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## [Rails coding/design input](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-coding-design-input/168547)

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**Author:** [@vivekamn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vivekamn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2009, 10:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-coding-design-input/168547 "2009-05-22T10:25:43Z")

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Hi, We have a web app which serves typical social content(blogs/forums/streams etc). All the content is optionally marked with a city. I.e. if a blog post is specific to New York, it will be marked so. The task is t…

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## [Re: Static web site generators](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-static-web-site-generators/162278)

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**Author:** [@bodikp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bodikp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2009, 4:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-static-web-site-generators/162278 "2009-03-08T04:35:52Z")

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I’m a bit of an obsessive about website performance. I recently ditched a domain registrar because the admin tools all had five to ten second delays on each page. Static generators can stop us having to waste chunks o…

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## [JRuby 1.2.0RC1 problem with spaces in path on Windows](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-1-2-0rc1-problem-with-spaces-in-path-on-windows/162096)

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**Author:** [@asherwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/asherwood)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-1-2-0rc1-problem-with-spaces-in-path-on-windows/162096 "2009-03-05T19:37:22Z")

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I was developing using NetBeans 6.5 in a Windows environment uisng JRuby 1.1.6. My JRuby is installed in the standard NetBeans location: C:\\Program Files\\NetBeans 6.5\\ruby2\\jruby-1.1.6 From the command prompt: H:\>jr…

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## [Importing Java packages](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/importing-java-packages/161582)

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**Author:** [@weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/weyus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/importing-java-packages/161582 "2009-02-28T01:39:55Z")

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JRuby 1.1.6 Just a quick verify: It appears that I can’t do: import java.lang.\* but only import specific classes, as in import java.lang.System, for example. Actually, this is pretty much fine with me, as I’m a “sp…

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## [Simulating script/console for backend process](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simulating-script-console-for-backend-process/161337)

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**Author:** [@dmorin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dmorin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simulating-script-console-for-backend-process/161337 "2009-02-26T02:28:15Z")

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I could swear I’ve seen instructions before on how to do this, but I can’t find them. I’ve got a backend process that runs in the same environment as my webapp, injecting data into the model. In the interests of not …

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## [OpenBTS Technical Report](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/openbts-technical-report/160552)

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**Author:** [@isaacgerg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/isaacgerg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/openbts-technical-report/160552 "2009-02-18T02:16:27Z")

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I am looking for the openBTS webpage that had the technical details of the 2008 burning man experiment on them. Things like: 7 simultaneous phone calls at 50% CPU imsi filtering when they first started up Isaac Vi…

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## [Active\_scaffold + i18n](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/active-scaffold-i18n/157993)

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**Author:** [@felipegiotto](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/felipegiotto)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/active-scaffold-i18n/157993 "2009-01-28T17:46:16Z")

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Hello all, I have a project where I’m using active\_scaffold and would also like to use i18n over it. While the i18n works fine if I just ignore the active\_scaffold, I couldn’t get it running with it. I searched th…

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## [Undefined Method 'views'](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undefined-method-views/129527)

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**Author:** [@lgas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lgas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undefined-method-views/129527 "2009-01-05T19:28:34Z")

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Hi, I have installed rails\_sql\_views-0.1.0.gem in jruby\\bin directory. I referred this link http://activewarehouse.rubyforge.org/rails\_sql\_views/ to create a database view Code to create a view class CreateViews \< …

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## [R: Re: Buon 2009 e Consigli](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r-re-buon-2009-e-consigli/156758)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r-re-buon-2009-e-consigli/156758 "2009-01-03T01:56:24Z")

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Raccolgo volentieri il consiglio e vi espongo il problema. Devo far per motivi accademici un programma che effettua : Il download di file testuali contenenti libri rintracciare su questi file testuali il titolo, i per…

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## [Jruby nuby guide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-nuby-guide/153635)

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**Author:** [@Marlon\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Marlon_M)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-nuby-guide/153635 "2008-11-20T01:19:32Z")

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Hi all, I’ve been messing around with jruby on and off for a couple of months. Currently, I use linux vm’s, passenger fusion and matz’s ruby to deploy. Our company is mostly microsoft and it would be nice to be ab…

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## [Viaje a RailsConf Europe 2008 disponible](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/viaje-a-railsconf-europe-2008-disponible/147237)

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**Author:** [@fxn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fxn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/viaje-a-railsconf-europe-2008-disponible/147237 "2008-08-29T21:01:07Z")

