wrong-test-1-usage/226875)

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**Author:** [@taca\_STakahiro\_K.S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/taca_STakahiro_K.S)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-trunk-bug-7941-open-configure-use-wrong-test-1-usage/226875 "2013-02-25T03:17:59Z")

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Issue #7941 has been reported by taca (Takahiro K.). Bug #7941: configure use wrong test(1) usage Author: taca (Takahiro K.) Status: Open Priority: Low Assignee: Category: build Target version: 2.0.0 ruby -v: r…

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