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## [Instant Rails as a Windows service](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-as-a-windows-service/92276)

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**Author:** [@joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-as-a-windows-service/92276 "2007-06-25T15:08:02Z")

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Hi all, My cohorts and I are working on a project which is nearing a general release. The project is a Inventroy System which keeps track of all computer systems at our company, this system reads from Active Directo…

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## [Progress bar for a form containing a file](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/progress-bar-for-a-form-containing-a-file/192413)

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**Author:** [@lilyweb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lilyweb)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/progress-bar-for-a-form-containing-a-file/192413 "2010-07-30T17:42:18Z")

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Hi, I have a form that contains a file field. Since the file can be rather big, I would like to display a progress bar after the user clicks the submit button on the page, so he can see the progress of the upload. I…

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## [How to ge the handle of a menu?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-ge-the-handle-of-a-menu/184681)

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**Author:** [@night\_stalker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/night_stalker)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2010, 4:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-ge-the-handle-of-a-menu/184681 "2010-03-09T04:54:31Z")

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The GetHMenuOf() macro seems not available …

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## [PROPOSAL: Validations as Mixin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/proposal-validations-as-mixin/61595)

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**Author:** [@lstrecv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lstrecv)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/proposal-validations-as-mixin/61595 "2006-01-16T17:49:34Z")

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It seems to me that Validations are quite useful for many objects, even ones having nothing to do with ActiveRecord. Common examples are Contact Us forms, multi-step forms, web service paramater validations, etc. I t…

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## [Gr-osmosdr - No RTL2832 Source Block](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gr-osmosdr-no-rtl2832-source-block/239777)

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**Author:** [@musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/musicdenotation)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2014, 10:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gr-osmosdr-no-rtl2832-source-block/239777 "2014-03-17T10:58:53Z")

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Hi List, I’ve recently been trying to get gnuradio-3.6.5 to talk to my RTL2832-based tuner dongle. I installed gr-osmosdr, and all of the blocks seem to load fine in gnuradio-companion. Except for one, the rtl2832…

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## [Gnu Radio 3.3.0 signal phase shift](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-3-3-0-signal-phase-shift/218964)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-3-3-0-signal-phase-shift/218964 "2012-04-17T21:14:50Z")

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Hello on the list, Im using Gnuradio 3.3.0, for other reasons, thus is the only option for me for this project. However Im currently trying to make a 180 phase difference from Tx\_A to Tx\_B, of the same signal on a U…

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## [Touch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/touch/75995)

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**Author:** [@runxc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/runxc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/touch/75995 "2006-11-15T01:10:29Z")

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I need to “touch” a file from my ruby script. (This is a unix-based command that updates the timestamp on a file, creating it, if it doesn’t already exist.) I’m running on Windows. A collegue found a port of “touch” a…

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## [\[RSpec\] Cloning objects and leaking state](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-cloning-objects-and-leaking-state/158775)

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**Author:** [@nickh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nickh)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-cloning-objects-and-leaking-state/158775 "2009-01-28T18:34:27Z")

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G’day folks. I’ve been beating my head on this one problem for a couple of hours, and have managed to figure out what’s causing it. However, I don’t understand why it’s happening, nor do I know how to solve or get aro…

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## [Pen and Paper (#90)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pen-and-paper-90/65315)

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**Author:** [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pen-and-paper-90/65315 "2006-08-18T16:08:34Z")

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I enjoyed this problem. It’s fun to play with and gives you a little room to get creative with solving techniques. As many people pointed out, this is pretty much the Knight’s Tour problem with some unusual Knight …

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## [Determining width and height of image files](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/determining-width-and-height-of-image-files/98416)

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**Author:** [@William\_LeFevre](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/William_LeFevre)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2006, 7:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/determining-width-and-height-of-image-files/98416 "2006-01-30T07:31:05Z")

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I’m trying to figure out how to determine the width and height of images that are uploaded through my app. Either from the posted data or the file I save to disk. I’ve been searching around for info but no luck; I’m c…

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## [GNU radio and SDR help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-and-sdr-help/259044)

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**Author:** [@dpmt1994](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dpmt1994)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 8:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-and-sdr-help/259044 "2021-04-23T08:41:13Z")

