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## [Weird Functional Test Behavior](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-functional-test-behavior/129935)

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**Author:** [@dkanders](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dkanders)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-functional-test-behavior/129935 "2008-02-26T05:10:25Z")

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Hi All, I have a test that is failing and I can’t figure it out… it fails the first time in autotest and the second time it runs (once autotest is started), the test doesn’t fail. Thanks in advance for your help. He…

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## [Domanda di un principiante sulle variabili](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/domanda-di-un-principiante-sulle-variabili/126579)

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**Author:** [@orsobruno](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/orsobruno)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/domanda-di-un-principiante-sulle-variabili/126579 "2008-01-20T04:22:05Z")

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Qual’e’ la differenza fra variabili di classe e variabili di istanza? e cosa sono i simboli in ruby (:nome)?

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## [Importing file in html (noob)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/importing-file-in-html-noob/126095)

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**Author:** [@statictony](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/statictony)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/importing-file-in-html-noob/126095 "2008-01-15T21:50:30Z")

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Hi People, I’m pretty new to rails so please bear with me on this. I’m wanting to pull a text file into my rhtml page to use as the header part of my site. I know I can use layouts but it isn’t pratical for my proble…

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## [Need help with RMagick for attachment\_fu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-with-rmagick-for-attachment-fu/122704)

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**Author:** [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2007, 6:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-with-rmagick-for-attachment-fu/122704 "2007-12-11T06:41:35Z")

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I can’t get attachment\_fu to save the images. I have rmagic and imagemagick installed and if I run some of the scripts on this page ( http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/portfolio.html ) it works as expected. When I try to …

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## [:update to a list](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/update-to-a-list/116982)

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**Author:** [@snantz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/snantz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/update-to-a-list/116982 "2007-10-12T15:37:03Z")

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I have this list and what I want to do is to have a link that allows the user to add something to this list. So I have a form with the :update option, but I want the update to happen at the end of this div that I have…

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## [Gtk not work](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gtk-not-work/115982)

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**Author:** [@mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mokkai)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 10:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gtk-not-work/115982 "2007-10-01T10:31:59Z")

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my os --\> ubuntu 7.04 my ruby–\> ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-25) \[i486-linux\] recently i download “ruby-gtk2-0.16.0” and install it in terminal… mani@user-UBUNTU704:~$ vim welcome.rb require “gtk2” include Gtk def quick\_me…

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## [SMTP ActionMailer Email Problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/smtp-actionmailer-email-problem/107751)

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**Author:** [@stick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stick)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/smtp-actionmailer-email-problem/107751 "2007-06-28T16:00:41Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to send some emails via actionmailer using the SMTP settings for my shared hosting. All seems fine, and I get no errors, but I also get no emails. Any ideas as to what to look for or how to go about te…

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## [SslRequirement module](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sslrequirement-module/107857)

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**Author:** [@dissolved](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dissolved)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 7:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sslrequirement-module/107857 "2007-06-27T07:40:18Z")

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This is a question is about the SslRequirement rails plugin. However, it’s also about core concepts behind ruby modules. Here’s the code for the plugin. http://pastie.caboo.se/73773 Here’s an example of how you use …

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## [Ruby on 64-bit Linux](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-64-bit-linux/59152)

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**Author:** [@bofar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bofar)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-64-bit-linux/59152 "2007-05-30T14:45:46Z")

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Hi, I imagine this topic has been covered before, but I have searched and looked through the forum and cannot find any mention of it. I need to run Ruby on a 64-bit Fedora Linux System. When I compile it, I get an e…

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## [Rais generated HTML](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rais-generated-html/105201)

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**Author:** [@hpacheco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hpacheco)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2007, 5:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rais-generated-html/105201 "2007-05-27T05:42:20Z")

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A very very very lamme question: how can I see rails generated html?? really sory for the “spam” hugo

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## [Problems with composed\_of](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-composed-of/103403)

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**Author:** [@leonb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leonb)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-composed-of/103403 "2007-05-06T22:05:18Z")

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Hi, I’m having problems with composed\_of I have this two classes: class Declaration \< ActiveRecord::Base composed\_of :amount, :class\_name =\> “Currency”, :mapping =\> %w(amount amount) end class Currency attr\_acces…

