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## [Rubyw.exe and the "system()" call](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyw-exe-and-the-system-call/206501)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2011, 11:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyw-exe-and-the-system-call/206501 "2011-05-04T11:24:06Z")

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I’m trying to run ruby without the command terminal popping up, so I run it using rubyw.exe. However, in my program I need to make many calls using the “system()” command, and every time I do, the command terminal pop…

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## [Unable to get rid of backtrace when running specs (rspec2, rails3)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-get-rid-of-backtrace-when-running-specs-rspec2-rails3/196050)

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**Author:** [@Katrina\_Owen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Katrina_Owen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2010, 6:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-get-rid-of-backtrace-when-running-specs-rspec2-rails3/196050 "2010-10-08T06:02:15Z")

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Hi, I can’t seem to silence the stack trace when running specs. Pending specs get this output: ChannelsController GET new responds to xml why would we want to render xml for Channel.new? ./spec/controllers/channel\_…

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## [Writing a large file with Spreadsheet: very slow, any HELP?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-a-large-file-with-spreadsheet-very-slow-any-help/185251)

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**Author:** [@joep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joep)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-a-large-file-with-spreadsheet-very-slow-any-help/185251 "2010-03-17T16:35:38Z")

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Hey, I’m using the Spreadsheet gem to generate Excel files. It’s worked great up until now. I’m trying to put 25,000 rows in a sheet, then doing book.write to write the file. It’s really slow, like 3-4 minutes. Is…

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## [Acts\_as\_solr throwing an Exception](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-solr-throwing-an-exception/185212)

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**Author:** [@vamsi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vamsi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2010, 7:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-solr-throwing-an-exception/185212 "2010-03-16T07:32:41Z")

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Hi, when i start the rake task for solr like rake solr:start i got the following error: \*\* Invoke solr:start (first\_time) \*\* Execute solr:start Exception in thread “main” java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: copy/vend…

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## [Ajouter une colone Id a will\_paginate](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajouter-une-colone-id-a-will-paginate/173302)

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**Author:** [@cedric\_salaun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cedric_salaun)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2009, 10:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ajouter-une-colone-id-a-will-paginate/173302 "2009-08-07T10:01:59Z")

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Bonjour, j’utilise will\_paginate pour faire un tableau, je récupère le contenue via ma base mysql. mysql ne permet pas de faire une colonne row\_num, auto-incrémenté, et je n’arrive pas a faire cette colonne a partir…

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## [Re: Looking for documentation about special clr related methods](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-looking-for-documentation-about-special-clr-related-methods/169995)

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**Author:** [@jsoho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jsoho)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-looking-for-documentation-about-special-clr-related-methods/169995 "2009-06-11T19:08:45Z")

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Not docs yet, but they are coming. They are all for better .NET integration. Let me give you a little bit of the docs I’m working on: to\_clr\_type is to get the actual CLR Type object from a constant, if that constant …

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## [GrÃ¼ndung Ruby on Rails Gruppe i n HÃ¼rth bei KÃ¶ln](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gra-ndung-ruby-on-rails-gruppe-i-n-ha-rth-bei-ka-ln/162636)

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**Author:** [@bluecat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bluecat)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2009, 8:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gra-ndung-ruby-on-rails-gruppe-i-n-ha-rth-bei-ka-ln/162636 "2009-03-13T08:50:50Z")

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Hallo Leute, ich Guido P. spiele mit dem Gedanken eine Ruby on Rails Gruppe Hürth zu Gründen. Wer hat da Lust mit zu machen? Gruß Guido

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## [Antialiasing lines, Gdk::Drawable](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/antialiasing-lines-gdk-drawable/110796)

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**Author:** [@conan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/conan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/antialiasing-lines-gdk-drawable/110796 "2007-07-31T19:23:20Z")

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Anybody have any tips on if antialiasing lines is possible in with Gtk? I’ve got a boat load of lines I draw on a Gdk:Drawable that would look very pretty antialiased on a white background.

