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## [Drb start configuration error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drb-start-configuration-error/178667)

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**Author:** [@vanderkerkoff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vanderkerkoff)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2009, 10:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drb-start-configuration-error/178667 "2009-11-09T10:59:39Z")

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Hi there, I am using the acts\_as\_ferret plugin version 0.4.4 with rails 2.3.4 and am getting an error when try to start the Drb server. The error appears to be that the unix\_daemon cannot open the pid file. However t…

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## [Multi Select with fields\_for](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multi-select-with-fields-for/177920)

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**Author:** [@acgreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/acgreen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multi-select-with-fields-for/177920 "2009-10-26T19:43:40Z")

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I’m trying to get a multi select box working with fields\_for but am having a few problems. My view has … \<% form\_for(@teacher) do |f| %\> \<%= f.label :surname %\> \<%= f.text\_field :surname %\> \<% f.fields\_for :qualif…

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## [Decoding utf-8 on rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/decoding-utf-8-on-rails/170883)

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**Author:** [@twittwit](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/twittwit)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/decoding-utf-8-on-rails/170883 "2009-06-24T01:01:46Z")

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hello, i tried using html\_helpers and it doesn’t seems to work properly on my pdf.prawn( prawnto) does anybody know other way to decode utf-8 string in rails? cheers bryan

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## [Engines 2.3 compatibility](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/engines-2-3-compatibility/165964)

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**Author:** [@nitr0z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nitr0z)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/engines-2-3-compatibility/165964 "2009-05-15T20:19:16Z")

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Hi all, I’ve just made the appropriate changes to bring the engines plugin into compatibility with Rails 2.3, and the engine features it implements. You can find these changes in the ‘edge’ branch of the git reposito…

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## [Creating images from pixel data (RMagick?)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-images-from-pixel-data-rmagick/56898)

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**Author:** [@Tim\_Blair](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tim_Blair)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-images-from-pixel-data-rmagick/56898 "2006-04-05T21:34:35Z")

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Hello, I’m currently trying to build an image file (jpg/gif) from a stream of pixel colour values, but it’s taking a long time to build the image pixel by pixel. We’re trying to dynamically “screenshot” a Flash movie…

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## [Really high disk i/o!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/really-high-disk-i-o/230399)

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**Author:** [@jason\_sam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jason_sam)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/really-high-disk-i-o/230399 "2014-06-16T19:24:07Z")

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Our server HDD i/o is constant on 8MB/s and i/o utilization + await is very high due to which nginx video streaming is really slow and we’re receiving complains from our users regarding slow streaming of the videos. …

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## [Database is not updating after the Active Record Migration](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/database-is-not-updating-after-the-active-record-migration/240033)

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**Author:** [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2014, 9:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/database-is-not-updating-after-the-active-record-migration/240033 "2014-03-25T09:52:28Z")

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Hello. I created a simple database to test adding a column in an active record migration. Using phpMyAdmin and ROR, this is the code I used for the migration: class AddColumns \< ActiveRecord::Migration def self.up …

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## [GServer in Ruby 2.0.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gserver-in-ruby-2-0-0/225347)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gserver-in-ruby-2-0-0/225347 "2013-01-05T01:51:17Z")

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I’m working on updating a gem to be compatible with Ruby 2.0 and am currently using Ruby 2.0.0-preview2. I’m running into trouble with a class which inherits from GServer and I think it’s related to this bug and subse…

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## [Test for "lambda {.}.should change(x, y).by(z)" failing?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-for-lambda-should-change-x-y-by-z-failing/214180)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-for-lambda-should-change-x-y-by-z-failing/214180 "2011-11-24T23:21:18Z")

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I wrote a test that looked like this: it “increases the user’s reputation” do lambda { @comment.update\_attribute(:helpful, true) }.should change(@seller.reload, :reputation\_score).by(Event.reputation\_change\_for(:mark…

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## [Deploy to WebSphere - routing problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deploy-to-websphere-routing-problem/200788)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deploy-to-websphere-routing-problem/200788 "2010-12-22T20:14:37Z")

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I have a Rails 3.0.3 project successfully running with jRuby/Webbrick using NetBeans 6.9.1. I need to deploy to WebSphere. I installed a local copy of WAS 7.0 on my PC. I successfully created a WAR file using Warbler …

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## [How to create a table if not exists?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-create-a-table-if-not-exists/179295)