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## [Operator redefinition in YARV](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/operator-redefinition-in-yarv/103120)

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**Author:** [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2007, 8:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/operator-redefinition-in-yarv/103120 "2007-05-02T08:24:38Z")

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e$B$^$D$b$He(B e$B$f$-$R$m$G$9e(B e$B%a%bBe$o$j$G$9!#e(B YARVe$B$G$O1i;;;R%a%=%C%I$N:FDj5A$K$^$@BP1~$7$F$$$J$$$N$G$9$M!#e(B mathne$B$,F0$-$^$;$s!#e(B e$BD\>$=$&$H;W$C$?$1$I!"$I$3$G1i;;;R$rFCJL07$$$7$F$k$+$o$+$j$^$;e(B …

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## [SQL calls and associations](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sql-calls-and-associations/92920)

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**Author:** [@pallan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pallan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sql-calls-and-associations/92920 "2007-04-25T18:50:41Z")

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Hi all, I have a really quick question on the number of SQL calls I am seeing in my development log when it comes to associations. This may just be an environment issue, but I could not find an answer. If I have a b…

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## [ActiveResource](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource/91816)

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**Author:** [@burrowsm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/burrowsm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource/91816 "2007-04-12T20:44:57Z")

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Can someone give me a quick rundown on ActiveResource? Is is included in rails 1.2.3? How do I start using it? How does it work with ActiveRecord? Is there a script/generate command for it? Where is the documenta…

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## [Using hashes as find conditions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-hashes-as-find-conditions/91838)

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**Author:** [@Saxon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Saxon)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-hashes-as-find-conditions/91838 "2007-04-12T20:14:53Z")

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I’ve been having problems using hashes in conjunction with SQL. Here’s an example: Question.count(:all, :conditions =\> { :parent =\> nil }) And here’s the query it runs : SELECT count(\*) AS count\_all FROM questions WH…

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## [Sending the values of Date\_select form field through Post](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-the-values-of-date-select-form-field-through-post/69986)

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**Author:** [@Lakshan\_Perera](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Lakshan_Perera)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-the-values-of-date-select-form-field-through-post/69986 "2007-04-11T15:00:54Z")

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I’ve got a form which only consists of two Date\_select elements, which sends two date values to a action in same controller to retrive some data. This works fine when I test in my local machine with web brick server. …

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## [Programmatically disabling validates\_presence\_of for an inst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/programmatically-disabling-validates-presence-of-for-an-inst/91145)

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**Author:** [@ntran](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ntran)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/programmatically-disabling-validates-presence-of-for-an-inst/91145 "2007-04-06T02:22:00Z")

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I have a number of models with various data validations, e.g: class Task \< ActiveRecord::Base validates\_presence\_of :comment validates\_presence\_of :complaint validates\_inclusion\_of :status, :in =\> TASK\_STATUSES vali…

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## [Can RJS cause page refresh?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-rjs-cause-page-refresh/91225)

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**Author:** [@helzer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/helzer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-rjs-cause-page-refresh/91225 "2007-04-05T19:53:19Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m using AJAX to replace parts of a page, but sometimes, I need to refresh the entire page. Is it possible to keep using the form\_remote helpers and RJS views but still cause the entire page to reload (…

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## [How do form data get into ActiveRecord object?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-form-data-get-into-activerecord-object/90167)

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**Author:** [@alex](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2007, 8:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-form-data-get-into-activerecord-object/90167 "2007-03-27T08:09:51Z")

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Hi I’m quite new to rails and I think until now I didn’t get all of ActiveRecord :slight\_smile: So, here is what I want to do: I have a form where a user can input a date. The logic behind the date field should be a…

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## [Autocompete for first\_name OR last\_name](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autocompete-for-first-name-or-last-name/86443)

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**Author:** [@jko170](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jko170)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 12:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autocompete-for-first-name-or-last-name/86443 "2007-02-22T12:49:17Z")

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My autocomplete method searches only on the last\_name column but I’d like for it to search first\_name and last\_name for a match. Basically how gmail and yahoo mail beta does it. I tried the sql OR operator but I can’t…

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## [Resolv-replace problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/resolv-replace-problem/82999)

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**Author:** [@mly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mly)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 12:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/resolv-replace-problem/82999 "2007-01-23T00:57:22Z")

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After running through aproximately 512 ip to name resolutions, the resolv-replace library seems to become very slow and starts blocking threads. Any ideas? Any good alternatives for doing ip address to name lookups o…

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## [Is there any libs for WIN32 GUI test?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-any-libs-for-win32-gui-test/81915)

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**Author:** [@wangdong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wangdong)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-any-libs-for-win32-gui-test/81915 "2007-01-20T14:23:27Z")

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Python has lots of such libs and the Ruby dose?