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## [Kimsufi pour faire tourner du RoR?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kimsufi-pour-faire-tourner-du-ror/87604)

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**Author:** [@gbenoit79](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gbenoit79)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kimsufi-pour-faire-tourner-du-ror/87604 "2007-03-04T22:26:46Z")

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Bonjour ! J’ai commandÃ© un serveur Kimsufi \[1\] vendredi soir. Je devrais donc l’avoir dans la semaine prochaine. Je compte essayer d’y faire tourner RoR dessus. Je sais, Ã§a risque d’Ãªtre limite niveau RAM, mais bon…

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## [USPR segmentation fault](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uspr-segmentation-fault/87181)

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**Author:** [@liuxue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/liuxue)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2007, 10:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uspr-segmentation-fault/87181 "2007-02-28T22:25:25Z")

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Hello, All: I am running the following small program which generate a periodical signal using vectors. I got Segmentation Fault, as shown in the following: ============================================================…

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## [Formating Float ActiveRecord attributes in text inputs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formating-float-activerecord-attributes-in-text-inputs/56969)

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**Author:** [@sserdyuk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sserdyuk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formating-float-activerecord-attributes-in-text-inputs/56969 "2006-04-06T21:31:40Z")

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I have AMOUNT field that ActiveRecord maps to Float. Then I use text\_field helper to generate text inputs on forms. Helper takes model object and attribute name and does not provide any formatting abilities, thus 2.40…

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## [How to paginate in descending order?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-paginate-in-descending-order/82548)

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**Author:** [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-paginate-in-descending-order/82548 "2006-03-16T14:42:24Z")

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How can I paginate a set of fields in descending order based on their created\_on date? For example, in a blog app, you want the very first entry on the first page to be the most recent. I see that paginate has an :or…

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## [Installing OOT Module on Mac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-oot-module-on-mac/243179)

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**Author:** [@Rafa\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rafa_F)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 9:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-oot-module-on-mac/243179 "2015-08-30T09:08:49Z")

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Hello, I’m using GNURadio 3.7.8 installed from MacPorts on a MacBook Air. I have tried to create a custom module on my MacBook Air using gr\_modtool. I was able to write, compile and build the code. After this I edit…

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## [Ruby and LibreOffice](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-libreoffice/228102)

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**Author:** [@Hal\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hal_F)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 10:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-libreoffice/228102 "2015-05-03T10:23:04Z")

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Has anyone ever looked into the possibility of scripting LibreOffice in Ruby? I know it’s possible in Python and 2-3 other languages… Anyone know what would be involved in this? Hal

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## [Nginx caching in milliseconds](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-caching-in-milliseconds/221432)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2012, 10:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-caching-in-milliseconds/221432 "2012-07-17T10:28:27Z")

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Hello, would it be possible to cache with nginx below 1 second ? I mean in the hundreds of milliseconds ? For example: proxy\_cache\_valid 200 301 302 500ms; Have a good day, JC – Jean-Christophe Petit VP R&D et D…

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## [SIGSEGV in ld-linux.so when compiling recent JRuby versions (\> rev #7907) \[SOLVED\]](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sigsegv-in-ld-linux-so-when-compiling-recent-jruby-versions-rev-7907-solved/151934)

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**Author:** [@RaphaSSSSl\_Valyi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RaphaSSSSl_Valyi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sigsegv-in-ld-linux-so-when-compiling-recent-jruby-versions-rev-7907-solved/151934 "2008-10-28T19:29:13Z")

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Hi, just in case, to help the average googler: Since commit #7907, I had a strange bug when compiling JRuby with ant jar-complete: jar-complete: \[mkdir\] Created dir: /home/rvalyi/DEV/jruby\_old/build/jar-complete/MET…

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## [Observe field using prototype Rails 3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/observe-field-using-prototype-rails-3/197899)

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**Author:** [@okkezSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/okkezSS)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/observe-field-using-prototype-rails-3/197899 "2010-10-22T17:42:35Z")

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Does anyone knows how to do an observe field using Prototype in Rails 3. An example would be useful as I am very weak programming in Ajax.

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## [Authlogic: activating inactive account/user](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-activating-inactive-account-user/193926)

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**Author:** [@pepe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pepe)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-activating-inactive-account-user/193926 "2010-08-27T05:32:59Z")

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Hello, I have searched high and low on how to activate an inactive account in Authlogic and I can’t seem to figure it out. I am using “consecutive\_failed\_logins\_limit” to control a brute force attack and I want to of…

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## [Rspec 2 (beta.11) view spec haml](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-2-beta-11-view-spec-haml/189983)

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**Author:** [@churp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/churp)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-2-beta-11-view-spec-haml/189983 "2010-06-11T17:14:06Z")

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Hello All, I’m trying to view-spec with haml require ‘spec\_helper’ describe “user\_sessions/new.html.erb” do it “renders blank form” do activate\_authlogic user\_session = UserSession.new assign :user\_session, user\_s…

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## [Rails 2.3.2 and cache sweepers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-3-2-and-cache-sweepers/163738)

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**Author:** [@Miika\_LeppSSS\_nen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Miika_LeppSSS_nen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-3-2-and-cache-sweepers/163738 "2009-03-24T16:46:07Z")

