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## [How RoR works with table created on fly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-ror-works-with-table-created-on-fly/117060)

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**Author:** [@nick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nick)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-ror-works-with-table-created-on-fly/117060 "2007-10-12T19:31:58Z")

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Hi, all I’ve trying to look for answers for my problem but so far couldn’t find one, hopefully someone can tell me what to do. In my application, I have to let user can create new table, and they can add or delete c…

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## [Login testing ideas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/login-testing-ideas/116981)

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**Author:** [@barsalou](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/barsalou)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2007, 5:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/login-testing-ideas/116981 "2007-10-12T05:42:17Z")

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I’ve been going through Pat’s example story and noticed that there was no checking for a bad login. I assume this is because that would have made the article bigger and more complicated than it needed to be. So the q…

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## [Rails 2.0 : handling routing error (Was: fallback to a default controller action)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-0-handling-routing-error-was-fallback-to-a-default-controller-action/116639)

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**Author:** [@Fabien\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Fabien_P)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2007, 2:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-0-handling-routing-error-was-fallback-to-a-default-controller-action/116639 "2007-10-09T02:02:59Z")

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Rails 2.0 has a much nicer way of dealing with this, since you can do class PostsController \< ApplicationController rescue\_from FooError, :with =\> :foo\_handler protected def foo\_handler end end I am trying to …

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## [Cygwin build problem: python version](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cygwin-build-problem-python-version/116676)

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**Author:** [@arjackson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/arjackson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cygwin-build-problem-python-version/116676 "2007-10-08T20:22:02Z")

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By way of introduction, I’m a new GnuRadio user, looking to have a play with it. I don’t have access to a Linux system, so I’m going with Cygwin. The cygwin build instructions (http://gnuradio.org/trac/wiki/CygwinIn…

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## [Loading a fixture clobbers a global variable](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loading-a-fixture-clobbers-a-global-variable/116060)

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**Author:** [@zenlinuxnh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zenlinuxnh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 4:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loading-a-fixture-clobbers-a-global-variable/116060 "2007-10-02T04:20:24Z")

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I’m making use of a global variable to do dynamic scoping in my models. For example, here is how one model is defined: class Invitation \< ActiveRecord::Base belongs\_to :site Scope all find calls to the current site\_i…

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## [Rubygems can't find gems](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-cant-find-gems/115832)

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**Author:** [@mortee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mortee)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-cant-find-gems/115832 "2007-09-29T18:41:48Z")

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Hi, I have a problem with rubygems on a OS X 10.4.10 Tiger PPC. Ruby 1.8.6 and rubygems 0.9.4 are installed properly. Ruby is installed through fink so I set PREFIX to /sw. I installed rubygems by PREFIX=/sw export …

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## [Rake task from crontab?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-task-from-crontab/114520)

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**Author:** [@jrochkind](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jrochkind)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-task-from-crontab/114520 "2007-09-21T16:16:30Z")

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Is there a good way to run a rake task from a crontab? It seems like I’d need to put in my crontab: “cd rails\_dir; rake whatever”. Which is kind of ugly. Is there some way to set a value in the rake command line to e…

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## [Bug in libglade2 from CVS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-in-libglade2-from-cvs/112291)

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**Author:** [@Mathieu\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mathieu_B)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-in-libglade2-from-cvs/112291 "2007-08-17T15:12:47Z")

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Hi, I get the following error with the .glade file below\* when using the CVS version of RG2. Other files than this one seem to work fine. I don’t get this problem with the version of RG2 packaged by Debian (0.16 with …

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## [From ncurse to Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/from-ncurse-to-ruby/110946)

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**Author:** [@seshu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seshu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2007, 9:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/from-ncurse-to-ruby/110946 "2007-08-02T09:36:08Z")

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Hi, Currently I have a console based application on Linux. I want to move to a Text based Menu UI using ncurses. But I came to know that Ruby would be more easy to develop and flexible and powerful. Can any one commen…

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## [Error on Save](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-on-save/110571)

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**Author:** [@Iain\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Iain_A)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-on-save/110571 "2007-07-27T20:33:36Z")

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Hi, i have a model that extends AcitveRecord::Base called PhoneUser. This table has a field called hits in it. This is set to default at 0. When I try and increment the value for hits in a controller I get the follow…

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## [How to refresh the entire page from link\_to\_remote (RJS)?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-refresh-the-entire-page-from-link-to-remote-rjs/110413)

