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## [Hash and Arrays](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hash-and-arrays/92807)

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**Author:** [@Josselin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Josselin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2007, 9:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hash-and-arrays/92807 "2007-04-25T09:50:48Z")

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I receive from yahoo weather an Hash like this one, response =\> {“xmlns:geo”=\>“http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84\_pos#”, “xmlns:yweather”=\>“http://xml.weather.yahoo.com/ns/rss/1.0”, “version”=\>“2.0”, “channel”=\>\[{“t…

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## [Ruby variable and java script array?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-variable-and-java-script-array/90609)

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**Author:** [@lalala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lalala)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2007, 8:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-variable-and-java-script-array/90609 "2007-03-31T08:30:43Z")

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Hi everyone, I am in a situation where I have a ruby var x and I like to pass that var x to javascript array at index x Is there a way of doing such a thing?

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## [Test driven development in Rails using fixtures and rake](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-driven-development-in-rails-using-fixtures-and-rake/89418)

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**Author:** [@mayanktoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mayanktoc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 7:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-driven-development-in-rails-using-fixtures-and-rake/89418 "2007-03-21T07:15:54Z")

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Hi There, “Test driven development in Rails using fixtures and rake”. Can anyone give me suggestion that how I can test the Ruby and Rails application through Fixtures and Rake? I am desperately waiting for your mean…

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## [Server push for rails? or do I need java?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/server-push-for-rails-or-do-i-need-java/89125)

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**Author:** [@peterbe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/peterbe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2007, 1:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/server-push-for-rails-or-do-i-need-java/89125 "2007-03-18T01:52:24Z")

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Hi! Almost for sure lots of you guys know Comet, also referred to as an ‘server-push technology’. The moste efficient ‘server push’ solution I know is jetty + nio + continuations – unfortunately you must use Java fo…

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## [Url, hash, flatten, etc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/url-hash-flatten-etc/89122)

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**Author:** [@Pierre-Alexandre\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Pierre-Alexandre_M)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/url-hash-flatten-etc/89122 "2007-03-17T17:05:22Z")

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Hi, I have a form which generates statistics: form.rhtml --\> /my\_big\_app/stats/generate --\> view\_results.rhtml My method ‘generate’ generates an array of statistics @results = \[hash\_1,hash\_2,etc.\] and I want to displ…

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## [Restful routes in a polymorphic association](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restful-routes-in-a-polymorphic-association/87044)

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**Author:** [@giuseppe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/giuseppe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restful-routes-in-a-polymorphic-association/87044 "2007-03-02T18:22:55Z")

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Hello, I have an Entry model with polymorphic associations with all kinds of contents, like notes, addresses, etc. Class Entry \< ActiveRecord::Base belongs\_to :content, :polymorphic =\> true end Class Note \< Active…

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## [Routing and namespace](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-and-namespace/86065)

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**Author:** [@antonaylward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/antonaylward)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-and-namespace/86065 "2007-02-19T22:40:59Z")

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I’m trying to set up and ‘admin’ interface for each of my models. I have a controller for each of them under ‘app/controllers/admin/’ book\_controller.rb page\_controller.rb and so on. So as not to get in the way of n…

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## [Convert a string to utf8](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/convert-a-string-to-utf8/86083)

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**Author:** [@jotape](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jotape)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/convert-a-string-to-utf8/86083 "2007-02-19T19:32:34Z")

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Hello. I’m reading a csv file into my application, and when I enconter a special character like Ã§, I have a problem, since my database is in utf-8. Is there a way to convert a string to utf-8?

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## [Faking Basic Auth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/faking-basic-auth/84994)

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**Author:** [@zakifataya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zakifataya)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/faking-basic-auth/84994 "2007-02-09T03:00:40Z")

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I have a Rails app that shows catalogs of images. The images are generated by a CGI that requires REMOTE\_USER to be set. This is accomplished by protecting the CGI folder with Basic Auth. I can see how to implement Ba…

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## [Help with extensions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-extensions/84026)

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**Author:** [@latte](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/latte)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-extensions/84026 "2007-01-31T20:23:58Z")

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I am working with extensions to has\_many associations, and I want to create a finder method that is conditional on the attributes of the object whose association I’m working with. So, to use the example from the Agi…

