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## [Initial insert of data](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/initial-insert-of-data/182860)

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**Author:** [@tomtt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tomtt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/initial-insert-of-data/182860 "2010-02-04T00:07:54Z")

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hi, i need to insert various records (system records) into various tables after the initial login/creation of a new user. what would be the best way of accomplishing that since i need to insert as well the user\_id in…

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## [Ruby installer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-installer/178243)

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**Author:** [@orsobruno](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/orsobruno)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2009, 10:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-installer/178243 "2009-11-20T10:33:05Z")

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Non trovo per Ruby 1.9.xxx un programma automatico di installazione per win come per le versioni fino alla 1.8 Se scompatto il file di 1.9.xxx ottendo una serie di files che poi, presumo, dovro’ installare manualmente…

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## [Wrong soap4r interpretation of a WSDL](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wrong-soap4r-interpretation-of-a-wsdl/175585)

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**Author:** [@PierreW](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/PierreW)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2009, 9:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wrong-soap4r-interpretation-of-a-wsdl/175585 "2009-10-26T09:13:20Z")

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Hi guys, I had a piece of code that was working perfectly fine. I went on to work on something else in my app, updated a few gems in the process… Now the first bit of code doesn’t work anymore, and I am lost. It seem…

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## [Testing: 'test "..." do' works but not 'def test...'](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing-test-do-works-but-not-def-test/176094)

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**Author:** [@drewB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/drewB)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing-test-do-works-but-not-def-test/176094 "2009-09-24T18:43:56Z")

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I have just encountered a funny situation. I have a number of functional and unit cases that are all written with the notation: def ---- #test case end I just created a new model and controller with test cases writ…

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## [NoMethodError with unexpected nil object in ERB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nomethoderror-with-unexpected-nil-object-in-erb/174503)

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**Author:** [@ryokamiya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryokamiya)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nomethoderror-with-unexpected-nil-object-in-erb/174503 "2009-08-29T16:37:44Z")

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I have created original method and trying to pass newly instantiated object to ERB file, but encountering NoMethodError in ERB file with the following error message. NoMethodError in Products#lookup Showing app/view…

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## [Ruby script outside of rails app](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-script-outside-of-rails-app/167853)

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**Author:** [@phillee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phillee)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-script-outside-of-rails-app/167853 "2009-05-14T20:28:40Z")

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Hello: I would like to write a ruby script that runs on its own, but still take advantage of the ActiveRecord configured by the web app. Is there an easy way to do this? Thanks in advance!

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## [Order numbers by value](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/order-numbers-by-value/167886)

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**Author:** [@snantz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/snantz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/order-numbers-by-value/167886 "2009-05-13T17:26:54Z")

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I have this drop-down that get populated with “stuff.” As I have recently found out, this “stuff” will either be all string values or all numerical values. I have the string values being ordered correctly but the nume…

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## [POST from http to https](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/post-from-http-to-https/167712)

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**Author:** [@harm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/harm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/post-from-http-to-https/167712 "2009-05-11T23:42:24Z")

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Dear list, I want to POST data from a normal http page to a https controller. I set up SSL and what not and that works. When I go to https://projectname.local the site loads nicely. When I go to http://projectname.lo…

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## [New to Rails, but have a 500 error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-rails-but-have-a-500-error/167221)

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**Author:** [@Learning](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Learning)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-rails-but-have-a-500-error/167221 "2009-05-05T18:23:11Z")

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i’m new to ruby on rails, there’s a problem when i follow the guide on i create a controller like this Ruby script\\generate home index and edit app/views/home/index.html.erb after that Ruby script\\server when i bro…

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## [Translation inside models?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/translation-inside-models/166283)

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**Author:** [@cojones](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cojones)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/translation-inside-models/166283 "2009-04-23T18:19:00Z")

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Hey people, I’m having a problem translating messages inside a model, e.g. I used to have it like this: validates\_uniqueness\_of :username, :message =\> “Username in use already” which worked fine but now I wanna inter…

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## [Sql query vs Ruby methods](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sql-query-vs-ruby-methods/166176)

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**Author:** [@nike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nike)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sql-query-vs-ruby-methods/166176 "2009-04-22T16:18:00Z")