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**Author:** [@newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/newb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-create-a-table-if-not-exists/179295 "2009-11-23T07:24:11Z")

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Dear All how to create a table if not exists already? how can i check that whether the table exists or not? pls guide me on this

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## [How to make Window run cli, disable until command finish, then 	re-enable?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-window-run-cli-disable-until-command-finish-then-re-enable/176204)

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**Author:** [@hendra\_kusuma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hendra_kusuma)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-window-run-cli-disable-until-command-finish-then-re-enable/176204 "2009-09-29T05:53:40Z")

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Dear all, confused with the subject? me too I plan to create my own gui for avg for Linux (on ver 8.5, they only provide cli) my plan is, when I press button, it will run command line (plan to use puts some comman…

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## [Uncaught exception: controls.js requires including script.ac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uncaught-exception-controls-js-requires-including-script-ac/153975)

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**Author:** [@smartee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smartee)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2008, 10:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uncaught-exception-controls-js-requires-including-script-ac/153975 "2008-11-24T10:06:27Z")

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hi friends… Ajax problem… please help me. Ajax using delete the record Browser Mozilla my controller: def delete Book.find(params\[:id\]).destroy redirect\_to :action =\>‘book’ end my view: \<%= link\_to\_remote (ima…

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## [Can i store multiple values in session ? how?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-store-multiple-values-in-session-how/85024)

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**Author:** [@truptibhatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/truptibhatt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-store-multiple-values-in-session-how/85024 "2007-02-09T12:31:23Z")

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hi, i m calling following method on " onclick " event of checkbox and i m getting id of all selected checkboxes, but now i want to store multiple ids to store in session , can i? or any other options? def checksel …

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## [Proposal minor patch on ngx\_http\_upstream.c](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/proposal-minor-patch-on-ngx-http-upstream-c/230151)

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**Author:** [@jason\_sam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jason_sam)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/proposal-minor-patch-on-ngx-http-upstream-c/230151 "2014-06-02T16:19:30Z")

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Hello, errno is only set on error, so if |recv()| is a success, |err| will have a random value. Only debug message are impacted. Can you check if it is ok? Comments are welcome. Feel free to change the patch. Reg…

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## [Ruby needs a mascot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-needs-a-mascot/240606)

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**Author:** [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-needs-a-mascot/240606 "2014-04-28T20:46:49Z")

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Have a look at The Go Gopher - The Go Programming Language Now that is one cute mascot. I have determined that ruby needs a cute mascot as well, possibly in red, not sure what kind or type. An animal? Anything that l…

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## [Enhanced Memcached Nginx module](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/enhanced-memcached-nginx-module/219497)

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**Author:** [@Gurdipe\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gurdipe_D)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 7:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/enhanced-memcached-nginx-module/219497 "2012-05-08T07:18:55Z")

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Hi all, I’m glad to annouce the V0.2 of the Enhanced Memcached Nginx module. Based on the standard Memcached Nginx module, this module offers following extras features : Send custom http headers, like Content-Type,…

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## [Different Iconv behavior with the same Ruby version](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/different-iconv-behavior-with-the-same-ruby-version/216038)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/different-iconv-behavior-with-the-same-ruby-version/216038 "2012-01-23T18:55:45Z")

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Hi all, This problem is making me nuts. I am using Iconv.conv to convert from UTF-8 to ISO-8859-1: Iconv.conv(‘iso-8859-1//IGNORE’, ‘utf-8’, @data).html\_safe Both locally and on production the Ruby version is 1.9.3p0…

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## [Ruby 1.9 Threading Support](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-threading-support/212495)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-threading-support/212495 "2011-10-05T13:17:41Z")

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Hi, Are there any plans to pepper the codebase with rb\_blocking\_region calls? If so, is there a preferred way to approach it? I’ve attached a sample patch for Gdk::Pixbuf.new that allows loading from disk to play ni…

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## [Overwriting / Decorating ActiveRecord association accessor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/overwriting-decorating-activerecord-association-accessor/153647)

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**Author:** [@Marcel\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Marcel_H)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/overwriting-decorating-activerecord-association-accessor/153647 "2008-11-20T13:38:39Z")

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Hi, I am trying to overwrite the accessor of a has\_many association. Basically my class looks like this: class Person has\_many :emails has\_one :link, :class\_name =\> ‘PersonProxy’ def emails\_with\_link link.emails +…