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## [Changing order of form fields](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/changing-order-of-form-fields/83798)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2007, 6:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/changing-order-of-form-fields/83798 "2007-01-30T06:21:58Z")

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hello. i’m just beginning to experiment with ruby on rails. is there any way to change the order that form fields appear in without redesigning the database schema? thanks

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## [A Better Way Idiom here](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-better-way-idiom-here/83709)

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**Author:** [@corywilkerson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/corywilkerson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2007, 10:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-better-way-idiom-here/83709 "2007-01-29T10:31:14Z")

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Hello again! Ok, I’m thinking that ‘find’ has a condition I can throw in here but I’m just not familiar with using associations in find conditions (I could just use raw SQL but that kills the beauty of this whole thin…

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## [Validates\_presence\_of in parent ok. but how in children?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validates-presence-of-in-parent-ok-but-how-in-children/83162)

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**Author:** [@dweinand](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dweinand)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validates-presence-of-in-parent-ok-but-how-in-children/83162 "2007-01-25T00:06:01Z")

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i have the problem that my child class fields aren’t validated on saving the parent. working with parent and child is fine. if all fields are filled correctly everything is saved as expected. but missing fields in th…

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## [Getting extra information from the url](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-extra-information-from-the-url/81857)

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**Author:** [@emuen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/emuen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-extra-information-from-the-url/81857 "2007-01-15T23:10:49Z")

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Hi there. I have a question; How do i get the information from the url, if it looks like this: something.com/stuff/show/1?extra=2 Is this wellformatted ? or do i need to change it ? And if i need to change it, how d…

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## [Routing Error Recognition failed for "/..."](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-error-recognition-failed-for/81672)

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**Author:** [@Brad\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brad_W)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2007, 4:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-error-recognition-failed-for/81672 "2007-01-11T04:57:32Z")

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This isn’t a question but more of an FYI for any newbies as stupid as me that can’t figure out why they get a similar message like this when typing the application’s name into the URL thinking that it’s the same as th…

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## [Is the append function at Enhancing\_RoRs\_AJAXUpdater now bui](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-the-append-function-at-enhancing-rors-ajaxupdater-now-bui/75708)

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**Author:** [@Phlip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Phlip)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-the-append-function-at-enhancing-rors-ajaxupdater-now-bui/75708 "2006-11-12T19:40:49Z")

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Railsers: I want to chat. I want my chatter to append chat to the end of a conversation, using a specialization of periodically\_call\_remote that appends its new content to the end of a span. I don’t want it to downlo…

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## [Helper to generate element id?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/helper-to-generate-element-id/74897)

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**Author:** [@agnathan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/agnathan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 11:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/helper-to-generate-element-id/74897 "2006-11-07T11:07:48Z")

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Anyone know if there’s a helper to generate an element’s ID given object, method, id, and the other options taken by form helpers like text\_field? Thanks! Daniel

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## [How to strucutre application](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-strucutre-application/71957)

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**Author:** [@jim\_dandy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jim_dandy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2006, 10:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-strucutre-application/71957 "2006-10-18T10:39:16Z")

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My application needs to make a call to a webservice via an HTTP post. The webservice responds with an integer and a string. I’ve got this working. I need to call this web service from a couple of different controllers…

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## [Format des dates](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/format-des-dates/71761)

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**Author:** [@FrSSSSdSSSSric\_Logi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/FrSSSSdSSSSric_Logi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2006, 12:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/format-des-dates/71761 "2006-10-11T12:48:57Z")

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Bonjour, j’utilise MSSQL serveur et j’ai des soucis sur le format des dates. En effet lorsque je fais un simple find all sur une table contenant des champs date j’obtiens : ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: ArgumentE…

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## [AaF not indexing models when no index present in multi\_searc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aaf-not-indexing-models-when-no-index-present-in-multi-searc/71459)

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**Author:** [@anrake](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anrake)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aaf-not-indexing-models-when-no-index-present-in-multi-searc/71459 "2006-10-09T20:16:25Z")

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The first time I tried to run a multi\_search, I got an error and discovered there were no indexes for any of the models. index \> model folders were there but no actual indexes. I couldn’t figure out how to get it to c…

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## [Problems with search\_behavior](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-search-behavior/71055)

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**Author:** [@Giovanni\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giovanni_I)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2006, 9:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-search-behavior/71055 "2006-10-05T09:54:10Z")