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**Author:** [@ADADAD](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ADADAD)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2007, 5:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-refresh-the-entire-page-from-link-to-remote-rjs/110413 "2007-07-26T05:35:47Z")

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I have some RJS functionality for user login. If successful I want to refresh the entire page to reflect the new situation, but if I use redirect\_to only the target (small) div get replaced with the entire page, not e…

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## [How to check for where a text file begins?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-check-for-where-a-text-file-begins/108389)

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**Author:** [@desertfox](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/desertfox)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-check-for-where-a-text-file-begins/108389 "2007-07-03T16:34:41Z")

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Hello, Im working with some imported text files and I need check where the first 2 lines of text occur. The files can have white space in the beginning, so I cant just do a split("\\n") and take the first two element…

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## [Rxml](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rxml/105153)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rxml/105153 "2007-05-26T23:01:48Z")

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Hai I have one question that is ,can i call rxml file from ordinary ruby class file? If it is just tell me its very urgent ok Bye By P.S.Hussain

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## [Making calls to PC like Skype and yahoo chat,](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-calls-to-pc-like-skype-and-yahoo-chat/104867)

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**Author:** [@veeraa2003](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/veeraa2003)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-calls-to-pc-like-skype-and-yahoo-chat/104867 "2007-05-23T13:42:27Z")

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HI every body, I want to create a rails application in that I want to include voice chat between users( phone call PC to PC) like skype and yahoo chat. Is there any standard library or plugin in ruby for the VOIP. Pls…

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## [Rack 0.2, a modular Ruby webserver interface](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rack-0-2-a-modular-ruby-webserver-interface/104306)

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**Author:** [@cneuhaus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cneuhaus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rack-0-2-a-modular-ruby-webserver-interface/104306 "2007-05-20T22:31:20Z")

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Hello, Today I’m proud to release Rack 0.2. = Rack, a modular Ruby webserver interface Rack provides a minimal, modular and adaptable interface for developing web applications in Ruby. By wrapping HTTP requests and …

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## [Seguridad de Datos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seguridad-de-datos/103521)

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**Author:** [@rogergue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogergue)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seguridad-de-datos/103521 "2007-05-09T02:08:16Z")

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Hola todos: mi pregunta es la siguiente: estoy implementando un sistema contable y ahi voy aprendiendo ruby recien, y a como se manejan datos importantes es necesario q todos el manejo de los mismos sea de manera …

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## [Rails Textbox question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-textbox-question/103496)

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**Author:** [@Terry\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Terry_D)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2007, 7:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-textbox-question/103496 "2007-05-07T07:35:46Z")

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Hi All, I have a table and in it is a cell like this: \<td\> \<%=text\_field\_tag 'quantity', line\_item.quantity, {:size =\> 1} %\> \</td\> So, when the page loads, this text box will contain the quantity value of my line\_…

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## [All's ok, but unable to execute an example](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alls-ok-but-unable-to-execute-an-example/90691)

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**Author:** [@Norbert\_FranSSSSois](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Norbert_FranSSSSois)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2007, 10:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alls-ok-but-unable-to-execute-an-example/90691 "2007-03-31T10:04:49Z")

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Hi List, I’m totally new to gnu-radio (and python in general). I’ve successfully installed (make && make install). My ./configure gets me: config omnithread gnuradio-core gr-audio-alsa gr-audio-oss gr-atsc gr-gs…

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## [Cant get fixtures to load](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-get-fixtures-to-load/88456)

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**Author:** [@KSRajesh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KSRajesh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-get-fixtures-to-load/88456 "2007-03-11T18:10:22Z")

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Hi, I cant get yaml fixtures to load. The brief error is Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory - some. I have NO idea what this ‘some’ is. The yaml file is simplicity itself. hq: id: 1 role\_name: HeadQua…

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## [Define an each iterator, etc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/define-an-each-iterator-etc/86799)

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**Author:** [@Guillaume\_Nargeot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Guillaume_Nargeot)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/define-an-each-iterator-etc/86799 "2007-02-26T02:52:34Z")

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I would like to know if it’s possible to define iterators like each for a class you have written ? Is it also possible to write methods that can have the following behavior/usage: object.method do |var| something e…

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## [Routing error with popup](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-error-with-popup/85630)

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**Author:** [@kim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-error-with-popup/85630 "2007-02-15T01:47:04Z")