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Mi querido compadre AndrÃ©s de ASPgems se ha lesionado y no podrÃ¡ ir a Berlin :-(. Como lo tenemos todo preparado antes de cancelar cosas hemos pensado que podriamos dar una voz, igual asi a ultima hora se anima algu…

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## [Restful controllers with different content types](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restful-controllers-with-different-content-types/135908)

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**Author:** [@hirodusk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hirodusk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restful-controllers-with-different-content-types/135908 "2008-04-27T00:38:17Z")

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Simplified example of a controller which takes a POST with a non-xml and non-form-urlencoded content type: class PhotosController \< ApplicationController def create Photo.create :binary\_data =\> request.body.read, :co…

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## [:with y form\_remote\_tag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/with-y-form-remote-tag/133176)

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**Author:** [@melj\_mat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/melj_mat)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/with-y-form-remote-tag/133176 "2008-03-31T16:08:36Z")

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buenas michachos tengo una duda por aca, en la funcion link\_to\_remote hay una opcion llamada :with para pasar parametros en la llamada por ajax, mi pregunta es, esta opcion no existe en la funcion link\_to\_remote para …

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## [Disabling a set of tests?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disabling-a-set-of-tests/131955)

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**Author:** [@combray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/combray)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disabling-a-set-of-tests/131955 "2008-03-15T02:23:33Z")

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Hi all, Part of the integration test suite involves running against a sandbox on Paypal’s server. Lately that server’s been acting flakely. It doesn’t fail all the time, but enough to confuse people. I made pending…

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## [Rappresentare una tabella del db in maniera modificata](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rappresentare-una-tabella-del-db-in-maniera-modificata/119483)

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**Author:** [@stratboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stratboy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2007, 11:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rappresentare-una-tabella-del-db-in-maniera-modificata/119483 "2007-11-07T11:57:14Z")

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Nel mio di ho questa tabella per memorizzare le date degli eventi: event\_dates(id,event\_id,date\_start,number\_days,days\_of\_week) day\_start rappresenta la data di inizio evento number\_days la durata in gioni days\_of\_we…

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## [Why does Rails do this?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-does-rails-do-this/117087)

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**Author:** [@curi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/curi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-does-rails-do-this/117087 "2007-10-12T20:55:33Z")

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i was trying to run tests for the sentry plugin and they failed when using fixtures activerecord’s fixtures.rb reads: def setup\_with\_fixtures return unless defined?(ActiveRecord::Base) && !ActiveRecord::Base.co…

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## [USRP bandwidth and FIFOs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usrp-bandwidth-and-fifos/115912)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usrp-bandwidth-and-fifos/115912 "2007-10-01T21:44:25Z")

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Hello! I have two questions about USRP: It is stated on http://www.comsec.com/wiki?UniversalSoftwareRadioPeripheral that USRP can sustain 32 megabytes per second over USB2.0. I’m about to build MIMO 2 antenna trans…

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## [Modificacion para Single Table Inheritance](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modificacion-para-single-table-inheritance/115137)

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**Author:** [@visaolive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/visaolive)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modificacion-para-single-table-inheritance/115137 "2007-09-21T14:25:46Z")

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Hola gente, he usado bastante STI \[1\] pero he llegado a una conclusion, si tengo: class Contacto \< ActiveRecord::Base; end; class Persona \< Contacto; end; Y hago: Contacto.new :type =\> ‘Persona’ Me gustaria que me …

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## [ActionPack raw\_post\_data\_fix.rb#read\_body bug with AMF data](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionpack-raw-post-data-fix-rb-read-body-bug-with-amf-data/112655)

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**Author:** [@ktheory](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ktheory)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionpack-raw-post-data-fix-rb-read-body-bug-with-amf-data/112655 "2007-08-22T15:11:53Z")

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Hey Everyone, I just found a slight problem with the “read\_body” method in raw\_post\_data\_fix.rb. This line: Fix for Safari Ajax postings that always append \\000 content.chop! if content\[-1\] == 0 This causes problems…

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## [Removing the trailing forward-slash?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/removing-the-trailing-forward-slash/112121)

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**Author:** [@Damien\_McKenna](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Damien_McKenna)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/removing-the-trailing-forward-slash/112121 "2007-08-15T17:45:05Z")