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## [Date range queries return zero results](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/date-range-queries-return-zero-results/125760)

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**Author:** [@bunny](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bunny)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/date-range-queries-return-zero-results/125760 "2008-01-12T15:18:09Z")

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Hello, I am having trouble getting data ranges to work correctly. I am using the following command to load the db: index \<\< {:title =\> row\[7\].to\_i, :date =\> Date.strptime(row\[3\], ‘%Y-%m-%d’), :page\_id =\> row\[5\].to\_…

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## [The ferret logs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-ferret-logs/116257)

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**Author:** [@morten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/morten)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-ferret-logs/116257 "2007-10-22T23:03:36Z")

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Hi. We’ve had some problems with ferret not being able to load our classes (stack trace below for the curious). I nailed it down to a deployment issue, where an old instance of ferret drb was running. I don’t underst…

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## [Running a Test Simulation of FPGA Code with Quartus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-a-test-simulation-of-fpga-code-with-quartus/111486)

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**Author:** [@Reid\_N\_Kleckner](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Reid_N_Kleckner)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-a-test-simulation-of-fpga-code-with-quartus/111486 "2007-08-07T22:54:04Z")

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Hello, I’ve written a small Verilog module for the FPGA on the USRP to do phase recovery. I’d like to test it in isolation before I try it out on the board, but I’m having major problems feeding Quartus two 16 bit s…

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## [Noice words](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/noice-words/89764)

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**Author:** [@mattias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mattias)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/noice-words/89764 "2007-03-22T17:45:03Z")

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Hi I use acts\_as\_ferret on an app that is in Danish and English. In Danish english words like “and” and “under” has meaning. Is it possible to make ferret search for these words? As it is now a seach for “under” retu…

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## [Locating the source of ActiveRecord::Base.send](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/locating-the-source-of-activerecord-base-send/86940)

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**Author:** [@eric](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eric)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/locating-the-source-of-activerecord-base-send/86940 "2007-02-27T00:41:33Z")

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I downloaded a plugin and was looking over the code when I came across ActiveRecord::Base.send. I noticed that several tutorials stated that you just call the method to mixin your new plugin class. Curious as to what …

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## [JavaScript error in the admin interface](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascript-error-in-the-admin-interface/82771)

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**Author:** [@Adam\_Craven](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Adam_Craven)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/javascript-error-in-the-admin-interface/82771 "2007-01-20T19:40:08Z")

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Hello, Got a slight problem. It doesn’t break Radiant but we’re trying to encourage the use of RadiantCMS for our clients and the error causes difficulties. When I edit a page in the admin interface and click the jav…

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## [Ruby Tk --\> Window Buttons](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-tk-window-buttons/52291)

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**Author:** [@alexmaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexmaster)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-tk-window-buttons/52291 "2006-01-12T18:12:34Z")

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Hi @ all! I don’t want the user to maximize the TkRoot - window with the button on the right side of the window! How can I disable this one? Or how can I make the size of my window fixed? Thanks in advance! ALEX

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## [Regular expressions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regular-expressions/238227)

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**Author:** [@musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/musicdenotation)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 7:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regular-expressions/238227 "2013-12-27T07:50:22Z")

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I have string as “12345678”, Anybody assist me to convert this string as “12-34-5678” and “1234-56-78”. yes this is exactly Date format.

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## [NoMethodError (undefined method \`service\_options' for nil:NilClass)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nomethoderror-undefined-method-service-options-for-nil-nilclass/223775)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nomethoderror-undefined-method-service-options-for-nil-nilclass/223775 "2012-10-17T16:44:27Z")

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hi i am using rails 2.3.4 and i am facing “no method error” there is possibility to not find method but my question is - is there possibility to error occurred because of empty table? or error in another controller o…

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## [How to achieve Google Reader-like layout in Rails?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-achieve-google-reader-like-layout-in-rails/205422)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-achieve-google-reader-like-layout-in-rails/205422 "2011-04-06T18:07:14Z")

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Hi I’m trying to create a web application with a UI that is fundamentally similar to Google Reader, in Rails 3 and probably with some Javascript toolkit (jQuery?). I’m new to web development (my background is in desk…

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## [When should one use "and" and "or"](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/when-should-one-use-and-and-or/182948)

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**Author:** [@botp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/botp)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/when-should-one-use-and-and-or/182948 "2010-02-05T18:06:21Z")

