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## [Preserving Leading Zeros Using sprintf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/preserving-leading-zeros-using-sprintf/61752)

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**Author:** [@jeremysarda](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeremysarda)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/preserving-leading-zeros-using-sprintf/61752 "2006-05-26T22:04:32Z")

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From http://www.rubycentral.com/ref/ref\_c\_array.html#collect\_oh: “Invokes block once for each element of arr, replacing the element with the value returned by block.” Okay, so I attempt to execute the following code: …

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## [Make the int64 conversion utils functions public](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/make-the-int64-conversion-utils-functions-public/95194)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/make-the-int64-conversion-utils-functions-public/95194 "2006-05-26T18:02:30Z")

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Hi, It would be nice if the definition of the int64 conversion functions was moved to rbglib.h. They are quite usefull for other bindings dependant on glib. I’ve attached a patch that does this Sjoerd

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## [Problems generating a model with a namespace](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-generating-a-model-with-a-namespace/61002)

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**Author:** [@thuss](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thuss)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2006, 5:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-generating-a-model-with-a-namespace/61002 "2006-05-19T05:49:58Z")

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I’m runnig Rails 1.1.2 and I’m trying to use a namespace with my model class such as Namespace::Test so I run: script/generate model namespace/test create app/models/namespace create test/unit/namespace create te…

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## [OS X High Speed Status](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/os-x-high-speed-status/57857)

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**Author:** [@parrfolio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/parrfolio)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/os-x-high-speed-status/57857 "2006-04-15T03:34:25Z")

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There has been talk of some code to get high(er) speed USB under OS X. Has any of this code made it into the CVS tree yet?

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## [How to do a simple update on the server from a change of a s](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-do-a-simple-update-on-the-server-from-a-change-of-a-s/57510)

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**Author:** [@aseldo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aseldo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-do-a-simple-update-on-the-server-from-a-change-of-a-s/57510 "2006-04-11T19:43:53Z")

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I have a list of items on a page. Each item has a select list. If someone changes the select list I would like to update the appropriate record on the server…nothing else. I suspect I am making this too difficult. I …

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## [RE: widgets on rails?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-widgets-on-rails/56079)

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**Author:** [@emanon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/emanon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-widgets-on-rails/56079 "2006-03-28T18:47:05Z")

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Has anybody played around with using Rails to create Mac OS X Dashboard Widgets? Or is that just sick and wrong? Neither, in my opinion but from my understanding, Mac OS X Widgets (and Yahoo! Widgets) are built, fo…

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## [Is there a way to persist a Hash in ActiveRecord?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-persist-a-hash-in-activerecord/87451)

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**Author:** [@davidtl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidtl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2006, 7:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-persist-a-hash-in-activerecord/87451 "2006-03-27T07:21:52Z")

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I can’t seem to figure out a way to persist a hash attribute in ActiveRecord. Let’s say I have a Game, which has a many-to-many with players. Each player has an index, but the array can have empty spaces in it (since…

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## [RE: Newbie Question about Custom Classes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-newbie-question-about-custom-classes/84293)

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**Author:** [@HoganS\_Brian\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/HoganS_Brian_P)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-newbie-question-about-custom-classes/84293 "2006-03-20T20:22:51Z")

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Brent: You say you’re using Apache? Why not use WEBrick? The reason I ask is that if you are using Apache + FCGI and you are in “Production” mode, all models will be cached. And there are memory leaks with FCGI and “D…

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## [Odd HTTP headers causing SOAP to fail](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odd-http-headers-causing-soap-to-fail/53776)

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**Author:** [@Dido\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dido_S)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odd-http-headers-causing-soap-to-fail/53776 "2006-02-14T16:54:07Z")

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I’ve been tasked to interop with a SOAP gateway provided by another company to access their service, and have tried to write a program using the soap4r that’s integrated with Ruby 1.8.4, based on some code those peopl…

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## [Scaffold gets Access denied error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffold-gets-access-denied-error/50161)

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**Author:** [@will](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/will)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffold-gets-access-denied-error/50161 "2005-12-13T21:31:32Z")

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I’m going through the examples in the Rails book and I’m hung up on scaffolding. I actually got it to work last week. This week, having changed nothing it doesn’t work. So I’m going through the depot tutorial on a new…

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## [Advice on recruiting rails developers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/advice-on-recruiting-rails-developers/188059)

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**Author:** [@drewB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/drewB)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/advice-on-recruiting-rails-developers/188059 "2010-05-05T18:42:31Z")

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Other than working with a recruiter or posting jobs on craigslist, dice, or this group, do people have any suggestions for good resources for finding developers in the bay area or philadelphia?