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I installed the search behavior, ferret and acts\_as\_ferret but I can’t get it to work on my shared host (Site5). It works fine on my mac, but when trying to launch script/server -e production I get this error on the …

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## [BetaBrite LED sign library - 0.0.2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/betabrite-led-sign-library-0-0-2/70444)

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**Author:** [@aaronpowell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aaronpowell)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/betabrite-led-sign-library-0-0-2/70444 "2006-09-29T17:20:58Z")

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The BetaBrite LED sign library version 0.0.2 is now available = Description This library is for controlling BetaBrite LED signs. You can write messages, picture files, control the color, font, etc. You can display sp…

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## [InPlaceSelectEditor question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inplaceselecteditor-question/99675)

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**Author:** [@zerohalo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zerohalo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2006, 6:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inplaceselecteditor-question/99675 "2006-07-25T06:09:29Z")

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I’m attempting to use the example given in the Rails Recipes book chapter 2, to create a select drop-down using the InPlaceEditor function (modified to be InPlaceSelectEditor. The example given works (a country list…

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## [Looking for radrails devs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/looking-for-radrails-devs/62384)

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**Author:** [@glenatron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/glenatron)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/looking-for-radrails-devs/62384 "2006-06-03T20:22:01Z")

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I just got an email update on a radrails bug that I submitted a while back… Unfortunately, it’s just stupid spammers. So, I tried to go to the radrails trac to delete the spam or at least report it, and their trac i…

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## [Creating a new virtual field](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-a-new-virtual-field/61883)

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**Author:** [@Marius\_HSSS\_chler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Marius_HSSS_chler)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2006, 8:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-a-new-virtual-field/61883 "2006-05-30T08:44:26Z")

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Hello, I have a problem with one of my Rails-Application, I have a table and on this there is object\_name and a object\_nr, so i want to create a combination of both in the model for a collection box. I’ve tried somet…

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## [Error when creating table "left" in migration](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-creating-table-left-in-migration/59198)

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**Author:** [@ingoweiss](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ingoweiss)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2006, 8:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-creating-table-left-in-migration/59198 "2006-05-05T08:20:40Z")

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Hi, I am getting an error when running a migration that is supposed to create tables called “bottom”, “top”, “left” and “right”. Since “bottom” and “top” work just fine, my hunch is that in the SQL the “left” is mist…

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## ["All-in-one" archives library?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/all-in-one-archives-library/59372)

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**Author:** [@victor123789](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/victor123789)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/all-in-one-archives-library/59372 "2006-05-03T18:59:23Z")

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Hi all. I’d like to see some library which handles most popular archive types (zip, rar, tar, gz, bz2 …) in uniform way, just like rubyzip\[1\] does: require ‘some-very-cool-library’ Dir\[‘myarchive.zip’\].each … Or ev…

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## [Can I send a redirect\_to() call to a periodically\_call\_remot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-send-a-redirect-to-call-to-a-periodically-call-remot/59322)

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**Author:** [@Stuart\_Hungerford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Stuart_Hungerford)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-send-a-redirect-to-call-to-a-periodically-call-remot/59322 "2006-05-03T18:58:46Z")

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Hi, I’m using Rails 1.1 and the periodically\_call\_remote() helper to query the server for the progress of a long running action. I’m using the excellent new RJS partials to send a page.replace\_html() to update the st…

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## [Ruby and SQL Queries](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-sql-queries/56080)

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**Author:** [@crackotter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/crackotter)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-sql-queries/56080 "2006-03-28T05:33:49Z")

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Hi all, I am new to Ruby ( and to Miscrosft SQL). I want to be able to do very basic queries from ruby to a external MS SQL databse. I have searched through the web and it seems you have to jump through hoops to get r…

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## [Require 'tk' SEGV with Ruby embedded in C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/require-tk-segv-with-ruby-embedded-in-c/55850)

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**Author:** [@Nicolas\_DesprSSSSs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nicolas_DesprSSSSs)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2006, 11:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/require-tk-segv-with-ruby-embedded-in-c/55850 "2006-03-24T11:41:07Z")

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Hi there, I’m having trouble trying to embed Ruby in a C program. $ cat test.c #include \<ruby.h\> int main() { ruby\_init(); ruby\_script(“test”); ruby\_init\_loadpath(); rb\_eval\_string(“require ‘tk’”); return 0; } …