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Hi All, I’m new to gnuradio, currently I’m trying to get the SDR and Raspberry pi 4 to read I(in phase) and Q (quadrature) signals, my gnuradio block codes are shown on the images below. I’m running into errors as show…

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## [GRC Reacting Slowly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/grc-reacting-slowly/242099)

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**Author:** [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/grc-reacting-slowly/242099 "2015-05-29T16:40:27Z")

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GNU Radio 3.7.8, Ubuntu 14.04 I have an admittedly large number of blocks in my current flow graph because I’m in the middle of some hardcore debugging. Every time I select a block to enable/disable it, there is a \> …

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## [DPSK Modulator and Demodulator](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dpsk-modulator-and-demodulator/187330)

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**Author:** [@david](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/david)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dpsk-modulator-and-demodulator/187330 "2010-04-22T21:22:26Z")

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Hi, I amÂ having trouble the the DBPSK mod and demod blocks. My flow graph is: file sourceÂ -\> DBPSKmod -\> DBPSKdemod -\> file sink The file source is a 2 byte text file set to not repeat The default parameters were …

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## [NoMethodError in User sessionsController#new](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nomethoderror-in-user-sessionscontroller-new/177465)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nomethoderror-in-user-sessionscontroller-new/177465 "2009-10-18T18:46:46Z")

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I’m setting up authentication with Authlogic and I get this error. I’ve done some searching but with no success. I tried setting the current\_user method in Application\_controller to protected and not private, on the r…

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## [Betrag speichern](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/betrag-speichern/171342)

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**Author:** [@bluecat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bluecat)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2009, 9:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/betrag-speichern/171342 "2009-07-01T09:02:20Z")

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Hallo zusammen, ich möchte dem Usern meiner Anwendung die Möglichkeit geben Geldbeträge im Format 1000,50 eur erfassen (Textfeld). Als komma statt punkt. In der DB soll der Wert/Betrag natürlich ohne Komma gespeicher…

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## [CSV upload button with validation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/csv-upload-button-with-validation/130250)

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**Author:** [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/csv-upload-button-with-validation/130250 "2008-02-27T14:52:19Z")

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Hi all, i urgently need help for my first RoR app which should be running already. My app is a shop database (http://ewallshops.heroku.com/) made with Heroku. Entering shops manually already works fine. Data entered i…

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## [Request.ssl? not working](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/request-ssl-not-working/113605)

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**Author:** [@benjohnson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/benjohnson)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/request-ssl-not-working/113605 "2007-09-02T22:55:27Z")

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My rails app can not tell if it is on an SSL connection or not. I am using https:// as my protocol and then we I inspect request.ssl? it returns false. Any ideas why it would be doing this?

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## [Setting up nginx as Visual Studio 2010 project](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-up-nginx-as-visual-studio-2010-project/220293)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-up-nginx-as-visual-studio-2010-project/220293 "2014-03-26T02:15:28Z")

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Hi! I’d like to make a Visual Studio project from the nginx source and then build it. Has anyone already done this experience and can tell me how to start? Thanks! Posted at Nginx Forum:

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## [Conditional limit\_req](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conditional-limit-req/219469)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conditional-limit-req/219469 "2012-05-05T13:08:35Z")

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Hello, I’m using httpluamodule+redis to make a dynamic proxy to use in a mass vhost environment. I need to limit requests/s for specifics http\_host. I tried to do something like that: limit\_req\_zone $http\_host zon…

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## [A trivial formatting question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-trivial-formatting-question/165186)

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**Author:** [@rjsquire](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rjsquire)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-trivial-formatting-question/165186 "2009-04-10T03:55:47Z")

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Hi all from a 30-year veteran, but rather a Ruby noob, I’ve been looking around for a Ruby IDE, and came across the soon to be released RubyMine. It looks to be a promising program, with a very nice code reformatter. …

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## [Rubyzip gem overwrites write-protected root-owned file](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyzip-gem-overwrites-write-protected-root-owned-file/226378)

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**Author:** [@wybodekker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wybodekker)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyzip-gem-overwrites-write-protected-root-owned-file/226378 "2012-07-27T00:17:36Z")