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After setting up a site using Radiant for the first time one thing stuck out at me - I don’t like how the page URL’s have a trailing forward slash and would like to remove it. Is there any easy way to do this or am I…

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## [Cap2 different path to repos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cap2-different-path-to-repos/111328)

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**Author:** [@dxk3355](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dxk3355)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cap2-different-path-to-repos/111328 "2007-08-06T22:47:30Z")

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Hi! I read somewhere that in Cap2 you can set different URLs to repository from local machine and remote server. Haven’t found out how to do it yet, but I will… I’m curious about something: why does Capistrano have t…

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## [ParseDate.parsedate("Tuesday, July 6th, 2007, 18:35:20 UTC")](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parsedate-parsedate-tuesday-july-6th-2007-1820-utc/110196)

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**Author:** [@Tanaka\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tanaka_A)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parsedate-parsedate-tuesday-july-6th-2007-1820-utc/110196 "2007-07-27T00:23:42Z")

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ParseDate e$B$N%^%K%e%"%k$K$"$k0J2\<$NNc$rF0$+$9$H!"\<($5$l$?7k2Le(B e$B$K$J$i$J$$$s$G$9$,!"2?$+JQ$o$j$^$7$?$C$1e(B? ParseDate.parsedate “Tuesday, July 6th, 2007, 18:35:20 UTC” # =\> \[2007, 7, 6, 18, 35, 20, “UTC”, 2\] % .…

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## [How does a GEM get registered when installing one?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-does-a-gem-get-registered-when-installing-one/109912)

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**Author:** [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-does-a-gem-get-registered-when-installing-one/109912 "2007-07-20T15:51:20Z")

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Hi, Can anyone clarify for me how gem’s get registered locally? I’ve installed a gem (RMagick) via source code as opposed to “sudo gem install xxx” and my ruby code can’t find it when I do a “require xxx”??? Some…

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## [Controller and model strategies](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/controller-and-model-strategies/108872)

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**Author:** [@John\_Gunnarsson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_Gunnarsson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/controller-and-model-strategies/108872 "2007-07-08T15:03:33Z")

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Hi, I’m very new to ROR and have aquestion about which stregy to use for using controllers. Lets say i have 3 classes: order order\_lines customer I would like to build an application where i can create customer. …

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## [SOAP Request Problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/soap-request-problem/86580)

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**Author:** [@mid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mid)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/soap-request-problem/86580 "2007-06-06T16:11:28Z")

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I’ve posted about this before but so far I’ve had no response. Since then I’ve also been to Ruby and #rubyonrails on Freenode but still nothing so I thought I’d post one last time. =================== I’m trying to…

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## [Consume web service from extension](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/consume-web-service-from-extension/104263)

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**Author:** [@Bill\_Rowell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bill_Rowell)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/consume-web-service-from-extension/104263 "2007-05-20T21:39:16Z")

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Hey all, I’m relatively new to Radiant CMS. I’ve had a little success with understanding how to develop extensions to do custom things for me in a new site I’m developing. One thing I’d like to be able to do is con…

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## [Where is global Rails configuration?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-is-global-rails-configuration/103085)

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**Author:** [@dtdtdt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dtdtdt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-is-global-rails-configuration/103085 "2007-05-01T18:26:04Z")

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Hi, Let’s say I wanted to add something to Rails that I would like all applications to use. For example, I would like to add the pluggable parameter parsing using: ActionController::Base.param\_parsers\[‘application/at…

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## [Problema con model\_auto\_completer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problema-con-model-auto-completer/92817)

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**Author:** [@Amaia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Amaia)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problema-con-model-auto-completer/92817 "2007-04-24T16:15:11Z")

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Hola lista Estoy usando el plugin model\_auto\_completer (gracias Xavier por publicarlo) en mi aplicación en varios sitios y con diferentes modelos, el caso es que en los dos primeros funciona perfectamente, pero en el …

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## [Select\_tag, como cambiarle el estilo... borde, color](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-tag-como-cambiarle-el-estilo-borde-color/92324)

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**Author:** [@andres](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andres)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-tag-como-cambiarle-el-estilo-borde-color/92324 "2007-04-18T15:35:40Z")

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select\_tag, como cambiarle el estilo… borde, color…

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## [Can extensions use a different database?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-extensions-use-a-different-database/90326)

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**Author:** [@nolic](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nolic)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-extensions-use-a-different-database/90326 "2007-03-27T21:13:38Z")

