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## [Error Checking and Processing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-checking-and-processing/55907)

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**Author:** [@danhobbs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danhobbs)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2006, 8:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-checking-and-processing/55907 "2006-03-25T08:56:14Z")

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Does anyone have any ideas on the best way to perform error checking and processing for a particular problem: A customer fills in an order form with their credit card details and hits submit. The controller has to d…

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## [How do you display validation errors when validating child m](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-you-display-validation-errors-when-validating-child-m/79957)

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**Author:** [@Bryce\_Thornton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bryce_Thornton)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-you-display-validation-errors-when-validating-child-m/79957 "2006-03-17T15:20:21Z")

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I can’t seem to figure out how to get child validation error messages to display. I’m going through the simple blog example DHH uses in his video. In the example, a comment belongs\_to a post. Validating posts works…

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## [Validate uniqueness of two fields](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validate-uniqueness-of-two-fields/53950)

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**Author:** [@glenatron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/glenatron)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validate-uniqueness-of-two-fields/53950 "2006-02-18T00:55:59Z")

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I have Proposals and Members and Members can vote for a proposal only once. So, I have “Vote belongs\_to :member, :proposal”, but to make sure a member only votes once, I want to make sure that there isn’t a vote in t…

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## [Drag and drop problem if Droppable zones overlap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drag-and-drop-problem-if-droppable-zones-overlap/51130)

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**Author:** [@pmouawad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pmouawad)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drag-and-drop-problem-if-droppable-zones-overlap/51130 "2005-12-27T22:11:51Z")

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Hello, The question is related to Droppables and Draggable. I’m creating a splitter component with a DIV that acts as the splitter and 2 DIV zones that are the splitted zone. To do so I use the Droppables and Draggab…

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## [Regex with multiple returns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regex-with-multiple-returns/54203)

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**Author:** [@lstrecv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lstrecv)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2005, 11:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regex-with-multiple-returns/54203 "2005-12-21T11:15:00Z")

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Is there a Ruby regex that can return all of the following: boringstuff(returnthisplease)notthis(butthis)dontwantthis(butIdowantthisnomatterhowmanyparenthiesisthereare) If I only had one pair of parens, I would just do…

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## [Kalah (#58)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kalah-58/68458)

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**Author:** [@horndude77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/horndude77)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2005, 4:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kalah-58/68458 "2005-12-16T04:27:08Z")

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I know this is a bit late, but I’ve been trying to train my neural net. I’ve never used them before and I’ve been wanting to learn. I created a neural net with the input being the kalah board plus one bias node(so 15 …

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## [Custom validation in model](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/custom-validation-in-model/48909)

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**Author:** [@straightflush](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/straightflush)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/custom-validation-in-model/48909 "2005-11-26T20:04:11Z")

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Hello, is there a way to add a custom validation inside the model ? like validates\_passwords\_are\_equal :password, :password\_confirm that would make sure the password and password\_confirm fields are the same ? thank…

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## [How much durability Diaspore and Pyrophyllite possess?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-much-durability-diaspore-and-pyrophyllite-possess/244391)

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**Author:** [@Sadaf\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sadaf_N)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-much-durability-diaspore-and-pyrophyllite-possess/244391 "2016-04-01T19:19:57Z")

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Has anyone ever heard about Diaspore and pyrophyllite mineral? How much durable they are in mining?

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## [\[OT\]\[Commercial\]\[Job\] Tech lead position @ Cleartrip, Bangalore](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-commercial-job-tech-lead-position-cleartrip-bangalore/234160)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-commercial-job-tech-lead-position-cleartrip-bangalore/234160 "2015-02-11T15:03:34Z")

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About the Role: The Team Lead will be responsible for the timely delivery of complex, high availability, high traffic end user applications managing a team of 8-10 engineers. This person will make sure the systems de…

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## [Just getting started. Trying to figure out a bug in installation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/just-getting-started-trying-to-figure-out-a-bug-in-installation/230917)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/just-getting-started-trying-to-figure-out-a-bug-in-installation/230917 "2014-07-12T18:51:25Z")

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Hi. I am trying to figure out how to install and run Ruby on Rails from the ruby-lang site. I installed the 1.9.3 version. It tells me to install it to C:\\oss\\ruby I am supposed to unzip Koans and go to advanced sett…

