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## [DDL Rails 2.3 nested transactions causing problems in specs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ddl-rails-2-3-nested-transactions-causing-problems-in-specs/165834)

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**Author:** [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ddl-rails-2-3-nested-transactions-causing-problems-in-specs/165834 "2009-04-19T01:16:48Z")

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Mysql::Error: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘RELEASE SAVEPOINT active\_record\_1’ at line 1: RELEASE SAVEPOINT ac…

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## [LDAP authentication in Windows 2003 AD](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ldap-authentication-in-windows-2003-ad/151688)

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**Author:** [@ther](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ther)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ldap-authentication-in-windows-2003-ad/151688 "2008-10-28T14:57:47Z")

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I am trying to authenticate user against Windows 2003 AD. This is what I have found so far, but what ever I do I get error: #\<LDAP::ResultError: Invalid credentials\> This is my source code, which I picked sowhere on n…

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## [A small doublt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-small-doublt/150220)

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**Author:** [@mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mokkai)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-small-doublt/150220 "2008-10-08T20:58:10Z")

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i don’t understand that request … response process in rails framework . is a single thread(ruby green thread) created for everyone request? then that single thread will be living upto the response send. am i correct …

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## [Whats wrong with my form? (rails 2.0)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-form-rails-2-0/131564)

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**Author:** [@cldwalker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cldwalker)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-form-rails-2-0/131564 "2008-03-11T17:05:35Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m testing the 2.0 rails (after running into some gem problems to upgrade it) and I really don’t know what’s wrong with this form. I tried to keep it as simple as possible (maybe too simple that I forgot …

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## [SIP Client in Rails App](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sip-client-in-rails-app/125464)

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**Author:** [@peterbe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/peterbe)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sip-client-in-rails-app/125464 "2008-01-09T13:53:50Z")

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Hey, do you think it could be possible to integrate a SIP or IAX client into a Rails app to use it for VoIP calls directly from the web page by clicking a link without having to download a 3rd party client? Is there …

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## [Whats the ruby way of associating metadata with a function](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-ruby-way-of-associating-metadata-with-a-function/120043)

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**Author:** [@keith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/keith)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-ruby-way-of-associating-metadata-with-a-function/120043 "2007-11-15T16:13:34Z")

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Hi All, I’ve pretty new to ruby and still getting to know how ruby works. I want to associate some metadata to a function. I saw a similar post down this line but didn’t get the real answer. In javascript I’m used to…

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## [Bidimensional Array](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bidimensional-array/115872)

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**Author:** [@zaid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zaid)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2007, 10:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bidimensional-array/115872 "2007-09-30T10:53:14Z")

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Hi, As I can initialize and add to a bidimensional Array? I am mirnado in api and I do not see anything it clear. I am proving thus, but it gives error me: $itemlist = \[\]\[\] $itemlist \<\< Item.new(‘name1’,‘value1’) T…

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## [Run UNIX command](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/run-unix-command/114197)

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**Author:** [@pieterjongsma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pieterjongsma)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/run-unix-command/114197 "2007-09-11T21:53:49Z")

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Hi, I’m looking for a way to execute an UNIX command from a ruby program. For instance, when the user selected a .tar.gz file, using the untar command to decompress it. How can I do that? Thanks in advance! pieter. …

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## [Workaround for 1.8.6 with CommandLine](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/workaround-for-1-8-6-with-commandline/90631)

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**Author:** [@sauy7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sauy7)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/workaround-for-1-8-6-with-commandline/90631 "2007-04-02T15:11:23Z")

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Hello If you are using ruby-1.8.6, you may have noticed a bug where exit always returns 0 when called from within an at\_exit block. You can test this on your machine with the following little snippet: ruby -e ‘at\_e…

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## [How to get more informations about an association at runtime](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-more-informations-about-an-association-at-runtime/89187)

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**Author:** [@josh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/josh)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-more-informations-about-an-association-at-runtime/89187 "2007-03-24T22:35:35Z")

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Hi all I’m working on a Custom Formbuilder. I want it to create me with a single method call checkboxes for a given HABTM association. My model looks like this: class Member \< ActiveRecord::Base has\_and\_belongs\_to\_…

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## [What is has\_many :through really buying you over HABTM?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-has-many-through-really-buying-you-over-habtm/97835)