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Hello, I’m updating project to use Rails 2.3.2 and JRuby 1.2.0. What I have done so far is: updated jruby-complete-1.2.0.jar and latest version of jruby-rack (last update 2009-02-26) to warbler/lib followed instruct…

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## [Re: Problem getting IronRuby running - it won't compile](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-problem-getting-ironruby-running-it-wont-compile/163568)

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**Author:** [@raker\_t](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/raker_t)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2009, 11:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-problem-getting-ironruby-running-it-wont-compile/163568 "2009-03-23T11:17:40Z")

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Open ruby.sln. IronRuby.sln is deprecated, and should be deleted (I thought it was). Are you using the old SVN sources? If so you should be using the Git repo, or the binary we just released at Rubyforge. JD

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## [Integrar Paypal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integrar-paypal/162656)

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**Author:** [@rolanghel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rolanghel)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integrar-paypal/162656 "2009-03-12T17:32:46Z")

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Hola, alguien puede facilitarme algun tutorial o material que explique como integrar Paypal a mi sistema. Y si pueden darme algunas recomendaciones de los aspectos mas importantes que debo tomar en cuenta para mi tien…

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## [\[Cucumber\] single feature run produces duplicate features in HTMl report](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cucumber-single-feature-run-produces-duplicate-features-in-html-report/154025)

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**Author:** [@aidy\_lewis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aidy_lewis)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 5:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cucumber-single-feature-run-produces-duplicate-features-in-html-report/154025 "2008-11-25T05:52:21Z")

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Hi, I am running a number of features once, but for some reason, I am getting duplicate features in the HTML report. Has anyone else experienced this? Cucumber --version 0.1.8 Aidy

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## [How to parse a soap xmp result of amazon?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-parse-a-soap-xmp-result-of-amazon/129676)

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**Author:** [@jacques](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jacques)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-parse-a-soap-xmp-result-of-amazon/129676 "2008-02-20T17:43:31Z")

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hello everybody i’m really new to ruby and i have to step in a existing ruby projects. i want to know what is the best way to access to xml elements. how could i retrieve all BrowseNodeId’s from the following result? …

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## [Printf "%0x"](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/printf-0x/126631)

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**Author:** [@Tanaka\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tanaka_A)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2008, 8:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/printf-0x/126631 "2008-01-24T08:53:12Z")

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printf e$B$Ne(B %0x e$B$KIi$N@0?t$rM?$($k$H!"CM$K$h$C$Fe(B … e$B$,$D$$$?$je(B e$B$D$+$J$+$C$?$j$7$^$9!#e(B % ./ruby -ve ‘\[-0x40000000, -0x40000001\].each {|v| printf “%0x\\n”, v }’ ruby 1.9.0 (2008-01-19 revision 0) \[i…

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## [Utility of default\_field](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/utility-of-default-field/124810)

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**Author:** [@johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnnybutler7)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/utility-of-default-field/124810 "2008-01-03T19:30:51Z")

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The documentation\* states that when using a single index for multiple models, the default\_field list should be set to the same thing for all models. However, in my application, all my models have very different fields …

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## [Getting MySQL column comment metadata?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-mysql-column-comment-metadata/112461)

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**Author:** [@Mario\_TSL](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mario_TSL)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2007, 3:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-mysql-column-comment-metadata/112461 "2007-08-20T03:54:19Z")

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Hi All, How do I go about getting the “Comments” metadata–the one I type via MySQL Administrator, for example–associated with a MySQL column? I have been able to pull metadata from both ActiveRecord and DBI but canno…

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## [Partial functions?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/partial-functions/60918)

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**Author:** [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/partial-functions/60918 "2006-05-18T16:58:46Z")

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Hi all, I’m trying to understand a new feature of Python 2.5 (PEP 309) called “partial functions”. Here’s the Python example I pulled from Vincent Foley’s blog: import functional def multiply(x, y): return x \* y m…

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## [Re: Why Does Ruby on Debian Blow? (Was: Mongrel 3.15, Ubuntu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-why-does-ruby-on-debian-blow-was-mongrel-3-15-ubuntu/94416)

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**Author:** [@sean-lerner](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sean-lerner)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-why-does-ruby-on-debian-blow-was-mongrel-3-15-ubuntu/94416 "2006-05-03T19:01:19Z")

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Gregory, I understood your advice. I think this has sunk to the level of help vampire: http://www.slash7.com/pages/vampires All of your good advice and help will just keep getting sucked down a black hole. -Sean

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## [Typecasting and boolean attributes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/typecasting-and-boolean-attributes/52224)