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## [SSI and proxy\_pass](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssi-and-proxy-pass/230886)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssi-and-proxy-pass/230886 "2014-07-10T20:34:14Z")

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Hi all, I’m trying out nginx. I would like to use it to perform the following: Retrieve a page from a server1 which includes some SSI commands Process the SSI commands, eventually including content from server2 Return…

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## [More Descriptive 502 Errors](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-descriptive-502-errors/240221)

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**Author:** [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-descriptive-502-errors/240221 "2014-04-03T15:06:29Z")

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Every so often I see a handful of errors in my error log, such as: connect() failed (113: No route to host) upstream timed out (110: Connection timed out) upstream sent too big header while reading response header fro…

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## [Rewriting GET request parameters while configured as a reverse proxy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rewriting-get-request-parameters-while-configured-as-a-reverse-proxy/238644)

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**Author:** [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rewriting-get-request-parameters-while-configured-as-a-reverse-proxy/238644 "2014-01-21T23:25:41Z")

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Hello Is there a way to make nginx rewrite the GET request parameters while configured as a reverse proxy. e.g. if nginx receives a request GET / foo.html?abc=123 , can nginx rewrite it to GET /foo.html?abc=456 (nginx …

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## [Fwd: USRP2 firmware images](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-usrp2-firmware-images/238432)

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**Author:** [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-usrp2-firmware-images/238432 "2014-01-09T13:13:07Z")

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Hi everyone, Well today i came across a problem with my USRP2. I'm suspecting it could be a boot loader problem. I searched for firmware images but couldn’t find any of the links to be working.Can someone send link …

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## [Fwd: Nand D flipflop in gnuradio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-nand-d-flipflop-in-gnuradio/238296)

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**Author:** [@musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/musicdenotation)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 10:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-nand-d-flipflop-in-gnuradio/238296 "2014-01-02T10:24:51Z")

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Hi , Thank you for the replies. But i don't know much about programming so can anyone tell me how do i change the work function of block so that I can make it work. Thanks sandhya ---------- Forwarded message…

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## [ArgumentError: invalid %-encoding](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/argumenterror-invalid-encoding/228846)

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**Author:** [@Waynn\_L](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Waynn_L)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2013, 5:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/argumenterror-invalid-encoding/228846 "2013-05-10T05:31:17Z")

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I’m getting exceptions from my server when a bot starts crawling random incorrect un-escaped URLs (up to a few thousand now), specifically with % in the URL. I’ve looked at a bunch of issues in rack herehttps://githu…

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## [OOK Mod and Demod](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ook-mod-and-demod/224357)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ook-mod-and-demod/224357 "2012-11-09T02:31:25Z")

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Hello, I am trying to create an ook modulation and demodulation block. So far, I have created a block similar to the bpsk block. I changed my constellations points to 1+0j and 0+0j. I want a rectangular pulse to be …

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## [Xor strings in ruby with speeds good enough for crypto?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xor-strings-in-ruby-with-speeds-good-enough-for-crypto/219582)

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**Author:** [@Gurdipe\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gurdipe_D)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 7:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xor-strings-in-ruby-with-speeds-good-enough-for-crypto/219582 "2012-05-08T07:34:27Z")

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I need to xor strings with speeds good enough to not be the bottleneck in my crypto application. I was going to use the fast\_xor gem but I think it is very buggy. Is there any way I can get fast xor of strings with ru…

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## [ActiveModel::MassAssignmentSecurity::Error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activemodel-error/218929)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activemodel-error/218929 "2012-04-16T14:15:07Z")

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Newbie here, running rails 3.2.2 and ruby 1.8.7. I have 2 models, Hotel and Facility, they both have have\_one abd belongs\_to with foriegn jey created correctly. The goal is, in a single form have displayed info. of bo…

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## [Running wx gui widgets over xforwarding ssh connection fails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-wx-gui-widgets-over-xforwarding-ssh-connection-fails/206910)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-wx-gui-widgets-over-xforwarding-ssh-connection-fails/206910 "2011-05-13T03:22:50Z")

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I receive the following error when connecting to a ubuntu 10.10 platform from a debian lenny machine: pwilliams@ubuntu:~/gnuradio\_test$ ./top\_block.py linux; GNU C++ version 4.4.5; Boost\_104200; UHD\_003.000.001-releas…

