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## [Performance](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/performance/111976)

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**Author:** [@dxk3355](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dxk3355)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/performance/111976 "2007-08-15T13:38:36Z")

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Hi, I read this article: http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/docs/how\_many\_mongrels.html and decided to play around a little bit… I didn’t test it on mongrel, but on a Nginx (on a default page saying “Welcome to nginx”)… j…

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## [Error gem install rails --remote](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-gem-install-rails-remote/109701)

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**Author:** [@chompiras](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chompiras)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2007, 11:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-gem-install-rails-remote/109701 "2007-07-18T11:19:11Z")

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hola lista, haber si me pueden decir q paso aqui: estuve instalando rails y paso esto: C:\\Documents and Settings\\Administrador\>gem install rails --remote Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org …

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## [RE: Chuck Norris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-chuck-norris/107321)

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**Author:** [@Giuliano\_U](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giuliano_U)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-chuck-norris/107321 "2007-06-20T15:05:32Z")

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Il robot da cucina di Chuck Norris è DaitarnIII … le guadie del corpo di Chuck Norris difendono la gente da Chuck Norris… Chuck Norris ha contato fino all’infinito 2 volte… ho le lacrime agli occhi…

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## [\[SOLUTION\] Mexican Blanket (#127)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/solution-mexican-blanket-127/106465)

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**Author:** [@Justin\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Justin_E)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/solution-mexican-blanket-127/106465 "2007-06-12T00:35:59Z")

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Hello, Here is my solution to the quiz. Looking at the pattern for a moment, each line of the pattern is really just the previous line, shifted over one pixel. Thus to draw the pattern we can first calculate what all…

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## [\`concat': can't modify frozen string in benchmark.rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/concat-cant-modify-frozen-string-in-benchmark-rb/105558)

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**Author:** [@PeSSSSaS\_Botp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/PeSSSSaS_Botp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/concat-cant-modify-frozen-string-in-benchmark-rb/105558 "2007-05-31T04:39:06Z")

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Hi All, C:\\family\\ruby\>cat test.rb def f(command\_here) #{command\_here} end a = { “Local copy”=\>“copy test.txt test.txt2” } require ‘benchmark’ Benchmark.bmbm do |x| a.each do |k,v| x.report(k) { f v } end …

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## [Components, no so bad? Please help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/components-no-so-bad-please-help/93037)

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**Author:** [@benjohnson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/benjohnson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/components-no-so-bad-please-help/93037 "2007-04-26T22:13:30Z")

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I understand rails very well and am not new to rails by any means. I’ve read numerous websites on rails components, etc. Based on my research and experience the only fallacy with components is the performance issues. …

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## [Question about tempfile.rb - Ruby vs C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-tempfile-rb-ruby-vs-c/92838)

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**Author:** [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-tempfile-rb-ruby-vs-c/92838 "2007-04-24T22:55:01Z")

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Hi all, Just curious - why was Ruby’s temporary file handling class (tempfile.rb) written in pure Ruby instead of using the tmpfile() function? That function appears to be supported on most platforms, including MS Wi…

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## [Same ruby file acting standalone resp. as library](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/same-ruby-file-acting-standalone-resp-as-library/92631)

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**Author:** [@samoht](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/samoht)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/same-ruby-file-acting-standalone-resp-as-library/92631 "2007-04-22T00:56:07Z")

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Hello, the class definitions of my ruby file shall always be active, whether the file is run as standalone program or whether the file is used indirectly by require or load, but when the file is run standalone, a spe…

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## [RoR/mongrel/apache2.2 equivalent to ~ in URL?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-mongrel-apache2-2-equivalent-to-in-url/92011)

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**Author:** [@dankitania](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dankitania)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-mongrel-apache2-2-equivalent-to-in-url/92011 "2007-04-15T23:12:08Z")

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I am trying to host several RoR applications on my desktop machine. I am in an academic environment in which I have root access on the machine (e.g. I can install software, edit httpd.conf files, etc), but I am not a…

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## [How does Basecamp 'scope' distinct users in a monolithic dat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-does-basecamp-scope-distinct-users-in-a-monolithic-dat/89662)

