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## [First App. Firefox Yes, Safari No](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-app-firefox-yes-safari-no/73164)

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**Author:** [@colin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/colin)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-app-firefox-yes-safari-no/73164 "2006-10-23T00:22:54Z")

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Hello everyone. Great forum. I’ve just started going through the first edition of Agile Web Development with Rails on my Mac running a near stock install of 10.4.8. The very first example in the book (page 28) involv…

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## [Which encoding causes fewest problems in Ruby 1.8.2?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-encoding-causes-fewest-problems-in-ruby-1-8-2/95729)

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**Author:** [@hozer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hozer)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-encoding-causes-fewest-problems-in-ruby-1-8-2/95729 "2006-06-12T16:29:10Z")

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I posted a similar question in the rails group but this is more specific to ruby 1.8.2. I read that ruby has problems with multibyte charsets. And I read that there might be some problems with ISO-8859-15 related to …

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## [Habtm on an array (or object.habtm.habtm)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/habtm-on-an-array-or-object-habtm-habtm/95410)

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**Author:** [@daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daniel)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/habtm-on-an-array-or-object-habtm-habtm/95410 "2006-06-10T23:23:40Z")

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Hi, I have three Models: User, Group and File. User habtm groups and Group habtm Files How can I find all files that a particular user has access to? eg user.groups.files ? As user.groups returns an array, the abo…

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## [Second assert\_tag failling in rails integration test](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/second-assert-tag-failling-in-rails-integration-test/59570)

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**Author:** [@Taryn\_East](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Taryn_East)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2006, 9:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/second-assert-tag-failling-in-rails-integration-test/59570 "2006-05-23T09:10:27Z")

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Hi all, I’m fairly new to rails and ruby, but I’ve come across an interesting glitch and I’m not sure whether I’ve just got something wrong with my assumptions or if it really is an error in the underlying framework… …

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## [\[mongrel\] \[fedora5\] install error " can't find ruby libs"](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-fedora5-install-error-cant-find-ruby-libs/55728)

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**Author:** [@ldk2005](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ldk2005)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-fedora5-install-error-cant-find-ruby-libs/55728 "2006-03-23T17:36:19Z")

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Installed Fedora5. Installed Ruby 1.8.4. Installed rubygems. Installed rails. Created test app to verify that ruby and rails were working. When I attempted to install mongrel via: sudo gem install mongrel I get th…

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## [Select articles from group with id '1' and id '2'](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-articles-from-group-with-id-1-and-id-2/54039)

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**Author:** [@Henrik\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Henrik_SSiso-8859-1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-articles-from-group-with-id-1-and-id-2/54039 "2006-02-23T14:46:12Z")

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I have to tables: “articles” and “groups”. Between I have article\_groups as a jointable. Now I want to select every article who is a member of group with id ‘1’ and id ‘2’. Whats best way to get that? Extract from sc…

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## [Is it Time bug?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-time-bug/53239)

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**Author:** [@python](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/python)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2006, 11:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-time-bug/53239 "2006-01-30T11:20:45Z")

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Hi all! I’m writing program some days ago which calculates every Thursday day in interval given by 2 Time values and see interesting result described later. Is it my or ruby bug? Result Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 MSD 2005 T…

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## [Ruby Mixins vs Rails Concerns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-mixins-vs-rails-concerns/267537)

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**Author:** [@AndyMaleh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/AndyMaleh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-mixins-vs-rails-concerns/267537 "2025-03-07T18:30:19Z")

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It is amazing how cryptic, difficult to reason about, and expensive to maintain Ruby codebases become when they include countless ‘concerns’ without honoring the Ruby naming convention for mixins as representing “traits”…

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## [How to create a searchable list in FXRuby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-create-a-searchable-list-in-fxruby/258979)

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**Author:** [@petecatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/petecatt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-create-a-searchable-list-in-fxruby/258979 "2020-03-21T05:23:16Z")

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I’m trying to make a searchable list in FXRuby. The list needs to have a search bar where you can search for items, and a new window needs to open if you click a specific item. Here’s the code so far: def initialize(app…

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## [How to create gemsets using rvm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-create-gemsets-using-rvm/221144)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-create-gemsets-using-rvm/221144 "2012-07-03T22:05:50Z")