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## [Duplicate method in application\_controller and application\_helper](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/duplicate-method-in-application-controller-and-application-helper/206860)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/duplicate-method-in-application-controller-and-application-helper/206860 "2011-05-11T21:03:52Z")

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I have a method: def current\_practice if session\[:impersonating\] Practice.find session\[:impersonating\] else current\_user.practice end end It is identical in both controller and helper. How could I DRY this up so…

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## ["contain" not defined in view spec](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/contain-not-defined-in-view-spec/226088)

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**Author:** [@srveit](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/srveit)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/contain-not-defined-in-view-spec/226088 "2010-10-19T02:33:14Z")

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Using Rails 2 and rspec-rails 2.0.1. I have the following view spec: require ‘spec\_helper’ describe “bookmarkers/show.html.haml” do include BookmarkersHelper before(:each) do @bookmarker = mock\_model(Bookmarker) @…

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## [How to adjust the Low pass filter bandwidth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-adjust-the-low-pass-filter-bandwidth/197390)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-adjust-the-low-pass-filter-bandwidth/197390 "2010-10-13T18:42:50Z")

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Hi all, My incoming signal has a bandwidth of 1MHz while the DBSRX daughter board that I am using has a low pass filter bandwidth of 60MHz. Is it possible for me to adjust the low pass filter bandwidth in USRP2? Th…

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## [Calling script/spec from directories other than RAILS\_ROOT](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calling-script-spec-from-directories-other-than-rails-root/193332)

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**Author:** [@samullen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/samullen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 6:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calling-script-spec-from-directories-other-than-rails-root/193332 "2010-08-16T06:51:43Z")

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I’ve written a simple shell function which, depending on where it is called, will ascend the directory tree until it finds ./script/spec or, failing that, the spec first found in $PATH. What I’m running into is that a…

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## [Where is become\_java!?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-is-become-java/183079)

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**Author:** [@rogergue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogergue)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-is-become-java/183079 "2010-02-07T19:03:30Z")

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What is the status of the become\_java! method ? Regards Roger

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## [Advice for superset/subset data model](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/advice-for-superset-subset-data-model/178544)

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**Author:** [@danm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/advice-for-superset-subset-data-model/178544 "2009-11-07T03:59:19Z")

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Hi, I’m interested to know if anyone has any clever suggestions about how to model the following scenario with ActiveRecord: I’d like a collection of media, including photos, videos, and songs, all of which have som…

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## [Regarding gnuradio-3.2rc0.tar.gz installation on windows XP](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regarding-gnuradio-3-2rc0-tar-gz-installation-on-windows-xp/196956)

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**Author:** [@john\_boon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_boon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regarding-gnuradio-3-2rc0-tar-gz-installation-on-windows-xp/196956 "2009-05-04T13:56:02Z")

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hi all, i have been following the mails and going through mail lists, couldnt find any information which can point me whether installation of gnuradio-3.2rc0.tar.gz is possible on windows XP. i have been successfull…

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## [Problem running autotest in rails 2.3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-running-autotest-in-rails-2-3/163586)

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**Author:** [@bornboulder](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bornboulder)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-running-autotest-in-rails-2-3/163586 "2009-03-22T16:32:54Z")

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People, I’m trying to run autotest on rails 2.3 I get a NoMethodError. Here is what I see: Sat Mar 21 20:47 /b/tmp/myfc23 maco$ Sat Mar 21 20:47 /b/tmp/myfc23 maco$ autotest loading autotest/rails\_rspec ./vendor/p…

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## [Run rake spec with a halt-on-errors mode?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/run-rake-spec-with-a-halt-on-errors-mode/162677)

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**Author:** [@anton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anton)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/run-rake-spec-with-a-halt-on-errors-mode/162677 "2009-03-12T21:19:37Z")

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Hello everybody! I am using rspec for quite a time now, and it is really a great tool! The only thing that I haven’t figured out is how to set the spec runner to a halt-on-error mode. For example a lot of browser test…

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## [ScriptScope.SetVariable - pass in a function](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scriptscope-setvariable-pass-in-a-function/153385)

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**Author:** [@bvanderveen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bvanderveen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scriptscope-setvariable-pass-in-a-function/153385 "2008-11-16T03:11:27Z")

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Hi, I’d like do something like this: public void AddFunction() { aScriptScope.SetVariable(“my\_function”, (Action)MyFunction); } public void MyFunction(string value) { // do stuff! } Currently if I execute a scrip…