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**Author:** [@bravedave](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bravedave)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-does-basecamp-scope-distinct-users-in-a-monolithic-dat/89662 "2007-03-22T17:19:59Z")

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I’m hoping to find someone who realizes the implications of this design strategy. I am attempting to build an application that access a common monolithic database but each user has a ‘scope’ so they only see their dat…

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## [RJS & increment variable - this is an interesting one](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rjs-increment-variable-this-is-an-interesting-one/88469)

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**Author:** [@miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miked)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 11:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rjs-increment-variable-this-is-an-interesting-one/88469 "2007-03-21T11:00:48Z")

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Hi: I have a small piece of code I’m injecting into a page using a partial and RJS. Trick is, the code I’m injecting is a form field, and the id needs to have a digit at the end of it so I can grab it when I submit …

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## [Problems with gmailer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-gmailer/89110)

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**Author:** [@planetthoughtful](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/planetthoughtful)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-gmailer/89110 "2007-03-18T02:10:25Z")

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Hi, I’m a newcomer to Ruby in general and to the Gmailer (version 0.1.5) class in particular, and I wanted to ask a couple of questions about using it, if that’s okay? In particular, I’m using it across a dialup conn…

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## [Blank fields getting validated](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blank-fields-getting-validated/88301)

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**Author:** [@Love\_AJAX](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Love_AJAX)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 8:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blank-fields-getting-validated/88301 "2007-03-10T08:07:11Z")

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Hi, I am not sure if this is already answered in this list. I couldn’t find an answer. So I am posting the question. I have multiple validations for a field. For example: validates\_presence\_of :contact\_email validat…

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## [Form trying to save null values?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-trying-to-save-null-values/86484)

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**Author:** [@Ryan\_Bentz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ryan_Bentz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-trying-to-save-null-values/86484 "2007-02-22T18:26:24Z")

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Hey there…new to the group but looks like there’s some great discussion going on throughout! I’m working on a sign up form right now that takes just an email and zip code. It appears that the email and zip code make …

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## [How to do sorting in ROR](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-do-sorting-in-ror/86316)

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**Author:** [@guest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/guest)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-do-sorting-in-ror/86316 "2007-02-21T21:58:09Z")

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hi, is there any command for sorting the list box items in ROR. if its please tell me

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## [Getting nicely formated error page for associated models](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-nicely-formated-error-page-for-associated-models/85766)

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**Author:** [@Diego](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Diego)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-nicely-formated-error-page-for-associated-models/85766 "2007-02-21T03:43:41Z")

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I have a question regarding reporting of errors for models which contain other models. For example, if I have a User model which contains a Comments collection, and I am not able to see any errors encountered when va…

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## [Ext/tk/lib causes an error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ext-tk-lib-causes-an-error/85269)

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**Author:** [@sheepman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sheepman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2007, 1:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ext-tk-lib-causes-an-error/85269 "2007-02-13T01:39:42Z")

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## [Is it possible to save text from div fields to activerecord?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-possible-to-save-text-from-div-fields-to-activerecord/84681)

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**Author:** [@sneptune](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sneptune)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-possible-to-save-text-from-div-fields-to-activerecord/84681 "2007-02-06T23:30:24Z")

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Hi, Right now, my application would generate text to a DIV field in the view using Ajax. Is there anyway to store the data into a record? It would be possible with a text field, but it is very awkward if text field …

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## [Problem using back-ticks + eval](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-using-back-ticks-eval/83399)

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**Author:** [@richard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/richard)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-using-back-ticks-eval/83399 "2007-01-25T20:25:54Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to demo how Ruby handles various argument formats. For example, I write the statement: show %@ruby DisplayArgs.rb Arg1 Arg2@ and I get the output: ruby DisplayArgs.rb Arg1 Arg2 =\> Arg\[1\]: “Arg1” A…

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## [Testing with foreign keys](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing-with-foreign-keys/75516)

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**Author:** [@Isak\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Isak_H)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2006, 5:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing-with-foreign-keys/75516 "2006-11-12T05:53:18Z")