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In am using the following code in my application,both the applications execute the same result.First one executes fastly than the second one,How can i modify the second one since it is fetching all the values, from th…

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## [Ruby 1.9, Rails 2.3.2, and MSSQL issue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-rails-2-3-2-and-mssql-issue/164610)

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**Author:** [@btomlin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/btomlin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-rails-2-3-2-and-mssql-issue/164610 "2009-04-03T03:25:50Z")

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I am having a strange issue. I have upgraded to ruby 1.9.1 to do some testing on one of my machines. My app accesses a MSSQL database to pull in some information. Everything worked fine with ruby 1.8.6, but now if …

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## [Gnuradio with wxpython](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnuradio-with-wxpython/163727)

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**Author:** [@Paulo\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Paulo_B)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnuradio-with-wxpython/163727 "2009-03-24T16:37:55Z")

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Hi list, I’m trying to build wxPython (2.8.9.2) from source. I read two manuals to install wxpython: http://www.wxpython.org/BUILD.html http://www.wxpython.org/INSTALL.html I have configured PYTHONPATH. Python vers…

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## [How to group visitors using hours](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-group-visitors-using-hours/161782)

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**Author:** [@brazov](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brazov)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-group-visitors-using-hours/161782 "2009-03-02T15:39:12Z")

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Hi, I’ve got this problem, I have a Visitor class that keep tracks of visitors. Each visitor has “created\_at” field. I’d like to group them by hours using “created\_at” I came up with this solution, but I’m not very h…

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## [TinyMCE Editor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tinymce-editor/160834)

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**Author:** [@madhavi.k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/madhavi.k)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2009, 7:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tinymce-editor/160834 "2009-02-20T07:46:04Z")

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Can you tell me the TinyMCE Editor is available in the gemlist? If so, how to implement it?

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## [Rails not installed on CentOS 5.2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-not-installed-on-centos-5-2/159540)

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**Author:** [@Paryank](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Paryank)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-not-installed-on-centos-5-2/159540 "2009-02-06T12:59:05Z")

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Hi I have installed CentOS 5.2 on my PC. I have build in Ruby 1.8.5 and Ruby-devel. I have downloaded rubygems-1.3.1.tgz package and installed it. Now I am trying to install Rails by following command: gem install ra…

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## [Best way and practices to implement search](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-and-practices-to-implement-search/158175)

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**Author:** [@gustav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gustav)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2009, 6:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-and-practices-to-implement-search/158175 "2009-01-20T06:32:18Z")

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I’m trying to implement a search engine to look thru some stuff in my models. Is there a way I can do something similar to Model.find, but that is more “forgiving” (poor spelling etc.) and also leverages the relations…

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## [Novice question about rdoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/novice-question-about-rdoc/157035)

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**Author:** [@LAMBEAU\_Bernard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/LAMBEAU_Bernard)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/novice-question-about-rdoc/157035 "2009-01-07T22:52:04Z")

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I’ve got a stupid problem with rdoc, and I don’t find any answer on the web. Sorry … Is there an option to force rdoc to generate the html documentation each time it is invoked? I use the following task in Rakefile: d…

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## [Remember that checkbox has been checked!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/remember-that-checkbox-has-been-checked/155997)

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**Author:** [@ukarick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ukarick)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2008, 11:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/remember-that-checkbox-has-been-checked/155997 "2008-12-19T11:39:25Z")

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Gdday everyone today I come up with this question. 1.I’ve a check box on my page. 2.I checked on this box. 3.I need to click on (link\_to) to redirect on this page again. 4.I found that my check box’s uncheck. How ca…

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## [New database integration with Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-database-integration-with-rails/155082)

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**Author:** [@ollie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ollie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-database-integration-with-rails/155082 "2008-12-07T16:24:08Z")

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What would be involved in adding a new Database implementation to Rails? We have a JDBC implementation that connects to a new Daabase type that we want to use behind Rails. I assume we need to build a “Migration” clas…

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## [Getting started decoding ssb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started-decoding-ssb/153674)

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**Author:** [@Nathaniel\_Haggard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nathaniel_Haggard)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2008, 10:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started-decoding-ssb/153674 "2008-11-20T10:06:48Z")