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**Author:** [@weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/weyus)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-has-many-through-really-buying-you-over-habtm/97835 "2006-07-11T01:39:12Z")

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So having just learned how to do has\_many :through as opposed to HABTM, and then, being concerned that I wouldn’t get it to work, I started thinking about these two approaches. It seems to me that the only problem th…

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## [Checking date](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/checking-date/94106)

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**Author:** [@SIX-S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SIX-S)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/checking-date/94106 "2006-05-07T23:04:20Z")

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Radrails created a field for date \<%= product.date\_available.strftime("%y-%m-%d") %\> What does this mean? Should the definition be date or datetime? I tried both and no results Jim

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## [Meta Programming Help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/meta-programming-help/76422)

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**Author:** [@jashugan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jashugan)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/meta-programming-help/76422 "2006-03-09T18:10:55Z")

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I have the following two methods: def ProductFile::find\_images(mode, prod\_id) # convert to symbol in case it is not (most commonly it may be a String) mode = mode.to\_sym case mode when :all, :first ProductFile::fi…

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## [Why is the delimiter still iterating on the last array item?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-is-the-delimiter-still-iterating-on-the-last-array-item/260177)

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**Author:** [@SMR9220](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SMR9220)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2020, 6:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-is-the-delimiter-still-iterating-on-the-last-array-item/260177 "2020-08-23T06:23:39Z")

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The challenge here is to create a custom .join method. When I use the .each method, the delimiter iterates over the last array item. So I used .each\_with\_index, and in the given if statement, I specified that the last it…

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## [Qualys (ssl labs) results question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/qualys-ssl-labs-results-question/232643)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2014, 8:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/qualys-ssl-labs-results-question/232643 "2014-10-20T08:24:39Z")

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Looking through the results for my server, I noticed these two lines in the “Protocol Details” section: Session resumption (caching) No (IDs assigned but not accepted) Session resumption (tickets) No INTOLERA…

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## [Handling large POST data in nginx module](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/handling-large-post-data-in-nginx-module/240141)

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**Author:** [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/handling-large-post-data-in-nginx-module/240141 "2014-03-31T14:59:50Z")

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Hi, I wrote an nginx module that handles POST data and returns back the same (something similar to echo\_read\_request\_body in echo module) however, in echo module the input buffer is passed as is to output buffer. Ho…

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## [Time out errors using uwsgi with ngnix on debian 7 (wheezy)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-out-errors-using-uwsgi-with-ngnix-on-debian-7-wheezy/238412)

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**Author:** [@musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/musicdenotation)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-out-errors-using-uwsgi-with-ngnix-on-debian-7-wheezy/238412 "2014-01-09T18:08:49Z")

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I’ve installed nginx via apt, using the nginx stable pkg as described here: http://nginx.org/en/linux\_packages.html#stable It works perfectly for serving static files using the default configuration. Next, I install…

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## [Anyway to parse a localized date string into a Date object?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyway-to-parse-a-localized-date-string-into-a-date-object/216115)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 8:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyway-to-parse-a-localized-date-string-into-a-date-object/216115 "2012-01-26T08:23:29Z")

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From my form , using jQuery Datepicker , I get dates in textfields already formatted as : Parameters: { “project”=\>{ “start\_shooting\_date”=\>“Mercredi 1 Fvrier, 2012”, “latest\_publish\_date”=\>“Mercredi 8 Fvrier, 2012…

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## [Selects dependiente - listbox](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/selects-dependiente-listbox/207106)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/selects-dependiente-listbox/207106 "2011-05-20T02:50:45Z")

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Buenas. alguno ha trabajado en rails 3 los selects dependientes? algo como o chainselects GitHub - diwadm/ChainSelects: ChainSelects is a Ruby on Rails plugin which allows easy creation of dependent or "chained" selec…

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## [Sinatra - Ajax Web Form Problems](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sinatra-ajax-web-form-problems/206391)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sinatra-ajax-web-form-problems/206391 "2011-05-03T21:51:01Z")

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Hello all, I’m hoping someone could help me I’m really getting nowhere with this. I have a form that submits info to a mysql database and it seems to work. The data is submitted but my problem is with the ajax. Once …

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## [Entorno local para guebs.com](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/entorno-local-para-guebs-com/202057)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/entorno-local-para-guebs-com/202057 "2011-01-20T21:01:03Z")