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Hi All, just got hit w the ff case when x==1 or x==2 print “yeoh!” end SyntaxError: compile error (irb):17: syntax error, unexpected kOR, expecting kTHEN or ‘:’ or ‘\\n’ or ‘;’ when x==1 or x==2 ^ “or” and “a…

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## [Redirect on $args based on multiple params?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redirect-on-args-based-on-multiple-params/163865)

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**Author:** [@Phillip\_B\_Oldham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Phillip_B_Oldham)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2009, 9:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redirect-on-args-based-on-multiple-params/163865 "2009-03-26T09:45:47Z")

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Is there any way to capture multiple parameters from a querystring for a rewrite? For example: The request is: /myscript.php?a=b&c=d&z=y The target is: /script/a/b/c/d/z/y So, the basic rewrite would be: location /…

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## [NoMethodError concernant RMagick sous debian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nomethoderror-concernant-rmagick-sous-debian/154467)

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**Author:** [@florent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/florent)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2008, 11:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nomethoderror-concernant-rmagick-sous-debian/154467 "2008-12-09T11:03:23Z")

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Bonjour Ã tous, AprÃ¨s une bonne dizaine d’heures d’acharnement sur l’ami google, je m’adresse Ã vous en espÃ©rant que votre vision me fasse avancer. J’ai installÃ© ImageMagick + Rmagick sur mon InstantRails et j’ai…

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## [Fwd: Logging issue w/ JRuby 1.1.2 on Glassfish](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-logging-issue-w-jruby-1-1-2-on-glassfish/144072)

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**Author:** [@Joel\_ESWilson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joel_ESWilson)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-logging-issue-w-jruby-1-1-2-on-glassfish/144072 "2008-08-04T18:53:40Z")

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Bringing this back to the list, as I haven’t gotten any further by digging into Rack and am not sure where my solution lies. -Joel ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: “Joel E. Wilson” removed\_email\_address@domain.inv…

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## ["Only get, put, and delete requests are allowed."?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/only-get-put-and-delete-requests-are-allowed/122787)

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**Author:** [@johnk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnk)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/only-get-put-and-delete-requests-are-allowed/122787 "2007-12-12T19:22:57Z")

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I am getting this error and I can’t for the life of me figure out why this is happening. Even google is not spitting out anything useful. This is what I have. route: map.resources :users, :member =\> { :edit\_email =\>…

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## [Habtm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/habtm/108626)

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**Author:** [@Lorenzo\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Lorenzo_P)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2007, 12:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/habtm/108626 "2007-07-09T12:49:50Z")

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Salve a tutti! Sono Lorenzo da Roma! Non ho ancora familiarizzato con rubyonrails e la sua immediatezza mi affascina. Sto sviluppando in rubyonrails un’applicazione di fatturazione e mi sono imbattuto nella relazion…

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## [Behaviour of named captures in Regexp#=~ vs. Regexp#match](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/behaviour-of-named-captures-in-regexp-vs-regexp-match/244993)

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**Author:** [@Rafa\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rafa_F)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/behaviour-of-named-captures-in-regexp-vs-regexp-match/244993 "2016-08-10T14:05:00Z")

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Here is a transscript of my irb session: irb(main):030:0\> xx=88 =\> 88 irb(main):031:0\> /(?\<xx\>\\d+)/.match('ab12345tz') =\> #\<MatchData "12345" xx:"12345"\> irb(main):032:0\> xx =\> 88 irb(main):033:0\> /(?\<xx\>\\d+)/ =~ ('ab12…

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## [Problem with streamed tags](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-streamed-tags/242885)

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**Author:** [@Sadaf\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sadaf_N)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-streamed-tags/242885 "2015-08-06T20:46:24Z")

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hi all, I have three blocks: MESSAGE\_LOADER reads a binary file and outputs it byte by byte to the next block (PACKET\_CREATOR). On every 28th byte (and on the 0th byte) it adds tags denoting the start of a PDU P…

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## [Which blocks do you like?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-blocks-do-you-like/241968)

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**Author:** [@musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/musicdenotation)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-blocks-do-you-like/241968 "2015-05-19T16:59:04Z")

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Hi, for my thesis I’m making “porting” of gnuradio blocks over CUDA… For the moment,I’ve bring basick blocks,FIR filter,FFT,an FM receiver(not so good due to latency) and I’m working with ofdm…I still need to implem…

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## [How to migrate from md5 to bcrypt?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-migrate-from-md5-to-bcrypt/216186)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-migrate-from-md5-to-bcrypt/216186 "2012-01-28T18:49:50Z")

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I would like to migrate users from my old phpfusion site but I have there hash password md5(md5) how to convert this passwords to bcrypt? I creating Sinatra app whre i use this passwords with Warden.