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I’m playing with the rubyzip gem, and found, with this little script: require ‘rubygems’ require ‘zip/zip’ Zip::ZipFile.open(‘test.zip’, Zip::ZipFile::CREATE) do |zipfile| zipfile.add(‘rgb.txt’,’/etc/X11/rgb.txt’) e…

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## [Using wget in Rails controller](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-wget-in-rails-controller/212769)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-wget-in-rails-controller/212769 "2011-10-14T16:39:17Z")

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Hi, I have a link and am getting the csv file when i do in the terminal. I would like to do that in rails controller. I need the authentication also. Here is the link " wget --user=test --password=test https://demo…

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## [Change Route for Controller](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/change-route-for-controller/201397)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/change-route-for-controller/201397 "2011-01-20T00:35:52Z")

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Hi there, i am very new to ror and i want to create a page which does the following: The user can register(devise) and can specifiy a page name e.g. jondoe. After this his account is send by email etc. Now I want to…

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## [Nome controller sempre plurale?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nome-controller-sempre-plurale/156712)

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**Author:** [@collimarco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/collimarco)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nome-controller-sempre-plurale/156712 "2009-01-02T20:14:29Z")

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Ciao! Come da titolo mi chiedo se per controller non direttamente legati ad activerecord Ã¨ sempre meglio utilizzare la forma plurale oppure se in alcuni casi va bene anche il singolare. Per es. devo utilizzare per fo…

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## [Passing Values Between Action Methods](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-values-between-action-methods/122910)

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**Author:** [@doug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/doug)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-values-between-action-methods/122910 "2007-12-12T22:45:44Z")

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I have 2 action methods, action1 and action2. action1 is always run before action2. Short of using the dreaded global variable, how can I access a value developed in action1 from action2? Thanks for any input. …

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## [Invio email in eventmachine](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/invio-email-in-eventmachine/234310)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/invio-email-in-eventmachine/234310 "2015-02-25T18:31:21Z")

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Qualcuno conosce una gemma che mi possa permettere l’invio di una mail da uno script ruby? Mi spiego meglio: ho un processo ruby che esegue dei controlli regolari basato su Eventmachine. A parte la gestione dell’sm…

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## [System() command line args](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/system-command-line-args/195836)

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**Author:** [@larryj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/larryj)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2010, 10:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/system-command-line-args/195836 "2010-10-02T10:23:57Z")

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System command wonâ€™t work with arguments. For example, a simple test in Windows (launch Notepad from ruby…) command = 'c:\\windows\\notepadâ€™ arg = â€œmyfile.txtâ€ system(command, arg) Remove the arg and Notepad l…

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## [Threading issues](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/threading-issues/182567)

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**Author:** [@dismal\_denizen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dismal_denizen)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2010, 6:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/threading-issues/182567 "2010-02-01T06:29:05Z")

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Hello everyone, I am aware that there are many people who have asked questions relating to multi-threaded Gtk applications. However, after much trawling through the Internet I still can’t work out why the following si…

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## [TutorÃ­as Ruby/RoR](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tutora-as-ruby-ror/152474)

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**Author:** [@Edges\_2\_Vertex](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Edges_2_Vertex)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tutora-as-ruby-ror/152474 "2008-11-20T23:18:55Z")

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Buenos dÃ­as, Busco ayuda (remunerada) para mejorar en Ruby/RoR. Puede ser presencial o remota. Estoy en Madrid. Aunque no ejerzo de programador ni paso de aprendiz, completÃ© mi proyecto de ITIG hace 3 aÃ±os en RoR. …

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## [Problem clearing elements from Gtk::ComboBox](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-clearing-elements-from-gtk-combobox/69881)

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**Author:** [@DaVinci](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/DaVinci)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2006, 9:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-clearing-elements-from-gtk-combobox/69881 "2006-09-25T09:51:37Z")

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Hi everybody. I have a little problem with version 0.15 of Ruby-Gtk2. Look at this class: class BotonOpciones \< Gtk::ComboBox def initialize(valores=nil, inicial=nil) super() aniadir\_opciones(valores, inicial) if …

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## [Is this the best way to use a regex and build a file?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-this-the-best-way-to-use-a-regex-and-build-a-file/259766)

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**Author:** [@Winfried](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Winfried)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-this-the-best-way-to-use-a-regex-and-build-a-file/259766 "2020-07-27T14:19:09Z")