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## [Trouble with VHosts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-with-vhosts/178556)

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**Author:** [@grmbl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grmbl)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-with-vhosts/178556 "2009-11-06T16:50:15Z")

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Hello, As helpful and nice people in this mailing list seem to ignore my previous message, let’s try to ask about a different problem. :slight\_smile: nginx 0.8.22 – configure options: ./configure --prefix=/u01/nginx …

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## [A simple form](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-simple-form/177204)

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**Author:** [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-simple-form/177204 "2009-10-13T13:02:07Z")

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I’m a bit confused on how to write a simple form. But not a form\_tag and not using RESTful. I would like to be able to design without RESTful design. I’ve used it a bit but don’t see the point. It’s complicating thing…

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## ["me" route](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/me-route/172217)

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**Author:** [@wouter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wouter)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/me-route/172217 "2009-07-16T23:00:29Z")

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Hey, I have a social network web app with ruby on rails and users can see their profile like this: /profiles/2-admin Now i want to make an alias or something with the route “/me” so it would show the same as profiles…

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## [Newbie Question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question/130115)

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**Author:** [@Christian\_Rubio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Christian_Rubio)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question/130115 "2008-02-25T16:05:07Z")

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Help I am completely new to ruby and to OO programming. Why-does my code not compile?? class Quadratic def findroots() b = (ARGV\[0\]) c = (ARGV\[1\]) $stdout.print("You entered " , ARGV\[1\], ARGV\[0\], "\\n") …

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## [New in Leopard-- Ruby, ROR, MySQL](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-in-leopard-ruby-ror-mysql/121880)

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**Author:** [@ger4ld](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ger4ld)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2008, 11:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-in-leopard-ruby-ror-mysql/121880 "2008-02-02T11:34:55Z")

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Hi, I have been working with ruby/ruby on rails/and mysql (latest releases) on a PC. I just purchased a new Mac with Leopard… I know it comes with ruby and ROR… I want to install the latest versions of Ruby, ROR, Gem…

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## [Memory footprint](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memory-footprint/121491)

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**Author:** [@deliak](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/deliak)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memory-footprint/121491 "2007-11-29T17:00:37Z")

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Hi Everybody, my rails 1.2.5 application runs in a linux embedded environment with serious memory constraints. I would need to know how small a memory footprint I can hope to get. I run ligthtpd with only one dispatch…

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## [BlueCloth on Dreamhost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bluecloth-on-dreamhost/112491)

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**Author:** [@Brien](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brien)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2007, 5:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bluecloth-on-dreamhost/112491 "2007-08-21T05:25:03Z")

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Hey all, I’ve got a rails app hosted on dreamhost, but for somereason, putting markdown(thing.otherthing) doesn’t seem to work, I get undefined method \`markdown’ for #\<#Class:0x41318d50:0x41318d28\> Does anyone know ho…

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## [Order in pagination](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/order-in-pagination/106165)

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**Author:** [@raj\_ma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/raj_ma)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/order-in-pagination/106165 "2007-06-07T03:56:27Z")

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@post\_pages, @posts = paginate :posts, :per\_page =\> 5, :order =\> ‘id’ The results are not ordered and I am not getting error and the results not ordered in any order…is there any error in the syntax ?? Raj.