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We’re almost done with our radiant site, but have a few remaining things. I asked a question previously about embedding another RoR app in Radiant. The solution I have right now is to use an iFrame. What’s not good ab…

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## [Relative paths for images problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/relative-paths-for-images-problem/89694)

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**Author:** [@zavulon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zavulon)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/relative-paths-for-images-problem/89694 "2007-03-22T04:02:28Z")

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Hi all, I have a possibly dumb question. In my template, I reference the images folder by “…/images/foo.jpg”. This works with all my pages that are two levels - i.e. this works for example with “…/items/list” page. H…

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## [HELP: Can't seem to 'require' libxml under MacOS X](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-cant-seem-to-require-libxml-under-macos-x/84574)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-cant-seem-to-require-libxml-under-macos-x/84574 "2007-02-06T17:05:37Z")

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I’ve installed Ruby under MacOS X Tiger (or upgraded it) via Fink, and I’ve also installed gems. Using gems, I installed libxml-ruby. For whatever reason, however, putting “require ‘xml/libxml’” into a Ruby program …

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## [Acts\_as\_taggable from dema.ruby.com.br?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-taggable-from-dema-ruby-com-br/83528)

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**Author:** [@gmacgregor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gmacgregor)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-taggable-from-dema-ruby-com-br/83528 "2007-01-27T02:00:35Z")

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Just wondering if anyone knows the status of this mixin: http://weblog.rubyonrails.com/2005/08/27/get-taggable-like-all-the-cool-kids/ dema.ruby.com.br has been down for months but you can take a look at the mixin aut…

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## [Webgen 0.4.0 released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webgen-0-4-0-released/81275)

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**Author:** [@tlockney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tlockney)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webgen-0-4-0-released/81275 "2007-01-19T16:30:18Z")

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Hey all, finally a new webgen release :slight\_smile: More information and install instructions below! Thanks for all the help and feedback! Bye, Thomas About webgen is used to generate web pages from page and tem…

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## [Sortable\_element problem in scrollable div](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sortable-element-problem-in-scrollable-div/72113)

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**Author:** [@JermWorm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JermWorm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2006, 11:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sortable-element-problem-in-scrollable-div/72113 "2006-10-14T11:51:44Z")

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If I use scrollable\_element on a long list inside a div which is scrollable, the moment I click on one of the items without even moving the mouse it jumps up to a higher position (IE & Firefox), if i drag and drop the…

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## [Dynamically created queries](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamically-created-queries/101681)

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**Author:** [@matthew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/matthew)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamically-created-queries/101681 "2006-08-07T14:53:19Z")

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Hello, I am having difficulty dynamically building a query. I want to ensure that I’m using Active Record protection against SQL injection attacks. In PHP land, I would have built up the query in my logic & attempted …

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## [Application always unresponsive overnight](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-always-unresponsive-overnight/98317)

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**Author:** [@Nina\_Ye](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nina_Ye)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-always-unresponsive-overnight/98317 "2006-07-13T23:27:08Z")

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Hi, I set up my application on Linux (Suse), running MySQL (which sits on a different server) and Webrick. It works fine. However, every morning when I come back to my desk, the application gets unresponsive. If I …

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## [Can Ruby play with COM?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-ruby-play-with-com/62812)

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**Author:** [@Gishu\_Pillai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gishu_Pillai)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2006, 1:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-ruby-play-with-com/62812 "2006-06-08T13:57:45Z")

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Hi, Can Ruby talk with any of the MS Tech? I didn’t bring the pickaxe book to office today. I was planning to do an internal web app using ruby on rails. However this app has to talk with Starteam (a Borland product…

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## [Upgrade 1.0 =\> 1.1.2 Broke My App (environment.rb ?)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upgrade-1-0-1-1-2-broke-my-app-environment-rb/58794)

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**Author:** [@wksmall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wksmall)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upgrade-1-0-1-1-2-broke-my-app-environment-rb/58794 "2006-04-26T00:20:54Z")

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Short version: Do I need to re-run script/generate after doing ‘rails .’ ?? My rails app worked fine under ruby 1.8.2 and rails 0.13. I then upgraded to rails 1.0 and it still worked fine. Don’t ask me exactly w…

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## [One-to-one relationship confusion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-to-one-relationship-confusion/57227)