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Hola, Tengo un par de aplicaciones corriendo en guebs.com (un excelente hosting con RoR y de los pocos en España). El caso es que trabajo de un modo algo “rudimentario” y me gustaria saber si alguien puede orientarme …

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## [RSpec Test: has\_many and belongs\_to conflicts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-test-has-many-and-belongs-to-conflicts/199237)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-test-has-many-and-belongs-to-conflicts/199237 "2010-11-17T04:56:25Z")

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Hello everyone, I am having a hard time testing that my has\_many and belongs\_to relationships are mapped to the correct DB columns. Does anyone have any suggestions or good strategies for testing that these relationsh…

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## [IMAP: unexpected token LPAR (expected QUOTED or LITERAL)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/imap-unexpected-token-lpar-expected-quoted-or-literal/193406)

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**Author:** [@voxom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/voxom)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/imap-unexpected-token-lpar-expected-quoted-or-literal/193406 "2010-08-17T19:11:28Z")

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I’m writing an IMAP parser that uses BODYSTRUCTURE to fetch only the text (not attachments) part of an email. On a few messages, ruby errors out on imap.fetch id, “BODYSTRUCTURE”, with “Net::IMAP::ResponseParseError: …

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## [I don't know:&:empty?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-dont-know-empty/186908)

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**Author:** [@luofeiyu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luofeiyu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2010, 10:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-dont-know-empty/186908 "2010-04-14T10:45:26Z")

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there is one commade: ‘\[“ffgh”\]78’.split(/\[|\]/).reject(&:empty?) i can get two character: “ffgh” 78 but i don’t know what is the meaning of : &:empty? 1\\what is : 2\\what is &: think you for advance.

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## [Ending Application When Window Closes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ending-application-when-window-closes/183463)

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**Author:** [@wickie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wickie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ending-application-when-window-closes/183463 "2010-03-08T14:46:50Z")

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OK, I KNOW I’ve got a case of tunnel vision here. I’ve written apps that use wxRuby without a problem. Regardless, I don’t see what I’m doing wrong here. The code in my main routine looks like this: class MyApp \< Wx::…

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## [DatePickerCtrl uninitialized constant](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/datepickerctrl-uninitialized-constant/178533)

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**Author:** [@Svend\_Haugaard\_SSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Svend_Haugaard_SSSS)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2009, 11:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/datepickerctrl-uninitialized-constant/178533 "2009-11-06T11:10:11Z")

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I trying to make a Dialog that include a DatePickerCtrl on my gentoo linux box. I get the following error /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:478:in \`const\_missing’: uni…

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## [How to access a dll file?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-access-a-dll-file/196634)

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**Author:** [@ratnavel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ratnavel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-access-a-dll-file/196634 "2008-04-04T15:21:42Z")

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Hi, How to accessing a .dll file from rails application. Thanks, Ratnavel

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## [Base64 and MD5 fun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/base64-and-md5-fun/79111)

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**Author:** [@Dane\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dane_J)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/base64-and-md5-fun/79111 "2006-12-12T18:00:56Z")

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I’m trying to implement the auth-md5 authentication scheme in the SyncML spec but have hit a very confusing snag that’s been baking my noodle. The digest setup is fairly simple (in theory): base64(md5(base64(md5(“use…

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## [User Favorites](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/user-favorites/102433)

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**Author:** [@Neil\_Edwards](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Neil_Edwards)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/user-favorites/102433 "2006-08-15T14:20:26Z")

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Hi there, I’m currently creating a simple (at least so I thought) structure of user favorites. Basically users can add certain ‘objects’ to their list of favorites. Here is my current structure (simplified) class Us…

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## [Repeating hash information with faulty keys](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/repeating-hash-information-with-faulty-keys/238089)

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**Author:** [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/repeating-hash-information-with-faulty-keys/238089 "2013-12-17T04:29:48Z")

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Hi all, I’m creating a command line library program for tracking which books I own. I’ve decided to use SQLite3 for data persistence. I’ve included the necessary files to run my program as it stands right now. The is…

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## [Securing nginx: Workers per server block under specific user?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/securing-nginx-workers-per-server-block-under-specific-user/236317)

