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## [Routing: Unescape urls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-unescape-urls/166565)

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**Author:** [@edbond](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/edbond)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2009, 12:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-unescape-urls/166565 "2009-04-28T12:53:03Z")

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Hello All, How to make rails unescape incoming urls? I want to use russian chars in routes, like: map.city URI.escape(“/ÐšÐ°Ñ€Ñ‚Ð°–:title–:id”), :controller =\> “cities”, :action =\> “show” It seems to works (page load…

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## [Multi-button form](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multi-button-form/165350)

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**Author:** [@bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruparel)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2009, 3:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multi-button-form/165350 "2009-04-13T03:52:07Z")

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It cannot be this difficult, especially in rails. Here is my form code in a partial for the index action of a controller: \<% form\_tag({:controller =\> controller\_name, :action =\> ‘index’}, {:method =\> :get, :class =\> …

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## [Trackback support](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trackback-support/87859)

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**Author:** [@kturner](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kturner)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trackback-support/87859 "2009-04-05T01:07:01Z")

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Hi, Are there any libraries/plugins to add trackback support to a blog? I’m having trouble searching, because when you include the phrase ‘trackback’ in a google search, it returns millions of hits, because every bl…

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## [Find\_usrps](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-usrps/164286)

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**Author:** [@wallen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wallen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2009, 7:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-usrps/164286 "2009-03-31T07:18:30Z")

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I’m running Debian Lenny. I’ve downloaded gnuradio-3.1.3.tar.gz, and as far as I can tell it compiles OK. I have been successful with running: $./configure $ make $ make check $ sudo make install The Dial Tone ou…

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## [Auth\_basic\_user\_file on 0.7.44](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auth-basic-user-file-on-0-7-44/164019)

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**Author:** [@JSSSSrSSSSme\_Loyet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JSSSSrSSSSme_Loyet)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2009, 7:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auth-basic-user-file-on-0-7-44/164019 "2009-03-27T07:39:12Z")

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hi, in 0.7.44 the auth\_basic\_user\_file directive doesn"t seem to work using relative path. here is the part of the conf I used for testing. location /c { auth\_basic “Authentication required”; auth\_basic\_user\_file u…

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## [Detecting rake db:migrate?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/detecting-rake-db-migrate/159566)

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**Author:** [@Harold](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Harold)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/detecting-rake-db-migrate/159566 "2009-02-05T22:26:24Z")

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Hi group, I have a line of code in environment.rb that cannot be run during a rake db:migrate, as it depends on some tables being present. I need to find a way to enclose this line in a check for db:migrate. I know h…

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## [Binding in ruby1.9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/binding-in-ruby1-9/159043)

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**Author:** [@timperrett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/timperrett)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/binding-in-ruby1-9/159043 "2009-01-30T22:16:21Z")

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Could someone explain why this code does not work in ruby1.9 and possibly provide a workaround. The end goal is to be able to pass a binding to an ERb result method that provides a limited set of variables to the ERb …

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## [How can I use Trapping signals in Windows?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-use-trapping-signals-in-windows/155289)

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**Author:** [@Jarod\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jarod_Z)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2008, 9:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-use-trapping-signals-in-windows/155289 "2008-12-10T09:41:08Z")

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Hi, all I am using ruby 1.8.6-26 in Windows and I want to trapping siganls in a process, like Deamon Process: loop do Signal.trap(“USR1”) do puts “catch signal” do some work… end sleep 1 end But when runni…

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## [Need only the tags which are at the first level](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-only-the-tags-which-are-at-the-first-level/154749)

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**Author:** [@shanmu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shanmu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2008, 7:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-only-the-tags-which-are-at-the-first-level/154749 "2008-12-10T07:05:30Z")

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require ‘rubygems’ require ‘hpricot’ elements = Hpricot(" ...stuff I don't want... ------------rows i want Field 0 …

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## [Formatting print output](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-print-output/155002)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-print-output/155002 "2008-12-06T02:31:48Z")

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Hi All, How do I format the output from print or puts so that columns are aligned: So this: beagle-status 255 bibtex 154312 bioradtopgm 7844 bison 242032 blackjack 140792 becomes this: beagle-status 255 …

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## [Version\_fu in Rails 2.1.1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/version-fu-in-rails-2-1-1/151466)