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Hello, I only have shallow knowledge of Ruby, and would like to check this is the best way to create a text file by reading items from another file through a regex: header = "\<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""UTF-8""?\>\\…

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## [Could not find a valid gem 'activerecord-mysql-adapter' (\>= 0) in any repository](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/could-not-find-a-valid-gem-activerecord-mysql-adapter-0-in-any-repository/212152)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/could-not-find-a-valid-gem-activerecord-mysql-adapter-0-in-any-repository/212152 "2011-10-19T17:58:28Z")

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Hi, since upgrading my gems from activerecord-3.0.10 to activerecord-3.1.0 my scripts using activerecord don’t work anymore. I get an error message Error Please install the mysql adapter: gem install activerecord- my…

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## [Win32-services - RPC server unavailable?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32-services-rpc-server-unavailable/89425)

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**Author:** [@danmcb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danmcb)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32-services-rpc-server-unavailable/89425 "2006-01-05T17:44:27Z")

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Hi Trying to get a ruby win32 service running on my winxp. Downloaded the win32-installer from raa, it seemed to install OK. Then trying this sample code: require “win32/service” include Win32 s = Service.new(“some…

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## [Javascript flash messages gem?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascript-flash-messages-gem/225563)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascript-flash-messages-gem/225563 "2013-02-20T17:40:18Z")

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Does anybody knows a gem for managing flash messages? I would want to add messages to the flash div in the client. Bootstrap support is a plus.

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## [Use of pulseaudio -- some parameters to call?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/use-of-pulseaudio-some-parameters-to-call/194232)

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**Author:** [@teddio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/teddio)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/use-of-pulseaudio-some-parameters-to-call/194232 "2010-09-01T13:54:17Z")

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Opensuse 11.3 uses pulseaudio as a standard audio-io. Gnuradio 3.3.x offers alsa audiosink and audiosource. When I put “pulse” as parameter for the “device\_name” in GRC, with “verbose” in the “~/.gnuradio/config.conf”…

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## [Jrubyc problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jrubyc-problem/183013)

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**Author:** [@fla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fla)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jrubyc-problem/183013 "2010-03-03T14:48:23Z")

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Hallo, I installed Bioruby with jruby setup.rb. then I run this script with jruby #!/usr/bin/env jruby require ‘bio’ creating a Bio::Sequence::NA object containing ambiguous alphabets ambiguous\_seq = Bio::Sequence::…

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## [Creating .dat file from .mp3 or.wav file!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-dat-file-from-mp3-or-wav-file/168390)

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**Author:** [@salmanali\_99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/salmanali_99)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2009, 12:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-dat-file-from-mp3-or-wav-file/168390 "2009-05-20T12:07:14Z")

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Hello all ! I have been experimenting with transmission of audio file in FM range but i could not generate a valid “.dat” file. I would like to know how i could convert an image,video or specially an audio file into a…

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## [Sharing some stuff + one question on mono](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sharing-some-stuff-one-question-on-mono/159923)

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**Author:** [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sharing-some-stuff-one-question-on-mono/159923 "2009-02-11T14:11:19Z")

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Hi, two things: I’m sharing in case it’s useful to someone else: I pushed some rake tasks here GitHub - thbar/ironruby-labs: Experimentations with IronRuby . I’m using it to download the DLR nightly to my Mac, pat…

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## [Refactoring thick models? what approach do you use?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/refactoring-thick-models-what-approach-do-you-use/147801)

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**Author:** [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/refactoring-thick-models-what-approach-do-you-use/147801 "2008-09-06T02:18:02Z")

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Hi, What practice does Rails suggest for refactoring thick models? If you split out methods from a model class where would you typically put them? Which rails technique would you use to access them, such as (a) mi…

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## [Nitro + Facets 2.0.3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nitro-facets-2-0-3/119140)

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**Author:** [@gmichelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gmichelson)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nitro-facets-2-0-3/119140 "2007-11-03T21:19:27Z")

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Dear devs, the branch version (nitroproject.org) works with Facets 2.0.3 please download it and test :slight\_smile: -g. PS: kudos to Tom for this one…

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## [How to restrict access to admin part of the page?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-restrict-access-to-admin-part-of-the-page/54599)