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## [Successfully importing Rubyful Soup objects](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/successfully-importing-rubyful-soup-objects/85608)

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**Author:** [@weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/weyus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/successfully-importing-rubyful-soup-objects/85608 "2006-03-22T23:01:18Z")

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All, At the top of my controller, I have: require ‘rubygems’ require\_gem ‘rubyful\_soup’ The rubyful\_soup gem has been successfully installed. However, when I go to instantiate a class from it, using parser = Beauti…

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## [Nubie: collection\_select with two fields concatenated](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nubie-collection-select-with-two-fields-concatenated/54847)

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**Author:** [@Oom\_Tuinstoel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Oom_Tuinstoel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nubie-collection-select-with-two-fields-concatenated/54847 "2006-03-16T20:11:06Z")

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I have a table with (among others) :prefix and :lastname In my view in a collection\_select I want to see “prefix lastname”. I have ab-so-lu-te-ly no idea how to do this. Can anybody show me?

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## [Joel on Software Rails Rant](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/joel-on-software-rails-rant/69230)

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**Author:** [@rjberry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rjberry)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/joel-on-software-rails-rant/69230 "2006-02-16T17:26:04Z")

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I didn’t know if any of you had seen this rant about Rails over on Joel on Software but it is an interesting read. Check it out here - http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.309321.45 -Rob B. http://w…

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## [Multiple questions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-questions/102060)

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**Author:** [@ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ron)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-questions/102060 "2006-02-07T18:19:39Z")

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I have a heard time finding good searchable documentation about ruby. So ill ask some stuff here. Can i use multiple layouts in the same controller, and somehow switch between them? If so how? Can i import a view int…

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## [Differentiating between normal site content and accounts wit](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/differentiating-between-normal-site-content-and-accounts-wit/100925)

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**Author:** [@Toby\_Sterrett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Toby_Sterrett)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/differentiating-between-normal-site-content-and-accounts-wit/100925 "2006-02-05T16:59:13Z")

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I’m using the subdomains as accounts method fine on a project, but I’m wondering what is the best way to differentiate between account subdomains to access the app using an account, and www.domain.com and domain.com i…

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## [Setting up deployment scenario](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-up-deployment-scenario/97272)

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**Author:** [@divotdave](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/divotdave)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-up-deployment-scenario/97272 "2006-01-25T19:39:15Z")

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I am familiar with using RoR in a pure development environment, that is to say that I can create a local project, access it via a web browser, update the database, etc. However, I’m having trouble figuring out how to …

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## [Multiple Rails Apps in 1 Virtual Host on Apache 1.3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-rails-apps-in-1-virtual-host-on-apache-1-3/52389)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_Barclay](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Paul_Barclay)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-rails-apps-in-1-virtual-host-on-apache-1-3/52389 "2006-01-13T17:56:32Z")

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After attempting this on my own using the Apache “Alias” directive I noticed that it did not work in all cases: http://myserver/app1/ (this worked) http://myserver/app1 (this failed, I won’t bore you with the rewrite …

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## [Building Ruby-1.8.4 on WinXP with MSVC++ 8.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-ruby-1-8-4-on-winxp-with-msvc-8-0/80092)

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**Author:** [@Glenn\_MSLewis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Glenn_MSLewis)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-ruby-1-8-4-on-winxp-with-msvc-8-0/80092 "2005-12-29T13:59:34Z")

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Hi! I’m building Ruby-1.8.4 on WinXP SP2 using MSVC++ 8.0, and first did the ‘win32\\configure.bat’ and then typed nmake. It makes a fair amount of progress until it gets to ‘miniruby’ and then dies like so: cl…

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## [Kalah (#58)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kalah-58/66069)

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**Author:** [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kalah-58/66069 "2005-12-15T19:01:10Z")

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Both sides of the Kalah board are the same, with only the numbers of the slots changing. You can write a little code to make it so that your players need not be concerned with this minor difference. Here’s an examp…

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## [Html entities problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-entities-problem/52912)

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**Author:** [@brutyn\_nick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brutyn_nick)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2005, 9:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-entities-problem/52912 "2005-12-09T09:18:55Z")

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hey, i import records from an excel file, but i have problems with html entities. 1.if i import something like this ChÃ¯ Ã©Ã Ã¨ de l’ rue in database displays ChÃ¯ Ã©Ã Ã¨ de l’ rue …