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I am getting a routing error when trying to open a window with :popup =\> true I do not get the error on localhost only on the server. I am only getting a routing error when accessing …/ICA/… Code #…/page/list \<%= li…

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## [Rake and rake aborted! Rake aborted! undefined method \`gem'](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-and-rake-aborted-rake-aborted-undefined-method-gem/85085)

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**Author:** [@peppermonkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/peppermonkey)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2007, 5:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-and-rake-aborted-rake-aborted-undefined-method-gem/85085 "2007-02-10T05:44:38Z")

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Hi, there must be some configuration mistake but can someone help me out? I have ruby, gem, rails and such installed. version ruby: 1.8.4 gem: 0.8.11 rails 1.2.2 If I do a rake rails:update I get the following: …

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## [Querying children optimized sql?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/querying-children-optimized-sql/82447)

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**Author:** [@bataras](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bataras)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/querying-children-optimized-sql/82447 "2007-01-19T16:31:24Z")

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Re-asking… I have a parent with has\_many children. The children have a column ‘blah’. IF I do the following: parent.children.find\_by\_blah(42) The sql exectued is: select \* from blah where parent\_id = 1 and blah = 42…

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## [Find\_conditions in acts\_as\_ferret find\_by\_contents](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-conditions-in-acts-as-ferret-find-by-contents/77348)

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**Author:** [@daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daniel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-conditions-in-acts-as-ferret-find-by-contents/77348 "2006-11-30T15:14:01Z")

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Hi all, Every time I try to add options for the find\_conditions argument of find\_by\_contents I get the following: a = AnnotatedLink.find\_by\_contents(‘test’, {}, {:conditions =\> ‘category\_id IS NOT NULL’}) NoMethod…

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## [Strange Error with parseexcel and classifier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-error-with-parseexcel-and-classifier/77275)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-error-with-parseexcel-and-classifier/77275 "2006-11-25T22:01:46Z")

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So I get this strange error when I have the follow two gems in the same program: require ‘parseexcel’ require ‘classifier’ #bayesian library Here’s the error: c:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/parseexcel-0.5.1.1/lib/pa…

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## [Amazon S3 interface for RoR project](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/amazon-s3-interface-for-ror-project/76099)

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**Author:** [@Tevor\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tevor_I)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/amazon-s3-interface-for-ror-project/76099 "2006-11-15T22:13:49Z")

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I will soon be using the Amazon S3 interface on a RoR web app that is about 50% complete at this point. I grabbed the S3 interface from Amazon and began looking through the code and I found this: uses Net::HTTP to in…

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## [\<r:navigation\> Accessing Page Parts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r-navigation-accessing-page-parts/75901)

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**Author:** [@Phillippe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Phillippe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r-navigation-accessing-page-parts/75901 "2006-11-14T21:52:03Z")

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I have been fighting with creating a navigation which accesses a page part from the looped list of urls rather than the usual \<r:title\>, \<r:url\> … So instead of using \<r:title\> I have created a page part named alt\_tit…

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## [Backgroundrb and ferret](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backgroundrb-and-ferret/75542)

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**Author:** [@Caspar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Caspar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2006, 10:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backgroundrb-and-ferret/75542 "2006-11-13T10:02:21Z")

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Hi I’m using ferret happily on a site with 260ish documents in the index. Problem is that the site is still in development and I have to rebuild the index fairly regularly as new fields are added to it, like today whe…

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## [\[ANN\] memcache-client extensions plugin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-memcache-client-extensions-plugin/74718)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 11:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-memcache-client-extensions-plugin/74718 "2006-11-07T11:04:45Z")

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From: http://blog.zvents.com/2006/11/1/rails-plugin-memcacheclient-extensions =MemCacheClient Extensions == About The memcache-client\_extensions plugins adds three new commands to the memcache client API: get\_mult…

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## [Indexing and migrations](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/indexing-and-migrations/71147)

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**Author:** [@chriscole](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chriscole)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/indexing-and-migrations/71147 "2006-10-06T01:58:08Z")

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Hi there Is it necessary to make sure that indexes are rebuilt when the db is migrated - columns added or removed? If so, can anyone tell me the best way of automating this? Chris

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## [ActiveRecord sans Rails : comment voir les =?iso-8859-1?q?r](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-sans-rails-comment-voir-les-iso-8859-1-q-r/70025)