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**Author:** [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 9:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/securing-nginx-workers-per-server-block-under-specific-user/236317 "2013-09-02T09:07:02Z")

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Hello, I don’t quite understand how this works. Until now I was running my websites under Cherokee Web Server. Cherokee ran under user www-data and all my websites shared the same permissions (www-data:www-data rwxrw…

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## [Overriding number\_to\_human (Rails 3.0.5)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/overriding-number-to-human-rails-3-0-5/213211)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2011, 10:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/overriding-number-to-human-rails-3-0-5/213211 "2011-11-01T10:35:10Z")

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I encountered a problem today, in that the number\_to\_human helper has a defect where it spits out an error when passed any number bigger than 0 and less than 1. eg number\_to\_human(0.2) gives “nil can’t be coerced int…

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## [Free Signal Analysis Tool](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/free-signal-analysis-tool/192810)

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**Author:** [@igouy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/igouy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/free-signal-analysis-tool/192810 "2010-08-06T19:06:31Z")

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Does anyone know of a free software tool or package that allows one to do signal analysis. Im looking for something that I can handle at least a million samples gracefully and have tools like a spectrogram (with con…

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## [\--disable-gems permanent?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-gems-permanent/185773)

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**Author:** [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-gems-permanent/185773 "2010-03-25T22:53:07Z")

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Before I report a bug report to core on this one, thought I’d see if anybody had some feedback first. Currently with 1.9.1, if you run $ ruby --disable-gems test.rb where test.rb is: require ‘rubygems’ require ‘ge…

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## [Integer class error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integer-class-error/181822)

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**Author:** [@atheeq](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/atheeq)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integer-class-error/181822 "2010-01-18T23:23:44Z")

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Hello, how to use Integer class in ruby?? When I enter this from irb console, this error is thrown out… Integer.new(3) NoMethodError: undefined method \`new’ for Integer:Class from (irb):182 Thanks in advance:)

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## [Undefined method \`output\_buffer=' for \<Page\>](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undefined-method-output-buffer-for-page/180204)

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**Author:** [@hirodusk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hirodusk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undefined-method-output-buffer-for-page/180204 "2009-12-14T19:12:05Z")

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Hello I am currently in the process of getting a cient’s Radiant site that was began earlier this year working locally on my machine, with the 0.8.1 version of Radiant. I have hit an obstacle in the form of the error…

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## [Missing Image RoutingError = TOO SLOW](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/missing-image-routingerror-too-slow/158805)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/missing-image-routingerror-too-slow/158805 "2009-01-31T01:27:29Z")

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My development setup gets its data from our production database, and this production database refers to a bunch of images that aren’t available on my local machine, thus when running development I get a large number o…

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## [jruby/htmlUnit sample code](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-htmlunit-sample-code/157564)

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**Author:** [@bruce](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruce)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-htmlunit-sample-code/157564 "2009-01-13T16:36:26Z")

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Hi. Trying to find out if anyone has a sample jruby/HtmlUnit app that scrapes some data from an ajax webpage. I’d like to take a look at a live app/script to get a feel for how this kind of app works, what’s involve…

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## [Crashes and tests failures again with 0.10.4](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crashes-and-tests-failures-again-with-0-10-4/68791)

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**Author:** [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2006, 12:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crashes-and-tests-failures-again-with-0-10-4/68791 "2006-09-19T12:02:36Z")

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In the beginning 0.10.4 looked promising, but now that my index has grown to \> 100 MB I’m getting segfaults on some searches again: Post.find\_by\_contents(‘rubyforum’) ok Post.find\_by\_contents(‘ruby-forum’) /usr…

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## [Synonyms](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/synonyms/65907)

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**Author:** [@Jean-Christophe\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jean-Christophe_M)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/synonyms/65907 "2006-08-22T21:15:37Z")

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Hi, Using ferret and acts\_as\_ferret. Great work. Is there a way to define some synonyms (searchable words that would not appear in the texts ? Like stop words, but instead of being removed from query and index, the…

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## [I can't run a program I just created! Are spaces in file names a problem?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-cant-run-a-program-i-just-created-are-spaces-in-file-names-a-problem/237591)

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**Author:** [@musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/musicdenotation)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 10:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-cant-run-a-program-i-just-created-are-spaces-in-file-names-a-problem/237591 "2013-11-21T10:17:53Z")