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## [OT (Mostly): Problem with SQL](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-mostly-problem-with-sql/49488)

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**Author:** [@rbywater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rbywater)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-mostly-problem-with-sql/49488 "2005-12-05T20:33:39Z")

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Hi, This is mostly OT for this list but as I’m trying to go through the Agile Web Dev with Rails book I thought someone else might have come across this… Basically I’m trying to start Iteration D1 (capturing an orde…

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## [\[ruby-trunk - Feature #9816\] 文字列内の数字を数値として比較するメソッド](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-trunk-feature-9816/232784)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2014, 8:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-trunk-feature-9816/232784 "2014-10-28T08:59:47Z")

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Issue #9816 has been updated by Yui NARUSE. こんな感じで追記してみました + \* call-seq: + \* str.versioncmp(other\_str) -\> -1, 0, +1 or nil + \* + \* Compare strings as version strings. + \* + \* "a1".versioncmp("a1") …

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## [Calling overloaded Class Method](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calling-overloaded-class-method/237641)

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**Author:** [@musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/musicdenotation)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 10:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calling-overloaded-class-method/237641 "2013-11-22T10:15:10Z")

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Hello ! I want to use Lotus Domino with JRUBY and have issues with calling NotesFactory.createSession((String)null, (String) null, “pw”); (this is fro a working example) from Jruby(1.7.8). When i call NotesFactory.c…

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## [How to remove column without downtime with ActiveRecord \> 3.0?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-remove-column-without-downtime-with-activerecord-3-0/223136)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-remove-column-without-downtime-with-activerecord-3-0/223136 "2012-09-23T16:47:28Z")

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Removing columns from tables while running application with ActiveRecord causes errors, because ActiveRecord caches column names. Workaround for ActiveRecord up to 3.0.9 was to override #columns method in the model a…

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## [Google Summer of Code](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/google-summer-of-code/205518)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/google-summer-of-code/205518 "2011-04-08T00:28:17Z")

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Hi, If anyone is still interested in doing an IronPython, IronRuby, or any other DLR-related project for GSoC, feel free to submit them to either the Mono project (IronPython/IronRuby/DLR) or the Python Software Foun…

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## [Max\_allowed\_packet mysql](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/max-allowed-packet-mysql/199308)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2010, 10:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/max-allowed-packet-mysql/199308 "2010-11-18T10:29:34Z")

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Hi I am using rails 2.3.8 with mysql 5.1. In my attachment model the validation was validates\_attachment\_size :attachment, :less\_than =\> 2.megabytes, :message =\> “Upload file size should not exceeds 2 MB” And my /et…

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## [Frage zum Deployen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/frage-zum-deployen/175193)

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**Author:** [@netdieter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/netdieter)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2009, 2:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/frage-zum-deployen/175193 "2009-09-09T14:02:41Z")

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Hallo, bin neu in RoR und versuche gerade meine ersten Schritte mit RoR. Ich glaube mich zu erinnern, dass ich irgendwo gelesen habe, dass man fÃ¼r das Deployen auf einen anderen Server einen MÃ¶glichkeit hat, die An…

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## [Acts\_as\_ferret - term\_vector](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-ferret-term-vector/172182)

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**Author:** [@biggosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/biggosh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2009, 12:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-ferret-term-vector/172182 "2009-07-16T12:16:23Z")

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Hello. I’m trying to user term\_vector on documents fields returned via find\_with\_ferret call. I found documentation about how to use it directly from Ferret but nothing about acts\_as\_ferret + term\_vector. May anyone …

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## [Understanding LoginEngine: class methods?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/understanding-loginengine-class-methods/66046)

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**Author:** [@jay-levitt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jay-levitt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/understanding-loginengine-class-methods/66046 "2006-08-23T00:36:07Z")

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So I’m working on my differently-opinionated version of LoginEngine, and I’ve come across something I don’t quite get. LoginEngine declares two public class methods (authenticate and authenticate\_by\_token) on module C…

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## [Re: Radiant site map](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-radiant-site-map/96025)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2006, 11:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-radiant-site-map/96025 "2006-06-22T23:31:21Z")

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I’m away at RailsConf 2006 in Chicago till Monday June 26. I will be checking my mail while on the road and respond as soon as I can. Thanks, Chris-

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