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## [Some inflection (?) questions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/some-inflection-questions/90236)

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**Author:** [@josh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/josh)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/some-inflection-questions/90236 "2007-03-27T00:31:19Z")

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Hi all I have the following code snipped: @country = Country.new Instead of hardcoding @country and Country I’d like to use the contents of two strings: instance\_var\_name = ‘country’ class\_name = ‘Country’ How can…

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## [Authorization on instances](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authorization-on-instances/79724)

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**Author:** [@foobar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/foobar)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authorization-on-instances/79724 "2006-12-20T21:01:47Z")

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I want to limit access to an instance of a model, so authorization based on an action wouldn’t suffice. Is there any plugin with this kind of functionality or am I on my own? Any hints?

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## [Web application in ruby on rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-application-in-ruby-on-rails/66783)

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**Author:** [@poonam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/poonam)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2006, 12:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-application-in-ruby-on-rails/66783 "2006-08-29T12:40:55Z")

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Hi, I’m new to Ruby on rails. I want to create web application. Can anyone tell me from where I get information to create web application. I done that o’reilly’s tutorial. But I want something different. Is there any …

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## [Fwd: image\_tag keeping add ? after the url it generates](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-image-tag-keeping-add-after-the-url-it-generates/66230)

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**Author:** [@Zhenjian\_YU](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zhenjian_YU)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2006, 11:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-image-tag-keeping-add-after-the-url-it-generates/66230 "2006-08-24T11:53:40Z")

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hi, all, I have a problem with image\_tag, the url it generates keeps adding ??? at the tail. e.g. src="/images/gicon.jpg?1153577588???" src="/images/gicon.jpg?1153577588???" I’ve checked the source code of image\_t…

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## [Where I'm wrong? (has\_and\_belongs\_to\_many)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-im-wrong-has-and-belongs-to-many/65887)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-im-wrong-has-and-belongs-to-many/65887 "2006-08-23T01:40:12Z")

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in the controller: @program = Program.find\_by\_id(1) @psc = ProgramSpecificCategory.find\_by\_id (2) @program.ProgramSpecificCategories \<\< @psc fails with “c:/INSTAN~1/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/li…

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## [Marshal Problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/marshal-problem/97437)

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**Author:** [@revans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/revans)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/marshal-problem/97437 "2006-07-25T02:05:45Z")

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Hi, I’ve got a serialized object that I am trying to read back in with Marshal. When it reads the class back in, it complains with the following message: undefined class/module ; This is running on windows. Under Ma…

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## [Scaffolding](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffolding/147519)

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**Author:** [@MrSWatson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MrSWatson)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2008, 8:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scaffolding/147519 "2008-09-03T08:11:07Z")

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Hello everyone, Does scaffold still work in the new rails 2.0? Thank you,

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## [How to hide part of the source passwords etc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-hide-part-of-the-source-passwords-etc/67458)

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**Author:** [@Didier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Didier)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-hide-part-of-the-source-passwords-etc/67458 "2006-09-06T18:48:33Z")

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I do some stuff that encapsulate calls to various systems (os api, erp queries, databases access) and if the results are no secret some passwords used internally are. How to solve the issue? example: one program to …

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## [Cron and runner doesn't work anymore?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cron-and-runner-doesnt-work-anymore/66475)

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**Author:** [@phillyloco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phillyloco)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cron-and-runner-doesnt-work-anymore/66475 "2006-09-04T14:46:16Z")

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Hello, For a number of projects I have, I use the runner and a cron job to run maintenance code every so often. I noticed since I updated to rails 1.1.6, none of my cron jobs get executed anymore. I know that the cod…

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## [Burst Transmissions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/burst-transmissions/234562)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/burst-transmissions/234562 "2015-03-13T18:32:38Z")

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Hi all, This is kind of a reword of a previous question I asked yesterday. I don’t think I did a good job. I am receiving data bursts that can be separated by no transmissions (noise) for extended periods of time. I…

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## [Trying to use gdb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trying-to-use-gdb/237727)

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**Author:** [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trying-to-use-gdb/237727 "2013-11-27T01:16:05Z")

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Hi, I am using GRC3.6.3 and my program is dying with no verbose. so now i have my core file in my home folder and i cant find the path to the executable. Can someone please tell me the path? Thanks! –

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## [Authentication for both web & api](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication-for-both-web-api/237633)