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To get started I’m trying to decode ssb from samples here http://www.kd7lmo.net/ground\_gnuradio\_ota.html. http://www.kd7lmo.net/gnuradio/ssb\_rcv\_file.py gives the following error: python ssb\_rcv\_file.py hf\_7200khz\_25…

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## [Nokogiri 1.0.6 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nokogiri-1-0-6-released/153432)

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**Author:** [@aaronpowell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aaronpowell)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nokogiri-1-0-6-released/153432 "2008-11-18T16:23:59Z")

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nokogiri version 1.0.6 has been released! http://nokogiri.rubyforge.org/ http://github.com/tenderlove/nokogiri/wikis http://github.com/tenderlove/nokogiri/tree/master http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/nokogiri-talk …

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## [Advice on model design](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/advice-on-model-design/151280)

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**Author:** [@nickmc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nickmc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/advice-on-model-design/151280 "2008-10-31T05:24:07Z")

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I’ve got an application with 2 related models. I want to search for data based on conditions in both models. I want to return items from the first model (Contract) grouped by conditions in the second (Status) At the …

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## [I can't start my app in production mode](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-cant-start-my-app-in-production-mode/151918)

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**Author:** [@The\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/The_N)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-cant-start-my-app-in-production-mode/151918 "2008-10-27T23:06:07Z")

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I uncommented this line in config/environment.rb: ENV\[‘RAILS\_ENV’\] ||= ‘production’ I switched the WEBrick server to production in Aptana RadRails. And still, when I click on the “About…” link, I get the following err…

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## [Forcing the Loading of Named Routes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forcing-the-loading-of-named-routes/147078)

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**Author:** [@mwalsh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mwalsh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forcing-the-loading-of-named-routes/147078 "2008-08-28T16:15:44Z")

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Hi all, I have a spec for my controller (and its routing) that looks like this: describe "named routes" do before do # mini-hack: need a GET before the named routes are loaded get :index end …

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## [Help with Autotest + Rspec](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-autotest-rspec/146531)

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**Author:** [@tikaro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tikaro)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-autotest-rspec/146531 "2008-08-22T20:20:37Z")

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I’ve been getting into Rspec and the final piece I have yet to get working is Autotest. Pretty sure I’ve got everything installed correctly- Gems: ZenTest 3.1, Rspec 1.1.4 Plugin: Rspec Rails On Rails 2.1 I can man…

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## [Help from rubyonrails 2.1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-from-rubyonrails-2-1/146382)

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**Author:** [@rustam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rustam)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-from-rubyonrails-2-1/146382 "2008-08-20T15:20:29Z")

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hi every one ! receintly i am working on rails 2.1,i have start it from scaffold ,besides from the pages which is created by scaffold automatically ,i have created the page “ingrendient.html.erb” and i have added the …

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## [Undefined method \`new\_picture\_path' Error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undefined-method-new-picture-path-error/145615)

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**Author:** [@bell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bell)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2008, 10:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undefined-method-new-picture-path-error/145615 "2008-08-12T10:46:10Z")

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Hi All! I have two models, Book and Picture,and Book can had many pictures ,so I defined the relationship between them by follow code. in Book: has\_many :pictures, :foreign\_key =\> :resource\_id, :conditions =\> “resou…

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## [Issue with nginx not waiting for a response from mongrel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issue-with-nginx-not-waiting-for-a-response-from-mongrel/144688)

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**Author:** [@Rupert\_Fiasco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rupert_Fiasco)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issue-with-nginx-not-waiting-for-a-response-from-mongrel/144688 "2008-08-07T19:44:31Z")

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This might be more of a mongrel issue, not sure where the problem lies. We are proxying mongrels behind an instance of nginx 0.6.29 and are seeing situations where nginx passes off a request to a mongrel but then does…

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## [Follow-Up on AOL JRuby Presentation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/follow-up-on-aol-jruby-presentation/144561)

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**Author:** [@gennosuke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gennosuke)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/follow-up-on-aol-jruby-presentation/144561 "2008-08-01T00:59:57Z")

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Just wanted to drop a quick note to the list thanking everybody who gave me ideas for the JRuby presentation I gave at AOL recently. It went very well, and it was impressive to see how many people had no idea what JRu…

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## [Quotes cause SQL havoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/quotes-cause-sql-havoc/140912)