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**Author:** [@tansaku](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tansaku)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/version-fu-in-rails-2-1-1/151466 "2008-10-24T18:33:13Z")

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Hi, So I read about how acts\_as\_versioned doesn’t play so well with the latest Rails version. I got hold of an alternative, version\_fu, but I am still having trouble. GitHub - jmckible/version\_fu: Rails 3 update of a…

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## [Help in this code](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-in-this-code/151432)

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**Author:** [@jicksta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jicksta)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-in-this-code/151432 "2008-10-22T15:15:12Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to validate couple of things in the controller as I couldn’t figure out how I can implement the same in the models. I’m trying to check the ‘children’ field in the form and if its nil, it checks the ‘fa…

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## [Problems with Mongrel \> 1.1 and OS X](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-mongrel-1-1-and-os-x/151112)

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**Author:** [@acgreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/acgreen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-mongrel-1-1-and-os-x/151112 "2008-10-16T23:44:29Z")

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Ok I’ve narrowed down the bug to lib/mongrel/gems.rb Its the removal of the line unless respond\_to? ‘gem’ That’s causing problems If no one has any suggestions as to where the problem lies other that mongrel I’ll fi…

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## [Check\_box and rjs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/check-box-and-rjs/149825)

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**Author:** [@ratcheer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ratcheer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 11:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/check-box-and-rjs/149825 "2008-09-30T11:21:12Z")

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Hi, In my view I currently have the following link which show/hides a div \<%= link\_to\_function “Show Hide” do |page| page\[:user\_input\_name\].toggle end %\> Instead of using a link to do the show/hiding I would like to…

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## [Issue with request and response on server](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issue-with-request-and-response-on-server/146380)

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**Author:** [@Piyush\_with\_Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Piyush_with_Rails)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2008, 7:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issue-with-request-and-response-on-server/146380 "2008-08-21T07:11:12Z")

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Hi, I am working for a web application using ruby on rails. I have my application on two servers 1) development server 2) production server with two separate databases. I have apache as web server and mongrel as appl…

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## [Select\_tag helper. How do I edit collection values?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-tag-helper-how-do-i-edit-collection-values/145087)

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**Author:** [@newbee-robert](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/newbee-robert)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-tag-helper-how-do-i-edit-collection-values/145087 "2008-08-05T22:23:56Z")

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Hi everyone, I am using a collection in a select\_tag to select categories (uses) for my object (item). I have sub categories so I want some way to distinguish between the parent and child categories in the select lis…

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## [USRP FAQ on Wiki](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usrp-faq-on-wiki/140489)

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**Author:** [@rakeshgpai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rakeshgpai)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usrp-faq-on-wiki/140489 "2008-06-16T18:31:35Z")

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Hey Folks… The USRP Documentation by Firas has been now wiki-fied at http://www.gnuradio.org/trac/wiki/UsrpFAQ Its now upto everyone in the community to take it up and contribute to make it bigger and better ! I tot…

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## [Implementation of xpath in ruby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/implementation-of-xpath-in-ruby/138378)

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**Author:** [@martin\_mercy2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/martin_mercy2001)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/implementation-of-xpath-in-ruby/138378 "2008-05-22T19:59:04Z")

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Dear Friends, i need to implement xpath in my parser class. I have implemented a new parser which parses xml document. I have used token types to parse xml like, while parser.next if parser.token\_type == tag\_st…

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## [Cache sweeper not loaded when packaging using Warbler 0.9.9/JRuby-Rack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cache-sweeper-not-loaded-when-packaging-using-warbler-0-9-9-jruby-rack/137786)

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**Author:** [@kim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kim)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cache-sweeper-not-loaded-when-packaging-using-warbler-0-9-9-jruby-rack/137786 "2008-05-22T04:20:22Z")

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Hi all, after my complaint on his blog, Nick kindly provided a “verbose build” of JRuby-Rack which now provides stack traces for errors during Rails startup. Thanks to this, I was able to figure out what prevents my …

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## [Don't wait for Exception in threads](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dont-wait-for-exception-in-threads/136629)

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**Author:** [@emilsverige](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/emilsverige)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dont-wait-for-exception-in-threads/136629 "2008-05-04T21:07:42Z")