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**Author:** [@musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/musicdenotation)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication-for-both-web-api/237633 "2013-11-22T22:28:26Z")

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Hello, I need to develop an application which needs to authenticate user by verifying login name/password for both web access and api. I need the same controller to cater to both web and api. I can put the before\_fil…

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## [\[ruby-trunk - Bug #8183\]\[Open\] CGI.unescapeHTML does not decode &#X3042;](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-trunk-bug-8183-open-cgi-unescapehtml-does-not-decode-x3042/227810)

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**Author:** [@znz\_SKazuhiro\_NISHI](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/znz_SKazuhiro_NISHI)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2013, 6:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-trunk-bug-8183-open-cgi-unescapehtml-does-not-decode-x3042/227810 "2013-04-08T06:02:16Z")

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Issue #8183 has been reported by znz (Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA). Bug #8183: CGI.unescapeHTML does not decode あ Author: znz (Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA) Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: xibbar (Takeyuki F.) Category: lib …

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## [Fw: Re: Error in executing filtering example](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fw-re-error-in-executing-filtering-example/229411)

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**Author:** [@Ghulam\_Rasool\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ghulam_Rasool_B)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fw-re-error-in-executing-filtering-example/229411 "2013-02-01T20:42:17Z")

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— On Fri, 2/1/13, Ghulam Rasool B. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: From: Ghulam Rasool B. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Subject: Re: \[Discuss-gnuradio\] Error in executing filtering example To: “Tom …

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## [Route non-existant .php requests through try\_files?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/route-non-existant-php-requests-through-try-files/220645)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/route-non-existant-php-requests-through-try-files/220645 "2012-06-16T05:59:06Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m investigating moving one of my sites from another web server to Nginx. The app is a PHP app that uses the “front controller” pattern (everything routes via index.php), and the app takes care of URL ro…

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## [Gr-bluetooth compilation error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gr-bluetooth-compilation-error/217440)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gr-bluetooth-compilation-error/217440 "2012-03-06T01:55:49Z")

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Hello, I have tried to compile gr-bluetooth (version obtained by git clone git://gr-bluetooth.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/gr-bluetooth/gr-bluetooth), while I have a git version of gnuradio from Feb 3rd and I am gettin…

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## [Irb (with irbtools) problem including a module](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-with-irbtools-problem-including-a-module/215084)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-with-irbtools-problem-including-a-module/215084 "2011-12-21T18:06:39Z")

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Hi all - I’m using irb with irbtools enabled on an iMac. I find this strange: if I inline a module (put it at the beginning of a program) everything works fine. If I try to include the module, it fails. The module is …

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## [Jqgrid plugin + rails 3 app](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jqgrid-plugin-rails-3-app/211821)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jqgrid-plugin-rails-3-app/211821 "2011-09-18T00:54:23Z")

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hi to everyone … i’m in need of creating a datagrid in my rails application. so i used jqgrid plugin to display data grid in my application. I found that plugin by this following link GitHub - springbok/jqgrid-rails3…

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## [Newbie needs help with associations](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-needs-help-with-associations/210464)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-needs-help-with-associations/210464 "2011-08-09T14:58:05Z")

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Hi, Newbie here. I’m having to enter this from memory since my work is on a closed network, so forgive any syntax errors. I’m trying to recreate some basic Google Plus functionality with regards to users, posts, and…

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## [Pre-populating association](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pre-populating-association/209315)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pre-populating-association/209315 "2011-07-12T02:48:58Z")

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Hello, I think this is an easy one for the average Rails developer but I’m a bit stuck. I’m creating a simple voting app: any user can create a survey, with any number of questions, and other users can then vote by c…

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## [\[BUG\] fail to compile thread.c](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-fail-to-compile-thread-c/207361)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-fail-to-compile-thread-c/207361 "2011-05-27T02:03:47Z")

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$B1J0f!wCNG=!%6e9)Bg$G$9!%(B $B0lIt$N4D6-$G(B thread.c $B$N%3%s%Q%$%k$K\<:GT$9$k$N$G$9$,!$(B $B@5$7$/$O"-$3$&$G$9$+!)(B Index: thread.c — thread.c (revision 31717) +++ thread.c (working copy) @@ -2759,14 +2759,14 @…