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**Author:** [@dino\_d](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dino_d)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/quotes-cause-sql-havoc/140912 "2008-06-19T20:02:56Z")

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Hi- I cannot seem to find an answer to this. I have a simple question with quotes- I want to allow apostrophes in a string in a model. I then want to allow searching on that field. In ActiveRecord, when I create a…

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## [Render action from another controller](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/render-action-from-another-controller/139934)

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**Author:** [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2008, 10:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/render-action-from-another-controller/139934 "2008-06-09T10:24:33Z")

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I would like to have one page staying the same all the time, and have actions being included with Ajax. On the main page I have a div used for the purpose of adding forms belonging to other models than the current mai…

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## [Get method under 1.1.4 in Stories is undefined](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/get-method-under-1-1-4-in-stories-is-undefined/139302)

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**Author:** [@Ed\_Howland](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ed_Howland)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/get-method-under-1-1-4-in-stories-is-undefined/139302 "2008-06-02T20:56:26Z")

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HI, After I upgraded to RSpec 1.1.4 (from git), my stories all failed. I was using Webrat and the first thing I noticed was the ‘visits’ method was gone. I then backtracked to just using ‘get’ and got the same undefi…

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## [REST web service clarification](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rest-web-service-clarification/138636)

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**Author:** [@sameera](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sameera)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2008, 9:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rest-web-service-clarification/138636 "2008-05-28T09:12:13Z")

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Hi All, I’m new to REST and RESTFul web services. Looking forward for a clarification, My question is, Are the only REST methods GET POST PUT DELETE or can we have a method name like getUserFullName in REST ? pl…

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## [Trouble opening IronRuby.sln](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-opening-ironruby-sln/136841)

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**Author:** [@Aaron\_Blondeau](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Aaron_Blondeau)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2008, 7:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-opening-ironruby-sln/136841 "2008-05-07T07:55:44Z")

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I am having trouble opening the latest (rev 101) IronRuby with VisualStudio 2005. Nothing happens at all when I try to open IronRuby.sln - not even an error message. I have been able to open the individual .csproj …

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## [Weird foreign key constraint failure in transaction](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-foreign-key-constraint-failure-in-transaction/136321)

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**Author:** [@mud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mud)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-foreign-key-constraint-failure-in-transaction/136321 "2008-04-30T21:42:25Z")

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I have an ActiveRecord transaction that works some times and fails some times. I’ve narrowed it down to where the failure depends on the inclusion of an empty method from a library object. By ‘empty’, I mean I’ve remo…

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## [Memory allocation reporting?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memory-allocation-reporting/132776)

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**Author:** [@joeymarchy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joeymarchy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memory-allocation-reporting/132776 "2008-03-25T04:14:29Z")

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I created a script that using up alot of memory very quickly. All the resources like file handles, db results, and objects are being freed. I am using a third party library so I am wondering if the problem lies with …

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## [New to IronRuby but not Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ironruby-but-not-ruby/132397)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Chandler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Chris_Chandler)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ironruby-but-not-ruby/132397 "2008-03-19T19:28:14Z")

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Hey all, I am not new to ruby or c# but am quite new to compiler/interpreter design, and am looking for a basic walk through of the hierarchy of the project architecture. Oh and while you are at it whats with all th…

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## [Creating an open source packet generator](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-an-open-source-packet-generator/130350)

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**Author:** [@jackster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jackster)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-an-open-source-packet-generator/130350 "2008-02-29T14:45:29Z")

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I know this is a slightly odd request but it’s for a project I’m working on to create a traffic generator to simulate DDOS (distributed denial of service) attacks to public websites which have been plaguing the intern…

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## [Weblog Archive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weblog-archive/128048)

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**Author:** [@orange](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/orange)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weblog-archive/128048 "2008-02-04T18:58:01Z")

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This has been eluding me, so I thought I’d post here for some direction. Does Radiant CMS do a archive page like this: http://radiantcms.org/blog/archives/ on its own? I’m fine with doing something custom, but want t…

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## [Running a thread in the nginx worker process cycle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-a-thread-in-the-nginx-worker-process-cycle/124312)

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**Author:** [@Manlio\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Manlio_P)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-a-thread-in-the-nginx-worker-process-cycle/124312 "2007-12-27T16:44:17Z")