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I have two threads running in parallell, like this: #################### t1=Thread.new{ 50.times{ p “thread one” sleep 0.1 } } t2=Thread.new{ p “thread two” raise “error in thread two” } t1.join t2.join ###…

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## [Re: Feature request: Run a script when upstream detected down/up](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-feature-request-run-a-script-when-upstream-detected-down-up/136223)

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**Author:** [@Rt\_Ibmer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rt_Ibmer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2008, 8:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-feature-request-run-a-script-when-upstream-detected-down-up/136223 "2008-04-30T08:34:11Z")

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if (fork() == 0) execl(“/bin/sh”,“/path/to/upstream\_down.sh”,“ID of down upsteam goes here”, NULL); It’s not as easy to do. At a high level, what am I missing / oversimplifying? Perhaps instead, a simpler and …

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## [Not Allowing Input](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/not-allowing-input/136065)

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**Author:** [@aslambilal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aslambilal)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/not-allowing-input/136065 "2008-04-28T18:28:40Z")

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Well i’m trying to make a program for newbie practice and, in the while loop at the bottom, i am not allowed to put in any information when i run it. Can anyone help me out? Thanks \[src\] #!/usr/bin/ruby sim\_outorder…

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## [Is there any Ruby parser for command inline parameters (ARGV\[\])?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-any-ruby-parser-for-command-inline-parameters-argv/133959)

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**Author:** [@ISSSSaki\_Baz\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ISSSSaki_Baz_C)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-any-ruby-parser-for-command-inline-parameters-argv/133959 "2008-04-05T18:00:29Z")

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Hi, I usually do Ruby scripts for some tasks and many of them allow inline parameters, for example: ./script1.rb -n -vv -o file.out filein Is there any Ruby library/gem to parse inline parameters easily? this is, p…

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## [\[RUG-HH\] Hamburger Treffen j etzt regelmÃ¤ÃŸig, nÃ¤chstes Treffen 09.04](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rug-hh-hamburger-treffen-j-etzt-regelma-ayig-na-chstes-treffen-09-04/133471)

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**Author:** [@halfbyte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/halfbyte)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rug-hh-hamburger-treffen-j-etzt-regelma-ayig-na-chstes-treffen-09-04/133471 "2008-03-31T22:13:44Z")

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Hallo, wie auf dem letzten Treffen besprochen, werden wir ab sofort versuchen, das Treffen in Hamburg einmal im Monat stattfinden zu lassen und zwar, damit es nicht zu einfach wird, jeweils am 2. Mittwoch im Monat, …

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## [Validates\_numericality\_of accepts true, is this right?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validates-numericality-of-accepts-true-is-this-right/126844)

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**Author:** [@apramanik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/apramanik)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validates-numericality-of-accepts-true-is-this-right/126844 "2008-01-23T01:44:01Z")

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Is validates\_numericality\_of supposed to accept true as a value for the following options class Location \< ActiveRecord::Base validates\_numericality\_of :longitude, :allow\_nil =\> true, :greater\_than\_or\_equal\_to = -180…

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## [How to get userid using Net::LDAP](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-userid-using-net-ldap/126701)

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**Author:** [@varunkumargoel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/varunkumargoel)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-userid-using-net-ldap/126701 "2008-01-22T14:22:52Z")

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Hi all, I am able to connect to ldap server through my ror application and now i wanna fetch more information about user using LDAP. Actually in my application i am authenticating through username and password now i …

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## [Mysql gem causing migrations to fail :P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-gem-causing-migrations-to-fail-p/124774)

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**Author:** [@Collin\_VanDyck](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Collin_VanDyck)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-gem-causing-migrations-to-fail-p/124774 "2008-01-03T00:11:34Z")

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I have run into a weird problem recently after I upgraded my ruby installation from 1.8.5 to 1.8.6. Every time I run a migration on my production machine, the migration fails with a segmentation fault: $ rake db:migr…

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## [Change default directory of javascripts?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/change-default-directory-of-javascripts/122413)

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**Author:** [@sun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sun)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/change-default-directory-of-javascripts/122413 "2007-12-07T13:22:30Z")

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Hi, I am using overlibmws.js library to add some dynamic effect to my rails web pages. But the server can not find the gif files that required by javascripts. It always tries to search in , for example ,"/experiment…