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## [Cgi files in plain text](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cgi-files-in-plain-text/206811)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cgi-files-in-plain-text/206811 "2011-05-14T14:20:21Z")

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Hi, I installed nginx and php5-fpm from repositories on ubuntu 10.04. everything works well. The phpinfo test file works. I try to access collection (for collectd) pages. When I access the url of the collection3/bin/…

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## [WInnComm'11 Europe?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/winncomm11-europe/206705)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/winncomm11-europe/206705 "2011-05-09T18:38:08Z")

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Anyone else heading to WInnComm’11 Europe, June 22-24? I’m a presenter, and am trying to find reasonably priced accommodations – “The Hotel” has a special for this conference of EU 179 - 259 (currently US$ 260 - 376)…

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## [Trouble making extensions on windows](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-making-extensions-on-windows/203440)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-making-extensions-on-windows/203440 "2011-02-21T19:26:14Z")

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Hi, I’m using ruby192 and had a hard time trying to build my own c++ rb extension. I installed the DevKit and my extconf.rb generated makefile seems to have no problem, but I got some ‘undefined reference’ build error…

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## [LPDA orientation when receiving GPS signals on USRP2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lpda-orientation-when-receiving-gps-signals-on-usrp2/201764)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2011, 5:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lpda-orientation-when-receiving-gps-signals-on-usrp2/201764 "2011-01-14T05:42:53Z")

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Hi everyone, Does anyone know what the orientation of an LPDA (log periodic dipole antenna) should be when receiving GPS signals? Should the up-most element be the longest one, or should it be the shortest one? In o…

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## [Implementing the MetaWeblog API](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/implementing-the-metaweblog-api/199762)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/implementing-the-metaweblog-api/199762 "2011-01-07T13:31:49Z")

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As a “good programmer”, I want to make my blog software support the next generation of Rails. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed working with the new ideas of Rails 3, but I have come to a major roadblock: All of the examples I’…

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## [java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException sighting](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/java-lang-arrayindexoutofboundsexception-sighting/192909)

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**Author:** [@ratchetcat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ratchetcat)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/java-lang-arrayindexoutofboundsexception-sighting/192909 "2010-08-18T21:59:09Z")

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Curiousity got the best of me and I wanted to see how other Ruby impls would behave when used to build MRI 1.9.2dev for Windows using our latest recipes on http://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/tree/use-devkit Aft…

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## [Connecting to SQL Server 2005](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/connecting-to-sql-server-2005/192818)

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**Author:** [@parulg2386](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/parulg2386)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/connecting-to-sql-server-2005/192818 "2010-08-06T16:03:51Z")

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I need to connect to SQL server 2005 using Ruby. I went through some posts but did not found much help. It would be great if anyone can help me with this.

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## [String concatenation in ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/string-concatenation-in-ruby/192787)

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**Author:** [@yani\_engico](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yani_engico)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/string-concatenation-in-ruby/192787 "2010-08-05T16:58:41Z")

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Hi, This seems to be a basic question but i would like to know why. String concatenation in rails can be done in the following three ways: a+b+c a\<\<b\<\<c “#{a}#{b}#{c}” where a b c are three variables Which is the g…

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## [Finding an icon for a file in Linux](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-an-icon-for-a-file-in-linux/186702)

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**Author:** [@johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnnybutler7)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-an-icon-for-a-file-in-linux/186702 "2010-04-12T01:20:03Z")

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Hi, I am writing a file manager and am looking for the best way to get the icon for a file type. I am assuming it uses mimetypes, but I haven’t found a good solution yet. If anyone could point me in the right directi…

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## [Too Simple for Rails?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/too-simple-for-rails/186038)

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**Author:** [@partydrone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/partydrone)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 9:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/too-simple-for-rails/186038 "2010-03-31T09:11:13Z")

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I want to create a simple app. On one page, I want a form. This form has a single field for a ticket number. When someone enters a ticket number and submits the form, they are shown a second page with links to downloa…

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