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I’m looking for a plugin/whatever for preloading fixtures, to run tests with FKs defined. Specifying load order just doesn’t work for me, I need to purge the test db, load all fixtures, and only then create the FK con…

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## [Problems installing a plugin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-installing-a-plugin/73891)

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**Author:** [@ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-installing-a-plugin/73891 "2006-10-27T20:48:16Z")

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Hi, I am attempting to install the globalization plugin using the following commands: ruby script/plugin install http://svn.globalize-rails.org/svn/globalize/globalize/branches/for-1.1/ cd vendor/plugins/ mv for-1.…

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## [Ghana: Aiti to Train Over 100 Tutors in Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ghana-aiti-to-train-over-100-tutors-in-ruby/68530)

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**Author:** [@zoat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zoat)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ghana-aiti-to-train-over-100-tutors-in-ruby/68530 "2006-09-13T19:13:36Z")

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As part of the on-going collaboration between the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT and the Finatrade Foundation, over one hundred ICT tutors from forty four Senior Secondary Schools (SSS) are expecte…

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## [Excluding a term on a search](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/excluding-a-term-on-a-search/67264)

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**Author:** [@rpm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rpm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2006, 8:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/excluding-a-term-on-a-search/67264 "2006-09-02T08:01:59Z")

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Hi there, I have a model with indexed fields (F1, F2, F3…). I have a field-based search (+F1:…, +F2:…), and a global search (which queries all fields with the given terms). Both of them works ok, but I would like to …

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## [Reworking the Index Constructor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reworking-the-index-constructor/66093)

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**Author:** [@kuzb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kuzb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2006, 9:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reworking-the-index-constructor/66093 "2006-08-24T09:31:27Z")

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Hey … I was thinking about the way I need to use the Ferret::Index::Index Class and its subclasses … i find it somehow complex … I think this can be done more easily … Most of the Time a user needs to open up a inde…

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## [Embedding html in an rdoc file](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/embedding-html-in-an-rdoc-file/102108)

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**Author:** [@polypus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/polypus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/embedding-html-in-an-rdoc-file/102108 "2006-08-17T21:41:17Z")

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how can i embed images, or canvases, or any other html in an rdoc file? is it possible? thanks

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## [RailsConf DVD?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/railsconf-dvd/96135)

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**Author:** [@surplustronics](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/surplustronics)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/railsconf-dvd/96135 "2006-06-26T20:07:39Z")

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Hi All, I saw spurious mentions on a few blogs of a DVD being made available of RailsConf presentations. However none seemed to have a who/what/when/where attached to them, thus might just be pure speculation. Anyone…

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## [RE: is Sql Server support built in?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-is-sql-server-support-built-in/61877)

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**Author:** [@Ross\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ross_D)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2006, 12:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-is-sql-server-support-built-in/61877 "2006-05-30T12:28:40Z")

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No but a quick google http://www.google.com.au/search?q=ruby+rails+MS+sql+server+adapter produces this http://justinram.wordpress.com/tag/ruby/ruby-on-rails/ Without looking I’m guessing it uses COM to talk to ADO wh…

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## [The simplest way to get 1.9 sources?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-simplest-way-to-get-1-9-sources/59759)

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**Author:** [@victor123789](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/victor123789)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2006, 4:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-simplest-way-to-get-1-9-sources/59759 "2006-05-06T04:45:55Z")

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Hi all. What is the simplest way to get 1.9 sources? I’ve already downloaded binaries, but they was compiled with old versions of visual c++ (so I can’t compile my extensions with my visual c++ 7.1). I have no CVS c…

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## [School Years/Teams listing problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/school-years-teams-listing-problem/58715)

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**Author:** [@unebaguettesvp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unebaguettesvp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/school-years-teams-listing-problem/58715 "2006-05-03T18:57:45Z")

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People, I have tables years and teams and I have the years listing like: 1965 1966 1967 . . I want to be able to click on the year and ONLY list teams for that year. At first I thought the following was working …

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## [Application failed to start for subdomain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-failed-to-start-for-subdomain/58810)

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**Author:** [@mshah](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mshah)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2006, 10:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-failed-to-start-for-subdomain/58810 "2006-04-26T10:49:01Z")