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Using ruby with windows vista, created a new program and I’m in the correct directory on the command line but I keep getting a load error. Even after checking my spelling exactly matches the file name. I put a space …

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## [RVM setup on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 won't build RI documetation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rvm-setup-on-mac-os-x-lion-10-7-3-wont-build-ri-documetation/218307)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rvm-setup-on-mac-os-x-lion-10-7-3-wont-build-ri-documetation/218307 "2012-04-12T15:58:23Z")

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Just wondering if anyone has seen this before… now matter what I do on one of my systems I always get this error: adsl:~ dsouza$ rvm use 1.9.3 Using /Users/dsouza/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p125 adsl:~ dsouza$ rvm docs gen…

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## [Random orc game](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/random-orc-game/201690)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/random-orc-game/201690 "2011-01-14T07:04:52Z")

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I am learning, slowly, how to use ruby. This is a small game I made, will be changing the random win/lose decider to a question/answer system. If anyone has time to give it a quick test as it is and tell me where cer…

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## [Running Rails 2 and Rails 3 side by side on Ubuntu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-rails-2-and-rails-3-side-by-side-on-ubuntu/200818)

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**Author:** [@nikuSESS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nikuSESS)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-rails-2-and-rails-3-side-by-side-on-ubuntu/200818 "2010-12-23T23:28:39Z")

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Is it possible, to run both versions side by side on the same ubuntu 10.04, or do I have to expect difficulties?

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## [Still Using old Rails even after Upgrade](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/still-using-old-rails-even-after-upgrade/185574)

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**Author:** [@jackster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jackster)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2010, 12:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/still-using-old-rails-even-after-upgrade/185574 "2010-03-23T12:30:30Z")

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I was recently forced to upgrade to Rails 2.3.5 because of a problem with gem. After doing so, I’m trying to create a new site and I noticed that I am getting warnings for depricated commands and it looks like I’m run…

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## [Method prototypes like C++? // Compiling executables](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/method-prototypes-like-c-compiling-executables/183668)

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**Author:** [@ferdil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ferdil)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/method-prototypes-like-c-compiling-executables/183668 "2010-02-18T18:28:47Z")

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Hi, I’m switching from C++ to Ruby, I have a few questions. How come there isn’t any “method prototype” feature like the function prototypes in C++? Like, in c++ I declared just the name of a funcion at the beginnin…

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## [Can't deploy using Git!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-deploy-using-git/169188)

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**Author:** [@lpdahito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lpdahito)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-deploy-using-git/169188 "2009-06-01T13:25:35Z")

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Hey guys, So here’s the deal… I’m trying to deploy an app on EC2 using the EC2onRails gem… I’m using git as my SCM and capistrano to deploy obviously… Everytime I try to deploy with this command: cap deploy:cold, I g…

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## [Render yield?!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/render-yield/161982)

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**Author:** [@cojones](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cojones)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/render-yield/161982 "2009-03-04T21:16:27Z")

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Hello, I’ve got a little problem with remote functions. I call it for example like this: \<%= link\_to\_remote ‘bla’, :url =\> ‘bla/whatever’, :method =\> :get %\> that function would be: def whatever flash\[:notice\] = “Y…

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## [HÃ©bergement en europe- MutualisÃ© ou VPS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ha-bergement-en-europe-mutualisa-ou-vps/128163)

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**Author:** [@Clarinette](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Clarinette)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2008, 10:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ha-bergement-en-europe-mutualisa-ou-vps/128163 "2008-02-06T10:48:13Z")

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Bonjour, Je voudrais recréer le site de la Zob (rigolez pas, c’est une vraie organisation de micro-finance à Madagascar: http://www.zob-madagascar.org), pour y ajouter des fonctionnalités et je voudrais faire tout ça…

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## [Rails development on Mac OS X 10.4 Intel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-development-on-mac-os-x-10-4-intel/65922)

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**Author:** [@Dae\_San\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dae_San_H)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2006, 7:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-development-on-mac-os-x-10-4-intel/65922 "2006-02-13T07:00:57Z")

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Hi all, I would like to start a thread on RoR related issues on the new Intel version of Mac OS X. I have been using Apple’s new iMac Core Duo (which comes with Intel version of Mac OS X) for about a week now. Here’…

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