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**Author:** [@derek054](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/derek054)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2006, 9:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/typecasting-and-boolean-attributes/52224 "2006-01-12T09:13:16Z")

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I have 2 radio buttons like this: \<%= radio\_button ‘group’, ‘public’, true %\> \<%= radio\_button ‘group’, ‘public’, false %\> They hold the correct values when viewing the @group object. However, when updating, it does …

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## [Rails2.2.2, is it a bug?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails2-2-2-is-it-a-bug/155752)

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**Author:** [@SSSB9SfFSSB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSSB9SfFSSB)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2008, 10:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails2-2-2-is-it-a-bug/155752 "2008-12-19T10:20:19Z")

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yesterday, i make a demo with Rails2.2.2. model : Movie class Movie \< ActiveRecord::Base has\_many :releases, :dependent =\> :destroy validates\_presence\_of :title end model: Release class Release \< ActiveRecord::B…

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## [USRP working but problem with cygwin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usrp-working-but-problem-with-cygwin/152450)

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**Author:** [@teka\_yemane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/teka_yemane)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usrp-working-but-problem-with-cygwin/152450 "2008-11-04T19:48:19Z")

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Finally, my USRP and gnuradio are working fine. now, i am having bad time with installing cygwin as my clients need the application in windows. Has any body used cygwin for gnuradio before or is it better to use Ming…

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## [TEST for REST!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-for-rest/128983)

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**Author:** [@MohsinHijazee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MohsinHijazee)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-for-rest/128983 "2008-03-06T00:23:17Z")

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Hello everyone! I’m writing tests for my REST API. Now the exposed resources regarding the REST are definately accessible through thier URLs like for the account resource, I’d do this: Trying to emulate GET /accounts…

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## [One-Click Ruby Installer 184-16 preview3 is available!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-click-ruby-installer-184-16-preview3-is-available/53350)

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**Author:** [@curthibbs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/curthibbs)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2006, 9:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-click-ruby-installer-184-16-preview3-is-available/53350 "2006-02-18T09:38:13Z")

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=== One-Click Ruby Installer 184-16 preview3 is available! === This iteration includes the missing DBI support with the ODBC driver (the Oracle driver is no longer included… if your need it, you’ll hvae to install tha…

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## [Passing variables across forms](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-variables-across-forms/52868)

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**Author:** [@derdewey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/derdewey)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-variables-across-forms/52868 "2006-01-20T22:17:55Z")

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I’ve been reading my Agile Dev book over and over again, but I can’t wrap my head around how to do this. There’s a question and answer portion site of my site. You begin the process by adding a question to the datab…

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## [I18n on model attributes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i18n-on-model-attributes/213620)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 9:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i18n-on-model-attributes/213620 "2011-11-09T09:43:50Z")

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Hi, I have to set those language flags on my website, and depending on which one was selected it should show the pages in specific languages. Problem is that this translation is also needed for the model attributes. H…

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## [TCP Sockets](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tcp-sockets/190001)

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**Author:** [@djames](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/djames)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tcp-sockets/190001 "2010-06-11T19:19:58Z")

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I am trying to interface to an API. I am instructed to use the server and port information provided to setup a TCP socket. I did that like this: require 'socket' my\_socket=TCPSocket::open("ip","port") Where “ip” …

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## [Threads or Fibers - which should I use?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/threads-or-fibers-which-should-i-use/182047)

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**Author:** [@elricstorm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/elricstorm)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2010, 9:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/threads-or-fibers-which-should-i-use/182047 "2010-01-22T09:24:30Z")

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My application will perform a number of tasks. As it is a GUI application, I want the application to remain responsive to other input while it’s performing other tasks. A good example of this might be: A search oper…

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## [Sum won't seem to add the fields?!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sum-wont-seem-to-add-the-fields/174461)

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**Author:** [@Ruby\_on\_RailsS\_Talk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ruby_on_RailsS_Talk)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sum-wont-seem-to-add-the-fields/174461 "2009-08-28T16:44:25Z")

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I have the code which creates the following made up of an array of 3 TreatLists each with a number of Treatlistitems (I’ve broken it up to make it easier to read). ?\> @breakdown =\> \[ #\<Treatlist:0x23b98ac @items=\[ …

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## [Conditionally respond with HTTP redirect for xml\_http\_request](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conditionally-respond-with-http-redirect-for-xml-http-request/165010)

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**Author:** [@ram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ram)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2009, 10:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conditionally-respond-with-http-redirect-for-xml-http-request/165010 "2009-04-08T10:58:15Z")