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## [Ruby On Rails install failing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-install-failing/68645)

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**Author:** [@roschler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/roschler)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-install-failing/68645 "2007-01-06T19:30:52Z")

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I’m trying to get Rails installed on my system. I installed the Ruby On Rails 1.0.2 package for Eclipse. Then I used the one-click installer for Ruby 1.8.5 and configured Eclipse with my install directory (C:\\Ruby\\b…

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## [Problem with win32 change notify, dbi and sql server](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-win32-change-notify-dbi-and-sql-server/80485)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-win32-change-notify-dbi-and-sql-server/80485 "2006-12-28T15:21:51Z")

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I have created a script to monitor a directory and update a database based on changes to the directory. I am using WinXP, Ruby 1.8.5 and Ruby DBI. The script is divided into a class to handle the db functions (class F…

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## [\[ADV\] Updated PDF of AWDwR (plus a special offer)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adv-updated-pdf-of-awdwr-plus-a-special-offer/77536)

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**Author:** [@dirtytree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dirtytree)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adv-updated-pdf-of-awdwr-plus-a-special-offer/77536 "2006-11-28T19:46:07Z")

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Folks: The final version of Agile Web D. with Rails went to the printer last Friday. This means that the paper book will start shipping sometime around December 15. You might want to grab the latest version of the PD…

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## [How to do optgroups?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-do-optgroups/75744)

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**Author:** [@benjohnson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/benjohnson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-do-optgroups/75744 "2006-11-14T03:17:04Z")

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I was palying around with the form field functions in rails and couldn’t figure out a way to do an optgroup, which is a way to group options in a select field. Any ideas how to do this? Thanks.

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## [How can I display nothing with RJS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-display-nothing-with-rjs/73626)

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**Author:** [@patcito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/patcito)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-display-nothing-with-rjs/73626 "2006-10-25T22:16:42Z")

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hey all, I would like to do something like: if @mything.update\_attributes(params\[:mything\]) render\_a\_blank\_page end I tried something like: if @mything.update\_attributes(params\[:mything\]) render :update do |page| …

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## [Upload progress bar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upload-progress-bar/69728)

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**Author:** [@pratiksha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pratiksha)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upload-progress-bar/69728 "2006-09-26T15:57:42Z")

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Hi all, I m a new bee in ruby. I want upload progress bar for my project. I have seen the sean’s progress bar demo , but it is not working fine for me. so if anyone have other solution than this then pls suggest me, …

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## [Boolean query bug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/boolean-query-bug/68278)

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**Author:** [@pyros](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pyros)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/boolean-query-bug/68278 "2006-09-11T14:00:43Z")

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Hello all, At the end of this script : Parked at Loopia, I made two search. They have to return the same result, but the first return 2 matches and the second only one match. The first is clearly buggy. Do you have…

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## [Happy Numbers #93 How happy can you get? (was Re: \[QUIZ SOLU](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/happy-numbers-93-how-happy-can-you-get-was-re-quiz-solu/67774)

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**Author:** [@rykkers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rykkers)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2006, 2:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/happy-numbers-93-how-happy-can-you-get-was-re-quiz-solu/67774 "2006-09-07T02:47:27Z")

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On 9/5/06, Ken B. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: Since the order of digits in the number doesn’t matter, here’s code to generate digits whose numbers are in nondecreasing order. This makes the “happiest …

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## ["Language redirect" behavior is missing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/language-redirect-behavior-is-missing/97674)

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**Author:** [@Maurizio\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Maurizio_B)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2006, 10:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/language-redirect-behavior-is-missing/97674 "2006-09-06T10:43:33Z")

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I updated my radiant installation via “SVN update” and the “language redirect” behavior is now missing. --M

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## [Us\_states plugin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/us-states-plugin/63609)