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**Author:** [@dkam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dkam)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2006, 8:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-to-one-relationship-confusion/57227 "2006-04-08T08:59:08Z")

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Hello, I posted a similar email, earlier in the week, but I still must not be getting it. I have a customer that aggregates two addresses; a shipping address and a billing address. Addresses can also be referenced b…

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## [Mixins and initialize/initialize\_copy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mixins-and-initialize-initialize-copy/93536)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mixins-and-initialize-initialize-copy/93536 "2006-04-04T21:38:43Z")

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Hello, I have created a mixin module that overwrites initialize and initialize\_copy. This works fine until a class that uses the mixin wants to overwrite initialize and/or initialize\_copy, too. I can replace initia…

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## [\[ANN\] Instant Rails 1.1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-instant-rails-1-1/56585)

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**Author:** [@curthibbs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/curthibbs)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-instant-rails-1-1/56585 "2006-04-01T14:34:46Z")

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Instant Rails is a one-stop Rails runtime solution containing Ruby, Rails, Apache, and MySQL, all preconfigured and ready to run. No installer, you simply drop it into the directory of your choice and run it. It does …

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## [Amazing Prices for Ruby Books on Amazon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/amazing-prices-for-ruby-books-on-amazon/55620)

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**Author:** [@smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smc7000)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/amazing-prices-for-ruby-books-on-amazon/55620 "2006-03-22T17:57:19Z")

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The pickaxe is available on Amazon for $28.32 USD right now and Learn to Program by Chris P. is available for $12.97 USD. If you don’t have either of these books, you should and now would be a great time to order the…

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## [Please help: "undefined method 'updated?'"](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-undefined-method-updated/55051)

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**Author:** [@Peter\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Peter_SSiso-8859-1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-undefined-method-updated/55051 "2006-03-20T12:01:52Z")

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Hi, after updating to rails1.0 (using the debian package) and following the instructions at Peak Obsession I always get in my rails application the following error: “undefined method \`updated?’ for #Device:0xb6c95564”…

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## [Prototype ajax/javascript q](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/prototype-ajax-javascript-q/54692)

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**Author:** [@costi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/costi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/prototype-ajax-javascript-q/54692 "2006-03-13T20:12:32Z")

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I’m trying to send to my application the coords x,y on an “input type image” in a html form, but x,y variables are not present in the POST\_DATA (are not submitted). Any other field (hidden inputs) are being sent when …

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## [SSI like function in Rails?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssi-like-function-in-rails/54175)

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**Author:** [@daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daniel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssi-like-function-in-rails/54175 "2006-02-25T12:58:22Z")

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Hey Im slowly learning ruby and rails… still having some problems with grasping the basic concepts though. How do I include a common html snippet in some of my views? (The snippet exists in two different flavors, I w…

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## [ActiveRecord before\_ callbacks question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-before-callbacks-question/54057)

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**Author:** [@Philipp\_Ott](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Philipp_Ott)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-before-callbacks-question/54057 "2006-02-21T20:54:24Z")

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Hi! I need to set the primary key in a model and postgres table to something different than id. View Edit and such works in the scaffolded controller. However if I click in the controller below the list of data onto …

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## [Accents and String#tr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/accents-and-string-tr/71085)

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**Author:** [@fxn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fxn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/accents-and-string-tr/71085 "2006-02-21T14:55:07Z")

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I wrote this method def self.normalize\_for\_sorting(s) return nil unless s norm = s.downcase norm.tr!(‘ÁÉÍÓÚ’, ‘aeiou’) norm.tr!(‘ÀÈÌÒÙ’, ‘aeiou’) norm.tr!(‘ÄËÏÖÜ’, ‘aeiou’) norm.tr!(‘ÂÊÎÔÛ’, ‘aeiou’) norm.tr!(‘áé…

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## [Browser Detection](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/browser-detection/102257)

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**Author:** [@Thiago\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thiago_J)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2006, 12:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/browser-detection/102257 "2006-02-08T12:43:51Z")

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How can I detect the user’s browser in Rails? Thanks.

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## [Testing a model method - private method?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing-a-model-method-private-method/97410)

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**Author:** [@seanhussey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seanhussey)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing-a-model-method-private-method/97410 "2006-01-25T22:08:45Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m trying to test a method in my model: def html\_email return “” + self.email + “” end The method works ok. But when I try to test it: assert\_equal ("\<a href='mailto:" + people(:staff1\_person).email …

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