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## [Gem install issue - possibly RubyForge?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-issue-possibly-rubyforge/121324)

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**Author:** [@Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giles_B)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2007, 9:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-issue-possibly-rubyforge/121324 "2007-11-27T09:03:29Z")

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I’m having a gem install issue. I can install most gems with no problem: ! sudo gem install twitter Successfully installed activesupport-1.4.4 Successfully installed twitter-0.2.1 2 gems installed Installing ri doc…

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## [About http cache module](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/about-http-cache-module/119463)

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**Author:** [@scrozier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/scrozier)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2007, 10:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/about-http-cache-module/119463 "2007-11-07T10:58:06Z")

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I dig into nginx source code, found that lots of ngx\_http\_cache.c code has been commented. Is it abandoned or… Igor plan to develop it later? We wanna some features like lighttpd’s mod\_cache and squid, but we found …

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## [Ruby on Rails and Databases](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-and-databases/116276)

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**Author:** [@crucoba](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/crucoba)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2007, 10:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-and-databases/116276 "2007-10-04T10:08:30Z")

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Hi, all. I’m the architect for the database tooling in NetBeans, and I’d really like to learn more about what RoR developers need in terms of database tooling. I know that a lot of database details are taken care of …

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## [Displaying an array](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/displaying-an-array/113332)

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**Author:** [@7stud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/7stud)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2007, 6:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/displaying-an-array/113332 "2007-08-30T06:30:40Z")

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In irb, an array displays like this: irb(main):001:0\> a = %w(bird dog cat) =\> \[“bird”, “dog”, “cat”\] irb(main):002:0\> Is there a command to get the same format when I display an array with a program? r1test.rb: a1 …

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## [File Upload](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-upload/108869)

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**Author:** [@fernando](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fernando)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-upload/108869 "2007-07-08T16:00:39Z")

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Hi, I’m still quite new to RoR and I am having trouble uploading files to a file system. I have been following this tutorial: Peak Obsession : 1.2.1. The simplest thing that could possibly work But when I try to sav…

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## [How to avoid auto-closing tag while using insert\_html method](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-avoid-auto-closing-tag-while-using-insert-html-method/108058)

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**Author:** [@Ye\_Dingding](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ye_Dingding)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-avoid-auto-closing-tag-while-using-insert-html-method/108058 "2007-06-28T21:57:36Z")

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It seems that page.insert\_html :bottom, ‘current-entry’, ‘ ’ will generate automatically. That is, it auto-close the ‘div’ tag. However, this is not i want. What I want is a unclosing tag. So, Is there any way to …

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## [Question about Form](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-form/107387)

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**Author:** [@huang\_zhimin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/huang_zhimin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2007, 6:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-form/107387 "2007-06-21T06:16:16Z")

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I have a case that a form has two submit button, one is edit button that only change the current div that can use form\_remote\_tag, the other is delete button that should refresh the whole page that can use form\_tag. …

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## [ZenTest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/zentest/90699)

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**Author:** [@rlwinter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rlwinter)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/zentest/90699 "2007-04-09T17:32:07Z")

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Hi all, I just discovered a nifty gem call ZenTest. I’ve just stated playing around with the autotest command, which seem very cool and looks like a nice time saver. But, I did notice one very minor thing. When I u…

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## [SOS, huge doubt about ruby on rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sos-huge-doubt-about-ruby-on-rails/88818)

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**Author:** [@burbu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/burbu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sos-huge-doubt-about-ruby-on-rails/88818 "2007-03-14T18:34:42Z")

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Hi, I have to do a web application where I have to use ruby on rails. I have read some about it, but a partner told me something that I don’t know if it is true. He told that creating a table of a data base ruby on ra…

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## [Simple Server Question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-server-question/84621)

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**Author:** [@dfg59](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dfg59)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2007, 8:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-server-question/84621 "2007-02-10T08:40:45Z")

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Guys - I’m working on a simple Chat Server/Client just to become familiar with ruby socket programming. I’ve put together this very simple server that accepts a connect and prints out the first message received. I’ve …

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## [Ruby + Glade](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-glade/81594)

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**Author:** [@lmcdougal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lmcdougal)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-glade/81594 "2007-01-19T16:31:30Z")