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I recently setup a subdomain to run my app as a staging site before pushing changes to the main site. So i setup a subdomain in cpanel, symlinked that the directory to point to a staging directory where i check’d ou…

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## [Re: Using Gems on windows](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-using-gems-on-windows/93677)

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**Author:** [@William\_SBillS\_Froe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/William_SBillS_Froe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-using-gems-on-windows/93677 "2006-04-06T14:12:27Z")

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Thanks for the quick answer. But I will agree with the docs that it is certainly confusing for the new user like myself in an irb session. –Bill

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## [The World's Most Maintainable Programming Language](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-worlds-most-maintainable-programming-language/93637)

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**Author:** [@Bil\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bil_K)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-worlds-most-maintainable-programming-language/93637 "2006-04-05T23:37:31Z")

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He’s got Ruby’s naming a bit backwards? Ruby (named after Ruby Kusanagi Matsumoto, Yukihiro M.?s youngest daughter)

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## [Converting numbers via bit dropping](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/converting-numbers-via-bit-dropping/56638)

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**Author:** [@lists](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lists)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/converting-numbers-via-bit-dropping/56638 "2006-04-02T02:08:11Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to figure out how to convert a number by dropping bits higher than the range that I want. For example, I’d like to convert 248 (0000 0001 0001 1100) into 28 (0001 1100) by converting any bits over the…

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## [RE: Newbie Question about Custom Classes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-newbie-question-about-custom-classes/84299)

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**Author:** [@HoganS\_Brian\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/HoganS_Brian_P)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-newbie-question-about-custom-classes/84299 "2006-03-20T22:32:21Z")

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Yes you would run two WEBrick servers on different ports. I guess I’ve never run into a situation on my local machine where that’s been an issue; if I need that, then I deploy to staging. Whatever works for you! As …

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## [Strip html](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strip-html/76421)

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**Author:** [@matt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/matt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strip-html/76421 "2006-03-04T19:15:48Z")

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say i wanted to allow only certain html characters from my user submissions, and strip everything else. does rails have a built-in for this?

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## [Plz register this mailing-list with gmane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plz-register-this-mailing-list-with-gmane/69787)

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**Author:** [@aravet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aravet)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2006, 5:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plz-register-this-mailing-list-with-gmane/69787 "2006-02-22T05:37:44Z")

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Thanks in advance. Alain

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## [Basic usage confusion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/basic-usage-confusion/101482)

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**Author:** [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2006, 12:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/basic-usage-confusion/101482 "2006-02-06T12:21:17Z")

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I am confused. Looking at ‘list’ from scaffold, I see a record and click the ‘show’ button. I put in a ‘link’ at the bottom of ‘show.rhtml’ to my ‘view’ rfn2.rhtml - action = ‘rfn2’, :id = @placement I click this link…

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## [\#defines in Ruby's .c files](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/defines-in-rubys-c-files/100027)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2006, 9:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/defines-in-rubys-c-files/100027 "2006-02-02T09:04:12Z")

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I was talking to someone on irc who was trying to speed up sockets - he came up with a way to do it by modifying sysread() so that a new buffer doesn’t always have to be allocated on each call. (sped up sockets by 31…

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## [\[Announcement\] Google: Evil or Not?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/announcement-google-evil-or-not/52959)

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**Author:** [@Ugo\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ugo_C)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/announcement-google-evil-or-not/52959 "2006-01-21T18:18:41Z")

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“Google: Evil or Not?” is my first Rails webapp and I’ve just made it public at http://evilornot.info Do you still believe the ?Do no evil? Google mantra? Do you think Google Book Search, the AOL deal, and Larry and S…

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## [Rails Unit test Problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-unit-test-problem/52643)

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**Author:** [@Luciano\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Luciano_B)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-unit-test-problem/52643 "2006-01-17T23:02:48Z")

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Hi all, I have a problem with unit test database data reload. I have several test\_xxx function in my ruby unit test file I would like to know why xxxx.yml containing test data are load only 1 time for all the test w…