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Hi all, I have select box in one of my views which lists a few contacts. I also have an option in this select box to add a new contact. There is also an observe\_field hook to this select box that Ajax requests furthe…

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## [\[ANN\] JRuby 1.1.5 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-jruby-1-1-5-released/152433)

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**Author:** [@Thomas\_E\_Enebo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thomas_E_Enebo)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-jruby-1-1-5-released/152433 "2008-11-04T00:21:58Z")

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The JRuby community is pleased to announce the release of JRuby 1.1.5! Homepage: http://www.jruby.org/ Download: http://dist.codehaus.org/jruby/ JRuby 1.1.5 is the fifth point release of JRuby 1.1. The fixes in this …

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## [Problemas observe\_field - crea registros en tabla de modelo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problemas-observe-field-crea-registros-en-tabla-de-modelo/141677)

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**Author:** [@dvancoevorden](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dvancoevorden)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problemas-observe-field-crea-registros-en-tabla-de-modelo/141677 "2008-06-29T19:32:13Z")

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Hola foro : Estoy desarrollando una aplicaciÃ³n donde tenÃ­a pensado poner un buscador con ajax utilizando observe\_field sobre un modelo Paciente, este modelo estÃ¡ anidado con otros modelos. map.resources :paciente…

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## [Very simple SVG drawing tool (circles) written in Ruby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/very-simple-svg-drawing-tool-circles-written-in-ruby/139889)

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**Author:** [@unebaguettesvp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unebaguettesvp)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/very-simple-svg-drawing-tool-circles-written-in-ruby/139889 "2008-06-08T22:23:30Z")

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People, I am looking for very simple SVG drawing tool - mainly to draw circles - but it has to be something written in Ruby. I don’t really mind what the GUI toolkit is - as long as it is easy to use and runs on Linu…

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## [Problem with rails 2.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-rails-2-0/124318)

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**Author:** [@byrnejb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/byrnejb)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-rails-2-0/124318 "2007-12-27T17:17:14Z")

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When I run rails “–version” I get this: rails --version /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:379:in report\_activate\_error': Could not find RubyGem activeresource (= 2.0.2) (Gem::LoadError) from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_rub…

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## [Erb behavior](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/erb-behavior/110102)

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**Author:** [@dailer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dailer)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/erb-behavior/110102 "2007-07-23T14:18:02Z")

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I’m playing with dynamic test fixtures and seeing what seems to be odd behavior. I’m fairly new to ruby and rails so it could be something simple. I have the following fixture: \<%COUNTRY\_MAX=10%\> \<%0.upto(COUNTRY\_MAX…

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## [\[OT\] RailsConf 2007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-railsconf-2007/87857)

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**Author:** [@visaolive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/visaolive)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-railsconf-2007/87857 "2007-03-06T17:21:41Z")

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Alguien de la lista ira a las RailsConf 2007? Yo estoy tramitando mi pasaporte y visa para poder ir pero ya tengo el cupo en las conferencias, si alguien va que avise a ver si nos juntamos. De paso si hay alguien de …

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## [Instalar plugin a pie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instalar-plugin-a-pie/84281)

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**Author:** [@Esteban](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Esteban)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instalar-plugin-a-pie/84281 "2007-02-02T22:43:28Z")

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A ver si alguien me echa una mano - o un pie :slight\_smile: Necesito instalar el plugin BackgroundRb, pero a pie, porque como estoy trabajando en Windows la ultima version 0.2.x no me funciona sino que tuve que ir a…

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## [Subclasses and constants](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subclasses-and-constants/87496)

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**Author:** [@lstrecv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lstrecv)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2006, 10:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subclasses-and-constants/87496 "2006-03-28T10:35:21Z")

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Often, I find myself doing: class RemoteCommand def submit sendto(URL, …) end end class GetStockPriceCommand URL = ‘http://…’ end Which won’t work. I’m forced to do: sendto(self.class::URL, …) which just seem…

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## [Tk on windows](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tk-on-windows/79924)

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**Author:** [@braas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/braas)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tk-on-windows/79924 "2006-03-18T02:23:25Z")

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Hi there, I’m about to try my first toolkit tutorial, with tk. So, to check that I had it installed I wrote: require “tk” in my rb file, but I get an error loading tk84.dll. How do I fix this?

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## [Plugins? Components?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugins-components/54185)

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**Author:** [@Estelle\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Estelle_W)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2006, 7:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugins-components/54185 "2006-02-26T07:27:18Z")

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Hi, Newbie here :slight\_smile: Can someone help explain the difference between “plugins” (put in the /vendor/plugins directory) and “components” (put into the /components directory)? Is it just that “plugins” have a…

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