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**Author:** [@g0nzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/g0nzo)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-restrict-access-to-admin-part-of-the-page/54599 "2006-03-09T20:59:32Z")

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Hi! What is the easiest way to restrict access to some part of the page? In php i just put .htaccess and .htpasswd files in /admin folder and it worked. Now i’ve got one admin folder for controllers, one for views, p…

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## [Css and ActionMailer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/css-and-actionmailer/126641)

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**Author:** [@alexr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexr)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/css-and-actionmailer/126641 "2008-02-19T17:12:20Z")

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Hello! I’ve been trying to send html with css emails with ActionMailer, the html part goes perfect, but the css doesn’t seem to work. I have tried using and also embeding it in the html, like this: body { .... } b…

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## [\[OT\] is there an alternative to putting an MTA on each serve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-is-there-an-alternative-to-putting-an-mta-on-each-serve/90404)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Chris_T)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-is-there-an-alternative-to-putting-an-mta-on-each-serve/90404 "2007-04-03T01:38:01Z")

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This is really pretty much OT so feel free to ignore. I’ve got a group of servers I’m setting up (well a bunch of xen instances on a dedicated box, to be precise). I’ve set up one of them as a dedicated MTA (postfix).…

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## [Selecting datetime values from SQL Server (year \< 1970)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/selecting-datetime-values-from-sql-server-year-1970/72830)

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**Author:** [@weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/weyus)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/selecting-datetime-values-from-sql-server-year-1970/72830 "2007-03-07T23:12:58Z")

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All, Rails 1.1.6. Any AR find() call that generates a SELECT \* type query against a table with a DATETIME column in SQL Server whose value occurs before 1970 will fail, because of the coercion of SQL Server datetime …

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## [Restore Kernel.binding to a previous state](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restore-kernel-binding-to-a-previous-state/86474)

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**Author:** [@Hans\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hans_S)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restore-kernel-binding-to-a-previous-state/86474 "2007-02-22T23:10:03Z")

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Hey all, I’m implementing a simple queue system with which I’m evaling ‘jobs’, like so: code = lambda {eval(job)} code.call Where ‘job’ is a string containing ruby code. The problem I’m having is that I need these …

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## [Memoization, files and Marshal?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memoization-files-and-marshal/55594)

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**Author:** [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memoization-files-and-marshal/55594 "2006-01-02T21:52:37Z")

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Hi all, Inspired by a recent blog entry by Mauricio F., I decided to try to add a method to the memoize package that would allow users to memoize using a file based approach rather than memory, either to conserve mem…

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## [Proxy\_cache\_key with variables](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/proxy-cache-key-with-variables/242601)

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**Author:** [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/proxy-cache-key-with-variables/242601 "2015-07-06T17:44:46Z")

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I’ve just created a configuration composed of two servers. Both just forwards traffic from different ports (and protocols) to different servers, and keep responses in cache. It works nice. For both servers “GET /” re…

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## [Regular Expressions for Leading white space](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regular-expressions-for-leading-white-space/159692)

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**Author:** [@newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/newb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2009, 7:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regular-expressions-for-leading-white-space/159692 "2009-02-07T07:26:45Z")

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Can Anyone help me with regular expression which checks the string, if it contains Leading whitespaces. example =\> admin it contains leading space with it. so i need to check it. pls help me.

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## [How to redirect a "system" standard output to a variable](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-redirect-a-system-standard-output-to-a-variable/121427)

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**Author:** [@Venks](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Venks)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2007, 9:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-redirect-a-system-standard-output-to-a-variable/121427 "2007-11-28T09:03:43Z")

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Hi, I need to redirect any standard output thrown when using a system call into a Ruby variable. I tried to search for a solution but couldn’t find anything that worked. May be I am not using the right search terms. …

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## [Acceptable to list current position on resume as "undisclosed company"?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acceptable-to-list-current-position-on-resume-as-undisclosed-company/220566)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acceptable-to-list-current-position-on-resume-as-undisclosed-company/220566 "2012-06-13T13:13:21Z")

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the way the economy is these days and the fact that it was not easy for me to find my current job, I was wondering if people think it is acceptable to list my current company as “undisclosed corporation” or something …

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