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**Author:** [@jeremySpinnix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeremySpinnix)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/us-states-plugin/63609 "2006-08-27T14:04:29Z")

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Hello, I am trying to figure out how to use the options available with the us\_states plugin. What is the proper syntax for using the :priority and :with\_abbreviation options? Thanks, jeremy

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## [Re: converting some autogenerated ruby code to C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-converting-some-autogenerated-ruby-code-to-c/100244)

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**Author:** [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-converting-some-autogenerated-ruby-code-to-c/100244 "2006-07-28T18:57:00Z")

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few methods with giant expressions in each. I would like to try improving the performance by generating and compiling C code instead. My preference would be to convert my small subset of ruby code to C code (easily…

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## [Authentication services for the general public - Electronic](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication-services-for-the-general-public-electronic/96693)

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**Author:** [@kuma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kuma)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication-services-for-the-general-public-electronic/96693 "2006-07-01T01:26:35Z")

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Does anyone know of any services that could be used to authenticate a user that would be a member of the general public? One of the projects we’re looking at here needs to have forms signed by parents of students. Sin…

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## [Ajax table does not update](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-table-does-not-update/62415)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajax-table-does-not-update/62415 "2006-06-05T19:35:09Z")

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I have two models: Child and Day. A Child has many days, and a day belongs to a child. I want to create ana ajax table listing the children and, after pressing a button, I want to show the days that belong to that chi…

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## [Newbie: HABTM problems](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-habtm-problems/62214)

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**Author:** [@Thomas\_Townsend](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thomas_Townsend)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-habtm-problems/62214 "2006-06-01T22:32:22Z")

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I’m new to RoR and trying to make a HABTM relationship work. I have no problems with displaying the fields (after I pumped the data into MySQL manually outside of RoR), but when I try to edit a record, it =does= save …

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## [Access to an ApplicationController property from a view](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-to-an-applicationcontroller-property-from-a-view/60957)

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**Author:** [@mischa78](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mischa78)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-to-an-applicationcontroller-property-from-a-view/60957 "2006-05-18T23:05:52Z")

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Hi there, How is it possible to get access to an ApplicationController property from a view? Consider this (simplified) situation: class ApplicationController \< ActionController::Base def folder\_id @folder\_id = par…

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## [RE: Re: Re: \[ANN\] Ruby on Rails Searchable and AnnotatableDo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-re-re-ann-ruby-on-rails-searchable-and-annotatabledo/60864)

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**Author:** [@Ross\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ross_D)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-re-re-ann-ruby-on-rails-searchable-and-annotatabledo/60864 "2006-05-18T01:54:00Z")

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body#rails\_outertrack\_com { font-size: 14px /\* Be kind to these li’l eyes of yours, baby \*/ } Dominique Rose-Rosette Be kinder by specifying {font-size 1em} so that it’s scalable. My pixels are smaller than yours…

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## [O/T: Good OSX Primer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/o-t-good-osx-primer/58870)

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**Author:** [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/o-t-good-osx-primer/58870 "2006-04-26T20:14:38Z")

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A bit off topic, but I know there are a lot of smart Mac evangelists on the list so I thought I’d pose the question here. I made the switch to OS X after Apple moved to the x86 platform. Now that VMWare can be ported …

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## [Error on new install "View Application's Environment"](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-on-new-install-view-applications-environment/58583)

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**Author:** [@hikaru79](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hikaru79)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2006, 10:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-on-new-install-view-applications-environment/58583 "2006-04-24T10:27:37Z")

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Hello. I recently installed Rails on Gentoo, and did a “rails /var/www/localhost/htdocs/parallel\_bible/” just to test. Everything seemed to work fine, but when I clicked on the “View your Application’s Environment” li…

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## [Instance variable shortcuts to fixture data are not working?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instance-variable-shortcuts-to-fixture-data-are-not-working/55505)

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**Author:** [@sserdyuk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sserdyuk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instance-variable-shortcuts-to-fixture-data-are-not-working/55505 "2006-03-21T19:59:57Z")

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Hi, I am following the Agile Web D. with Rails book and it looks like either book is wrong or edge rails are broken. I am trying to access fixture data through instance shortcuts. I.e. customers.yml through @customer…