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## [Could not get 3xx (550)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/could-not-get-3xx-550/215536)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/could-not-get-3xx-550/215536 "2012-01-09T15:16:08Z")

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Getting strange error while performing rake task. Automated creating users for testing. It’s creating users till number 999, getting error while creating user 1000. Rake Task : desc “Generate test users” task :gene…

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## [Calculator program help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calculator-program-help/213871)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 9:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calculator-program-help/213871 "2011-12-29T09:49:36Z")

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I’m trying to make a simple RPN calculator that reads in regular expressions from a file and evaluates them to execute code. Currently I have these regular expressions stored in an array of class objects that have 2 d…

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## [Problem with large static files](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-large-static-files/215023)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-large-static-files/215023 "2011-12-26T21:31:19Z")

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I have a strange problem with slow load of relatively large files. On a domain without proxy (designed for serving static files), the request time (as monitored by access log $request\_time) for an simple jpg image fil…

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## [Autospec doing nothing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autospec-doing-nothing/188291)

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**Author:** [@bartolome](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bartolome)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2010, 5:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/autospec-doing-nothing/188291 "2010-05-29T05:30:24Z")

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Hi When I run autospec on a rails project I get nothing. flores@Suomi(9:41)~/Code/Sabbre/camisa10 % autospec (Not running features. To run features in autotest, set AUTOFEATURE=true.) (Not running features. To run…

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## [Coercing nil/obj to false/true](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/coercing-nil-obj-to-false-true/185991)

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**Author:** [@steveybaby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/steveybaby)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/coercing-nil-obj-to-false-true/185991 "2010-03-30T17:34:21Z")

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I know this probably comes up a lot, but I could not Google the exact question as I’m formulating it. Is there a way to avoid this idiom? def is\_there\_one(whatever) !some\_call\_to\_lib\_that\_returns\_object\_or\_nil(whatev…

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## [Form\_tag wih two Button](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-tag-wih-two-button/178181)

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**Author:** [@simo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/simo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-tag-wih-two-button/178181 "2009-11-02T15:27:48Z")

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i have a form\_tag with two button: \<% form\_tag “/controller/action” %\> \<% submit\_tag ‘send’ %\> \<% submit\_tag ‘check’, :onclick =\> "javascript:… %\> \<% end %\> I would if I click on check-button, javascript is ONLY cal…

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## [Encrypting large amounts of text](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/encrypting-large-amounts-of-text/167307)

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**Author:** [@simon1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/simon1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/encrypting-large-amounts-of-text/167307 "2009-05-11T20:12:13Z")

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Hi, I have an application where I want to be able to encrypt large amounts of text before storing them to my DB (MySQL Text field - might be switched to a Blob). I have an idea of how to do this, but was wondering w…

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## [Cucumber: pending specs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cucumber-pending-specs/148784)

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**Author:** [@sthorpe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sthorpe)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2008, 9:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cucumber-pending-specs/148784 "2008-09-17T09:38:03Z")

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Shouldn’t pending ‘a message’ work in cucumber? Is this a bug? Currently it’s raising Rspec’s PendingExpectationError. SCott

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## [Deploying with godaddy.... I know](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deploying-with-godaddy-i-know/140812)

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**Author:** [@bigdaddy71](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bigdaddy71)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deploying-with-godaddy-i-know/140812 "2008-06-18T23:38:39Z")

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I know godaddy is one of the worst hosting companies for rails apps and everywhere I look for help that is all I read about. My client already has a site with godaddy and they refuse to use anyone else so I have to m…

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## [Expecting multiple changes (chaining)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/expecting-multiple-changes-chaining/214666)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/expecting-multiple-changes-chaining/214666 "2011-12-08T23:34:16Z")

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Hi RSpec list, I have a question about the “expect { … }.to change” construct (https://www.relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-expectations/docs/built-in-matchers/expect-change): Is there an idiomatic way to test for multiple c…

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