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## [Identificar mÃ¡quina de usuario con Rail s](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/identificar-ma-quina-de-usuario-con-rail-s/145659)

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**Author:** [@werther](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/werther)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/identificar-ma-quina-de-usuario-con-rail-s/145659 "2008-08-12T18:22:07Z")

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Desarrollo una aplicacion web que funcionara en un servidor local. Deseamos registrar en una BD, por motivos de seguridad, algun dato que identifique a la mÃ¡quina que entra y usa la aplicacion. Sabemos que existe la …

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## [Should\_receive - how to allow multiple calls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/should-receive-how-to-allow-multiple-calls/143105)

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**Author:** [@qertoip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/qertoip)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/should-receive-how-to-allow-multiple-calls/143105 "2008-07-15T14:00:04Z")

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code: info( ‘attempting to sign in’ ) # I want to test it … info( ‘signed in’ ) # I don’t care about it spec: @scraper.should\_receive( :info ).with( ‘attempting to sign in’ ).at\_least( 1 ).times res…

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## [Tupanka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tupanka/142737)

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**Author:** [@deinspanjer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/deinspanjer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tupanka/142737 "2008-07-10T23:53:11Z")

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Como puedo imprimir directamente desde el servidor con Ruby on rails?

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## [ArgumentError: interning empty string and enum-column plugin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/argumenterror-interning-empty-string-and-enum-column-plugin/112922)

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**Author:** [@clemrock](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/clemrock)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/argumenterror-interning-empty-string-and-enum-column-plugin/112922 "2008-07-10T02:44:38Z")

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Hello, I am a developer who has just started working on a large scale website in a team of 5 other developers. One of the developers has introduced some enum columns into the the database. Now, by default, activ…

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## [Rss-wxruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rss-wxruby/138509)

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**Author:** [@beusse](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/beusse)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rss-wxruby/138509 "2008-05-23T23:56:22Z")

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Bonjour Alex. J’ai crÃ©er une application(Rss-wxruby) et je l’ai dÃ©posÃ©e en tÃ©lÃ©chargement sur le site “Tom’s guide”. Ils ont crÃ©er les screenshots, et la problÃ¨me: Il y a des carrÃ©s qui ressortent de partout?…

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## [Acts\_as\_tree: Kreise in BÃ¤umen verhindern](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-tree-kreise-in-ba-umen-verhindern/127992)

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**Author:** [@rbjl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rbjl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2008, 9:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-tree-kreise-in-ba-umen-verhindern/127992 "2008-02-04T09:12:43Z")

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ja hallo erstmal,… ich stehe gerade mal lieder wieder wie der Ochs vor’m Berg: In meiner Anwendung kann der User eine Baumstruktur erstellen, indem er den parent auswählt. Probleme gibt’s jedoch, wenn der User Kreis…

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## [Creating a temporary User](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-a-temporary-user/127647)

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**Author:** [@yaphi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yaphi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-a-temporary-user/127647 "2008-01-31T19:30:09Z")

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I am confused as to how to create a temporary User to retrieve / set tasks to. I am fairly certain this is the direction I am supposed to be moving in, but can’t figure out what I am doing wrong. Can anyone point me i…

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## [Comment requested on first Rails code](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/comment-requested-on-first-rails-code/124044)

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**Author:** [@janeden](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/janeden)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/comment-requested-on-first-rails-code/124044 "2007-12-24T00:20:46Z")

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Hi, I recently started playing with RoR, and I am not sure if I got my setup right. Could someone comment on the code below? Background: I want to expand/collapse a list of items. The expanded list represents a recur…

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## [Formatting a unix timestamp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-a-unix-timestamp/115324)

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**Author:** [@silvertab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/silvertab)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-a-unix-timestamp/115324 "2007-09-23T22:57:32Z")

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I have a database with unix timestamps in it (saved as varchar)… Right now I’m using the following to format it (item table, created\_at field)…: Time.at(item.created\_at.to\_i).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") I was wonde…

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## [Spectrum Sense: Making Sense of the data](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spectrum-sense-making-sense-of-the-data/109220)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spectrum-sense-making-sense-of-the-data/109220 "2007-07-13T17:00:50Z")