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Hi. With mod\_wsgi I’m starting to testing threading usage in the Python application. Do I have to take some precautions when starting a new thread? In the nginx sources I see that some signals are blocked. Above all…

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## [Issues installing ferret gem on OS X Leopard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issues-installing-ferret-gem-on-os-x-leopard/120669)

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**Author:** [@levent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/levent)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issues-installing-ferret-gem-on-os-x-leopard/120669 "2007-12-04T01:07:47Z")

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Can anyone shed light on why this is happening? It happens with ferret 0.11.4 and 0.11.5 I installed ferret 0.11.3 without any hiccups before the recent release of OS X 10.5.1 Select which gem to install for your pla…

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## [I get syntax errors from RDParser example I found on internet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-get-syntax-errors-from-rdparser-example-i-found-on-internet/121553)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-get-syntax-errors-from-rdparser-example-i-found-on-internet/121553 "2007-11-29T03:51:30Z")

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=begin I got this recursive decent parser from: http://www.rubyinside.com/recursive-descent-parser-for-ruby-300.html I get this syntax error: C:/rb-play/parser/try.rb:13: syntax error, unexpected ‘\]’, expecting kEND …

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## [Follow\_redirect!() doesn't exist?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/follow-redirect-doesnt-exist/121485)

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**Author:** [@josh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/josh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/follow-redirect-doesnt-exist/121485 "2007-11-28T12:06:30Z")

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Hi all I want to do some functional testing. I stumbled over the method follow\_redirect!() somewhere, but evidently this doesn’t seem to exist in my Rails version (1.2.5 or so)?! Then I tried follow\_redirect() (witho…

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## [Best library to work Google API?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-library-to-work-google-api/120852)

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**Author:** [@pood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pood)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-library-to-work-google-api/120852 "2007-11-24T23:28:27Z")

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I’m going to build a google search tool (no it’s not for spam). What’s the best library for working with Google? I’m not building a website or anything, but would Rails work better for extracting data and outputting t…

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## [My own conf settings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/my-own-conf-settings/118516)

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**Author:** [@bigdaddy71](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bigdaddy71)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/my-own-conf-settings/118516 "2007-10-28T02:50:59Z")

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Hi there! After reading up in the wiki, I was wondering about adding a certain configuration variable to my rails app. What’s the “best way to do it”? What are you using? I’m coming from Django, where you have a sett…

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## [(remote\_)for\_form placement, most bizar error seen so far](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/remote-for-form-placement-most-bizar-error-seen-so-far/118407)

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**Author:** [@harm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/harm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/remote-for-form-placement-most-bizar-error-seen-so-far/118407 "2007-10-27T20:45:28Z")

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Dear list, I must be going mad. My code: \<%=h user.phone %\> \<%=h user.company %\> \<% @message = Message.new %\> #UGLY, someone has a solution? \<% form\_for(\[@project, @message\]) do |f| %\> \<%= f.hidden\_field(‘recip…

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## [Rspec and capistrano](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-and-capistrano/118394)

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**Author:** [@johanatan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johanatan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-and-capistrano/118394 "2007-10-26T22:43:07Z")

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Hi, has anyone here written a capistrano task for rspec to run through my specs on the deployed server? I’d appreciate a snippet or two to get me started. Thx linoj

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## [JRuby et gettext](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-et-gettext/117071)

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**Author:** [@lesgrumels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lesgrumels)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2007, 10:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-et-gettext/117071 "2007-10-15T10:27:37Z")

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Bonjour J’essaye de porter une application rails en JRuby. Mais j’ai un problÃ¨me avec le gems gettext. J’ai installÃ© le gem avec : $JRUBY\_HOME/bin/gem install gettext Et voici l’erreur qu’il m’affiche : Buildin…

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## [Rails, rSpec edge problems](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-rspec-edge-problems/116476)

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**Author:** [@glenatron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/glenatron)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-rspec-edge-problems/116476 "2007-10-05T23:07:12Z")

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Hi, Does the Story Runner work on edge rails? I thought that is what the example app was using but I am on the latest Rails and latest rSpec revisions and I am having problems. When I call ‘render\_template’ in a sto…

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