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Hello, I was wondering if anyone knows about a tutorial which explains how to use ruby and glade. I searched on google and the archives of this mailing list as well as I could, but I haven’t found much. –lf – “Wha…

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## [Newbie after Depot apps](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-after-depot-apps/81715)

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**Author:** [@fred](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fred)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-after-depot-apps/81715 "2007-01-12T01:27:50Z")

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Hi: I am a newbie to ruby as well as rails. Just finished the depot application. Before I start writing application I thought it would be a good idea to download a open source version of a simple app and try to modif…

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## [Ruby File Copy SEG-FAULT on 64-bit System](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-file-copy-seg-fault-on-64-bit-system/79393)

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**Author:** [@cjeness](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cjeness)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-file-copy-seg-fault-on-64-bit-system/79393 "2006-12-14T22:18:46Z")

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I have a Ruby script which copies certain files from one subdirectory to another. I am running the latest version of Ruby (1.8.51.10) available from Suse under Suse Linux 9.3. On my 32-bit computer, my Ruby script …

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## [My Rails Blog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/my-rails-blog/76915)

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**Author:** [@narayana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/narayana)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/my-rails-blog/76915 "2006-11-24T12:54:49Z")

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Hi guys, I have created a new blog for Rails people from chennai. chennairails: http://chennairails.blogspot.com/ please visit my blog. Sorry for making noise. ok bye bye regards, Karthick.

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## [Displaying images from database](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/displaying-images-from-database/76796)

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**Author:** [@ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2006, 7:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/displaying-images-from-database/76796 "2006-11-22T07:54:17Z")

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I’m saving images to a database when uploaded, and I’m trying to display the images back out in the views. I can get this to work, but it’s not very consistent… Here’s what I’m doing: \<%= image\_tag(url\_for(:controlle…

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## [Ruby for Symbian OS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-for-symbian-os/76404)

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**Author:** [@nibble70](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nibble70)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-for-symbian-os/76404 "2006-11-18T18:09:00Z")

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Magari interessa: \<\< The package includes the Ruby source code (based on Ruby 1.8.5), bundled in a straight forward launcher application. An initial prooof-of-concept module has been added also. Documentation and ex…

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## [RoR Migrations incorrectly consuming system tables in Postgr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-migrations-incorrectly-consuming-system-tables-in-postgr/73342)

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**Author:** [@sjmadsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sjmadsen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-migrations-incorrectly-consuming-system-tables-in-postgr/73342 "2006-10-24T02:17:43Z")

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Hi, I have been building an RoR app. I’ve been making heavy use of Migrations for database work and like the system. I am currently using PostgreSQL for the backend. One annoying aspect of migrations is that it doesn…

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## [Help with observer\_form , javascript error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-observer-form-javascript-error/71929)

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**Author:** [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2006, 10:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-observer-form-javascript-error/71929 "2006-10-18T10:38:41Z")

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I’ve set up an observer form, it is not working nor throwing error at least in loading the page. The Firefox javascript console is showing this error: Error: missing } after property list Source File: http://localho…

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## [RE: server engine](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-server-engine/70966)

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**Author:** [@Giuliano\_U](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giuliano_U)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2006, 11:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-server-engine/70966 "2006-10-04T11:52:08Z")

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no appunto…

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## [Date/Time Range](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/date-time-range/69119)

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**Author:** [@mgreenly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mgreenly)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/date-time-range/69119 "2006-09-19T04:01:33Z")

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It seems that every time I implement a class in Ruby I later find out someone has already done a much better job than myself. So before I take the time to implement a TimeRange class myself, I thought I’d ask if ther…

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## [Conditional form element](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conditional-form-element/67735)

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**Author:** [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conditional-form-element/67735 "2006-09-06T18:12:28Z")

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I have a button option in my form with 2 options. User may only select one of the options. Based on the option they choose I want an associated select list to appear. I’m guessing this can only be done with javascri…

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## [PDF::Writer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pdf-writer/66494)

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**Author:** [@Kyrre\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kyrre_SSiso-8859-1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pdf-writer/66494 "2006-09-04T14:46:17Z")

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Hello! Will this thing eventually replace LaTeX? Are there any examples of well designed documents / posters / books made using PDF::Writer? Thanks, Kyrre

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