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Hi All, First of all my apologies on the quality of the email, this is my first posting to a mailing list and I’ve tries to go into as much detail as possible. We have had a problem making sense of the output we rece…

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## [TextMate theme in screencasts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/textmate-theme-in-screencasts/106516)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/textmate-theme-in-screencasts/106516 "2007-06-11T15:46:11Z")

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Which exact theme is used in the screencasts (http:// Ruby on Rails — A web-app framework that includes everything needed to create database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern.)…

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## [Postgres geometric types support](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/postgres-geometric-types-support/104358)

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**Author:** [@Jon\_Smillie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jon_Smillie)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/postgres-geometric-types-support/104358 "2007-05-17T15:45:28Z")

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I’ve been trying to get rails to work successfully with the native geometric types in postgres (point, box, etc), but out of the box rails dumbs these down to string types. This means that when rake creates my test d…

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## [How to index and search multiple foreign keys in aaf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-index-and-search-multiple-foreign-keys-in-aaf/104225)

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**Author:** [@levent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/levent)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-index-and-search-multiple-foreign-keys-in-aaf/104225 "2007-05-15T19:06:08Z")

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Let’s say I have a class Job that has a series of possible locations that are stored as a sequence of foreign keys class Job acts\_as\_ferret { :locations =\> {} } def locations “1,25,23,15” # ?? end end Is that …

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## [Bitmask(bitwise operation) support in Ferret](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bitmask-bitwise-operation-support-in-ferret/92790)

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**Author:** [@yaxm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yaxm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2007, 1:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bitmask-bitwise-operation-support-in-ferret/92790 "2007-04-24T13:43:31Z")

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Hi, in my person model, I have a enumeration field “role” that take bits like 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, … they represent person roles(eg: admin(1), QA(2), manager(4) … ). Each person can take on multiple roles. say there’s …

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## [Seeking ROR programmer to assist charity project](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seeking-ror-programmer-to-assist-charity-project/85435)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seeking-ror-programmer-to-assist-charity-project/85435 "2007-02-16T13:05:33Z")

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Hi, We are looking for a serious ruby on rails programmer to help us with a few issues on our site. The site is an ecommerce site built on ruby on rails. We have an issue with the integration to paypal. We also woul…

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## [Csv upload and utf-8?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/csv-upload-and-utf-8/82089)

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**Author:** [@ram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ram)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/csv-upload-and-utf-8/82089 "2007-01-23T23:53:04Z")

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Hi, I need to import data from a .csv file. I use IO.readlines(file). Everything works fine i.e., the data is indeed imported into my table but there seems to be a problem with special characters such as the german umla…

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## [How pinging works](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-pinging-works/75676)

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**Author:** [@Piero\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Piero_C)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-pinging-works/75676 "2006-11-13T02:17:43Z")

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Hi, i weirdly notice that my blog posts are not indexed by google blog search and technocrati. Pinging is enabled and I configured pinging with the following voices under “URL to pings”: http://rpc.technorati.com/r…

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## [Some Questions (ProgressBar, Moving Tabs, VTE+commands ...)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/some-questions-progressbar-moving-tabs-vte-commands/73177)

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**Author:** [@quik77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/quik77)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/some-questions-progressbar-moving-tabs-vte-commands/73177 "2006-10-23T15:30:26Z")

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Hi all, I have 5 questions, some are probably easier to answer than others. I have collected them, so I dont send too many messages in total. Is it possible to use Gtk::ProgressBar as some kind of … status-bar, l…

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## [Unable to change other user passwords](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-change-other-user-passwords/100421)

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**Author:** [@chris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chris)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-change-other-user-passwords/100421 "2006-07-29T15:57:36Z")

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I’ve got an app that uses User Engine. I can log in as the super user just fine. If I attempt to change another user’s password, it doesn’t seem to take in that I cannot log in that user with the new password. I don’t…

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## [Ruby Vs Java Vs Coldfusion Vs Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-vs-java-vs-coldfusion-vs-rails/99119)

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**Author:** [@Aneesha\_Bakharia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Aneesha_Bakharia)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-vs-java-vs-coldfusion-vs-rails/99119 "2006-07-20T15:16:58Z")

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An interesting discussion from a mainly CF blog on Ruby, Java and Coldfusion. http://www.corfield.org/blog/index.cfm/do/blog.entry/entry/Java\_or\_Ruby

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