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**Author:** [@StSSSSphane\_Thibaud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/StSSSSphane_Thibaud)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-sans-rails-comment-voir-les-iso-8859-1-q-r/70025 "2006-09-26T15:16:50Z")

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Bonjour à tous, J’utilise régulièrement ActiveRecord sans Rails pour des programmes de type “batch”. Avec Rails c’est très pratique de voir les requêtes SQL générées par ActiveRecord dans les logs. Sauf que quand je n…

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## [Capistrano deploy failing with :if Expression Syntax failure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano-deploy-failing-with-if-expression-syntax-failure/66757)

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**Author:** [@maui](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/maui)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano-deploy-failing-with-if-expression-syntax-failure/66757 "2006-08-29T19:46:04Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m attempting to setup Capistrano for the first time. I’ve successfully run rake remote:exec ACTION=“setup” However, every time I run rake deploy I get the following error: \[root@www2 ~/src/ideeli/tru…

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## [ActiveRecord and foreign Keys](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-and-foreign-keys/66672)

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**Author:** [@stephen\_OSD](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stephen_OSD)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2006, 1:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-and-foreign-keys/66672 "2006-08-28T13:08:29Z")

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Guys, I have a question about ActiveRecord and how it handles foreign keys. Say I have two tables, listings and categories: create table categories (id integer not null auto\_increment primary key, category varchar(1…

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## [Melbourne ruby meetup: 29th August](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/melbourne-ruby-meetup-29th-august/65882)

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**Author:** [@Matt\_Pattison](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Matt_Pattison)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2006, 5:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/melbourne-ruby-meetup-29th-august/65882 "2006-08-23T05:08:30Z")

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Hi Melbourne (Australia) Rubyists, Here are the details of this month’s meetup, the venue is kindly provided by Thoughtworks. Date: Tuesday 29th August Time: 6pm Location: Thoughtworks Level 11, 155 Queen Street …

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## [Instantrails and oneclick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instantrails-and-oneclick/101059)

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**Author:** [@deeka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/deeka)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instantrails-and-oneclick/101059 "2006-08-03T14:23:44Z")

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Today I return to Ruby after 12 months. I find I have several installations, including Ruby 1.9!? Decided to rationlise things a bit before starting to learn Ruby again from scratch. Rails is hot stuff and I find I al…

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## [Ruby comprehensive "slow" reference](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-comprehensive-slow-reference/100489)

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**Author:** [@leslieviljoen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leslieviljoen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-comprehensive-slow-reference/100489 "2006-07-29T13:30:39Z")

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Hi! I tried to find online explanations for the ‘%’ and ‘?’ operators used by Florian in an earlier post, but could not. The closest I saw were quick-references, but is there a comprehensive “slow” reference anywhere…

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## [Radrails 0.7 - can't download / no access to mailing list?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radrails-0-7-cant-download-no-access-to-mailing-list/99465)

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**Author:** [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radrails-0-7-cant-download-no-access-to-mailing-list/99465 "2006-07-23T01:58:23Z")

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Hi, Just wondering if anyone knows anything about what seems to be an issue trying to download version 0.7 of radrails from http://radrails.org/. I get an error, plus I can’t see a contact me email list to get back to …

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## [Index start page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/index-start-page/97911)

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**Author:** [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/index-start-page/97911 "2006-07-11T15:37:39Z")

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How do a set a main start page? I understand that index is the start action in a controller, and going to the controller name will show that index page. But can you set an index to be a start page from root, so when y…

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## [Scaffold with Foreign Key fields possible?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffold-with-foreign-key-fields-possible/97424)

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**Author:** [@blewis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/blewis)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffold-with-foreign-key-fields-possible/97424 "2006-07-07T00:50:25Z")

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When you do a scaffold, is there a fast way to force it to let you enter in data for any foreign/primary key fields? Thanks, Ben L.