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## [Embedding a forum inside a rails app](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/embedding-a-forum-inside-a-rails-app/76286)

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**Author:** [@adamdorsey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adamdorsey)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/embedding-a-forum-inside-a-rails-app/76286 "2006-03-04T15:34:55Z")

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what is the best way to embed a forum (phpbb is currently installed under /public/forums/) inside my layout ? I dont want the foum to be its own page i would like it to appear inside the main part of the page with n…

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## [File\_column and login\_engine incompatibilities](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-and-login-engine-incompatibilities/70868)

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**Author:** [@rjlyders](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rjlyders)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-and-login-engine-incompatibilities/70868 "2006-02-20T22:58:52Z")

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Hi, has anyone come across any incompatibilities between file\_column and login\_engine? I’ve been having strange issues where a User model with file\_column in it is failing to save the images properly. Everything uploa…

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## [A Little Win32 Apache2/SCGI Help?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-little-win32-apache2-scgi-help/49092)

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**Author:** [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-little-win32-apache2-scgi-help/49092 "2005-11-29T19:39:53Z")

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Hey all, Sorry to spam a personal help message, but I’m tearing my hair out here. I’ve previously done all my development with webbrick and deployed on TextDrive where all the hard work was pretty much done for me. T…

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## [Ruby breakpoint has weird idea of what local\_variables are?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-breakpoint-has-weird-idea-of-what-local-variables-are/189410)

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**Author:** [@RichardOnRails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RichardOnRails)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-breakpoint-has-weird-idea-of-what-local-variables-are/189410 "2010-06-05T01:34:40Z")

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Hi, I’ve got a 7-liner: require ‘rubygems’ require ‘breakpoint’ a = ‘aaa’ b = ‘bbb’ breakpoint c = ‘ccc’ In a Command window, I’ve got: K:\_Projects\\Ruby\_Ruby\_Tests\\TestBreakpoint\>ruby TestBreakpoint.rb Executin…

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## [Threading in Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/threading-in-rails/149399)

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**Author:** [@Jaikishan\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jaikishan_J)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2008, 8:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/threading-in-rails/149399 "2008-09-25T08:46:19Z")

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Hello, I was wondering if someone can point me how to invoke threads from an action in a controller. Basically, in an action, I want to do some tasks asynchronously for which user need not wait. – Thanks, Jaikisha…

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## [Setup and Teardown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setup-and-teardown/119700)

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**Author:** [@tcblues](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tcblues)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2007, 11:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setup-and-teardown/119700 "2007-11-12T11:16:55Z")

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I was wondering… There are so many different ways to setup and teardown in the Test Cases thing!!! So I thought maybe could be a very good idea to open a new topic about that and people contribute with their ideas abo…

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## [Glimmer-dsl-web 0.2.5 released!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/glimmer-dsl-web-0-2-5-released/264797)

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**Author:** [@AndyMaleh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/AndyMaleh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/glimmer-dsl-web-0-2-5-released/264797 "2024-05-13T20:59:39Z")

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glimmer-dsl-web 0.2.5 released! Rubygem: glimmer-dsl-web | RubyGems.org | your community gem host GitHub: GitHub - AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-web: Glimmer DSL for Web (Ruby in the Browser Web Frontend Framework) Change L…

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## [\[Closed\] Can't build Ruby checked out from official GitHub mirror](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/closed-cant-build-ruby-checked-out-from-official-github-mirror/232665)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2014, 10:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/closed-cant-build-ruby-checked-out-from-official-github-mirror/232665 "2014-10-21T10:36:57Z")

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Issue #10409 has been updated by Martin Dürst. Category set to build Status changed from Assigned to Closed Fixed with r48073. Bug #10409: Can’t build Ruby checked out from official GitHub mirror Author: Masahiro…

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## [\[ANN\] Rails 3.2.13.rc1 has been released!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-3-2-13-rc1-has-been-released/226989)

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**Author:** [@hatless](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hatless)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-3-2-13-rc1-has-been-released/226989 "2013-02-27T21:29:12Z")

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Hey everyone! I am pumped to announce that Rails 3.2.13.rc1 has been released! If no regressions are found I will release 3.2.13 final in two weeks, on March 13, 2013. If you find one, please Open an Issue on GitHub …

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