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## [Change Password with acts\_as\_authenticated](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/change-password-with-acts-as-authenticated/52424)

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**Author:** [@scott](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/scott)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/change-password-with-acts-as-authenticated/52424 "2006-01-13T23:30:53Z")

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I want to have a form to change a users password. I can’t figure out what the method in the controller should look like. I tried @user.save and @user.update\_attributes, but can’t get it to work. My Form: ############…

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## [Sorting tables by columns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sorting-tables-by-columns/51895)

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**Author:** [@yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yetanothergeek)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 6:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sorting-tables-by-columns/51895 "2006-01-09T06:18:08Z")

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What I’m trying to do is have clickable column headers that will sort the table by that column. What I have below works, except there is only one variable storing the sort direction for all the columns, whereas I need…

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## [\[ANN\] Locomotive 1.0.0 for Mac OS 10.3+](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-locomotive-1-0-0-for-mac-os-10-3/51398)

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**Author:** [@ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-locomotive-1-0-0-for-mac-os-10-3/51398 "2006-01-02T17:15:49Z")

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Hi All, I’m very happy to announce the release of Locomotive 1.0.0. Locomotive is a one-click development solution for Rails on Mac OS X. See more details at http://locomotive.sourceforge.net Get it at: http://prdow…

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## [Has\_many & belongs\_to with Plugins (login\_engine)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/has-many-belongs-to-with-plugins-login-engine/51340)

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**Author:** [@Vaishal\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Vaishal_S)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/has-many-belongs-to-with-plugins-login-engine/51340 "2005-12-29T23:22:36Z")

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Hello list, Probably a newbie question but couldn’t find the answer in the archives. I am using the login\_engine Plugin to implement the login functionality. I have a JournalEntry model that interacts with the journa…

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## [Form reset after successful form submission](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-reset-after-successful-form-submission/51266)

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**Author:** [@olivier\_Hericord](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/olivier_Hericord)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-reset-after-successful-form-submission/51266 "2005-12-28T23:24:33Z")

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hi, what’s the way to reset the form generated by the form\_remote\_tag after the successful submission of the form? thanks

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## [Oddly Slow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/oddly-slow/74861)

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**Author:** [@captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/captaffy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/oddly-slow/74861 "2005-12-24T03:34:58Z")

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Hello all: I am trying to learn RoR and so far am enjoying the language very much. I have been going through some online tutorials but have hit a stumbling block. The first app I tried was the cookbook example provid…

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## [SCGI cluster configuration example for Apache](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scgi-cluster-configuration-example-for-apache/49698)

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**Author:** [@francois.beausoleil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/francois.beausoleil)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2005, 8:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scgi-cluster-configuration-example-for-apache/49698 "2005-12-09T08:21:40Z")

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Hi all ! I have SCGI setup and working correctly on a new host. I configured a cluster using: scgi\_cluster config -e production -p 20000 -c 2 Now, I want to tell mod\_scgi that I have two children. How do I do that…

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## [Embedding Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/embedding-ruby/82982)

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**Author:** [@daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daniel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/embedding-ruby/82982 "2005-11-20T15:28:33Z")

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Hi there, as a personal excercise I’d like to write a native little ruby starter (with splashscreen) for my scripts. In VS.NET I created a Starter.cpp and included the “ruby.h” as mentioned in the docs. At compilatio…

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## [How do I use an instance of another Controller as service object?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-use-an-instance-of-another-controller-as-service-object/258901)

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**Author:** [@von\_spotz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/von_spotz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 7:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-use-an-instance-of-another-controller-as-service-object/258901 "2020-03-17T07:41:18Z")

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Hello ! How do I use an instance of another controller as service Object? Personally, my problem-case is that I have a ActsAsPolymorphicTree Concern with a polymorphic join table, such that db\_records of different type…

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## [Is there any way to terminate the devise session in model?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-terminate-the-devise-session-in-model/252732)

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**Author:** [@GokulPS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/GokulPS)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2019, 5:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-terminate-the-devise-session-in-model/252732 "2019-07-18T05:34:00Z")

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Scenario is when admin update a model in active admin and if respective users logged in their session should be terminated

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