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## [\`Socket#unpack\_sockaddr\_un': sockaddr\_un size differs - 15 r](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/socket-unpack-sockaddr-un-sockaddr-un-size-differs-15-r/62234)

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**Author:** [@Tanaka\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tanaka_A)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2006, 1:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/socket-unpack-sockaddr-un-sockaddr-un-size-differs-15-r/62234 "2006-06-04T13:27:49Z")

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e$B$U$H5$$,$D$$$?$N$G$9$,!“e(BSocket.unpack\_sockaddr\_un e$B$Ke(B UNIXServer#getsockname e$B$GF@$?%”%I%l%9$rEO$9$H%(%i!\<$K$J$j$^e(B e$B$9!#e(B % ./ruby -v -rsocket -e ’ File.unlink("/tmp/tmpsock") rescue nil s = UNIX…

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## [Migrating Data from Many Databases to One](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migrating-data-from-many-databases-to-one/62241)

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**Author:** [@jwigal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jwigal)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migrating-data-from-many-databases-to-one/62241 "2006-06-02T15:02:47Z")

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I had some concerns about breaking Rails table relationships (:has\_many, :has\_and\_belongs\_to\_many, :belongs\_to, :acts\_as\_\*, etc) when moving multiple databases (using the same application) into one. I seem to be stuc…

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## [Login Generator and Salter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/login-generator-and-salter/60213)

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**Author:** [@mohammad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohammad)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/login-generator-and-salter/60213 "2006-05-11T17:45:17Z")

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okay, I’m using login generator. And when I log in alwase get failed. So I looked at my log, I gatherd infomation that says on creation the salted pass was: 2b8b06e5a650a4b97f146e6b5ae7ab82c43707e on login the salted …

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## [Rake appdoc Question regarding comment formatting](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-appdoc-question-regarding-comment-formatting/59273)

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**Author:** [@aginghipster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aginghipster)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-appdoc-question-regarding-comment-formatting/59273 "2006-05-03T17:25:10Z")

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I tried googling and searching the forums here but was unable to locate an answer, please forgive if this has been covered. Is there any way to provide formatting guidelines to dictate how parsed comments are displaye…

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## [Question about functional tests and log/test.log](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-functional-tests-and-log-test-log/58511)

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**Author:** [@tom-mac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tom-mac)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-functional-tests-and-log-test-log/58511 "2006-04-22T15:15:50Z")

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Here’s something a bit weird: After running functional tests, my test log contains many lines, including many like these: verified = ‘t’) LIMIT 1e\[0m Rendering layoutfalseactionlogin within layouts/application Rend…

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## [Verifying existance of related record](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/verifying-existance-of-related-record/55093)

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**Author:** [@rrwhite](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rrwhite)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/verifying-existance-of-related-record/55093 "2006-03-16T23:38:31Z")

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Is there an easy way to validate that a related record exists? I’ve got a table that contains a set of categories and I want to make sure the user has entered a vaild category (i.e. a category that exists in the categ…

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## [Rails noob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-noob/79282)

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**Author:** [@strimp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/strimp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-noob/79282 "2006-03-10T01:00:16Z")

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Hello: I have followed several tutuorials (namely the 15min video and the one on onLamp and nothing is displaying in my browser! Any ideas?

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## [Migrations and Unintialized Constants Error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migrations-and-unintialized-constants-error/65699)

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**Author:** [@johnk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2006, 7:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migrations-and-unintialized-constants-error/65699 "2006-02-11T07:53:35Z")

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I am running into a problem with two of my tables and the “uninitialized constant” error when using migration. I get the “uninitialized constant Note” when running the following code in my migration file: create\_tab…

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## [URL rewriting](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/url-rewriting/102461)

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**Author:** [@kevin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kevin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/url-rewriting/102461 "2006-02-08T17:48:57Z")

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Here is the scenario I am trying to achieve. Basically, I want to run the action “show” from my controller, without adding the “show/id”. Standard: http://www.domain.com/controllerName/show/id I would like: http://w…

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## [Field sets and unicode](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/field-sets-and-unicode/98455)

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**Author:** [@stwoland](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stwoland)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/field-sets-and-unicode/98455 "2006-01-29T14:50:20Z")

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Hello gentlemen, I’ve forced to such unicode problem: I have: \<%= text\_field\_tag ‘search’, nil, :id =\> ‘search’, :size =\> 10 %\> \<%= observe\_field ‘search’, :url =\> {:controller =\> ‘article’, :action =\> ‘search’}, :…

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## [What are the benefits of RoR?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-are-the-benefits-of-ror/52972)

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**Author:** [@lstrecv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lstrecv)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-are-the-benefits-of-ror/52972 "2006-01-22T18:59:40Z")

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We’ve all seen the productivity benefits of RoR. It would be worthwhile to figure out where they come from. For me, I’d say the following: The number one benefit isn’t from Rails per se, but from Ruby, or any othe…

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