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Hi all ive installed rvm 1.8.7 and 1.9.2 when i select rvm 1.8.7 and when i try to create a gem set and install gems it is not installing it is asking from permissions. if i use sudo to install gems and then when i t…

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## [Issue with eager loading in nested routes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issue-with-eager-loading-in-nested-routes/177817)

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**Author:** [@nin\_d](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nin_d)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issue-with-eager-loading-in-nested-routes/177817 "2009-10-24T18:09:28Z")

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Hi Everyone, I have issue while doing eager loading when url is =\> http://127.0.0.1:3001/projects/1/features I also did \<%= debug @features %\> to dump @feature object but I did not see ‘owner’ being eager-loaded. Ca…

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## [Trying to delete all but most recent 10](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trying-to-delete-all-but-most-recent-10/175046)

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**Author:** [@RVince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RVince)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trying-to-delete-all-but-most-recent-10/175046 "2009-09-07T20:12:10Z")

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I have a table where I am trying to delete all but the 10 most recent records. My code is as follows: cnotes = Channelnote.find(:all, :order =\> ‘tstamp DESC’, :limit =\> 10, :conditions =\> \[“deleted=0”\]) Channelnote…

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## [Load & Execute Code From a Database](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/load-execute-code-from-a-database/173500)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_F\_Fraser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Paul_F_Fraser)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/load-execute-code-from-a-database/173500 "2009-08-11T13:10:13Z")

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Hi, Sometime ago there was a discussion about loading & running code held in a database and there were some adverse comments about security etc… Was the method based on eval, or are there other ways to load and exec…

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## [Ruby/Odeum](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-odeum/168595)

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**Author:** [@sevensoft](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sevensoft)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2009, 11:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-odeum/168595 "2009-05-24T11:54:09Z")

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I’m looking to use an inverted index for Ruby. There used to be Zed Shaw’s Ruby/odeum that did this using QDBM’s inverted index API. I can find references to this all over the web, unfortuntely but the original site i…

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## [Installing Rails on Mac Leopard - Best Approach?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails-on-mac-leopard-best-approach/165817)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails-on-mac-leopard-best-approach/165817 "2009-04-18T03:50:12Z")

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I know this has been asked often over the years, looking for the latest best practice… I’m a total mac noob, have been using windows/cygwin up until now. Looks like the basic approaches I’ve seen so far: Leave the p…

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## [Setting custom variables per environment](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-custom-variables-per-environment/114683)

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**Author:** [@eggie5](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eggie5)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-custom-variables-per-environment/114683 "2007-09-25T23:10:50Z")

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Hi, I’d like to be able to set a variable for each environment I have. It’s a path to a folder that’s different on each system: development and production. I then, need to be able to read it from my controller. How c…

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## [Getting started with full sized apps... how?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started-with-full-sized-apps-how/110494)

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**Author:** [@llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/llinklater)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started-with-full-sized-apps-how/110494 "2007-07-27T15:13:36Z")

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Ok. First, I should say that I think highly of the Ruby language. I have written cool snippets and life is good. I should say that I have developed in many languages currently focused on Delphi. Now, when I write an…

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## [What's your development environment?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-your-development-environment/89417)

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**Author:** [@daniel\_fischer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daniel_fischer)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-your-development-environment/89417 "2007-03-20T23:08:36Z")

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Right now I have an iMac, but I’m considering buying a Macbook or Mac Book Pro and then selling my iMac, and then also getting a large display 24" or 30" (depending whether I go macbook or mac book pro). If anyone wou…

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## [Shameless plug of my web 2.0 app](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shameless-plug-of-my-web-2-0-app/61332)

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**Author:** [@Adrian\_DeWitts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Adrian_DeWitts)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shameless-plug-of-my-web-2-0-app/61332 "2006-05-24T01:13:23Z")

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Apologies if this is out of place. I just wanted to mention to the list that I’ve completed my first Rails app and wanted to show it to you guys. The site is The Best Stuff in the World! which you can reach here: http…

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## [.slim extension vs .erb extension](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/slim-extension-vs-erb-extension/259416)

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**Author:** [@joan\_njuguna](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joan_njuguna)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/slim-extension-vs-erb-extension/259416 "2020-05-06T19:22:32Z")

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I came across this slim code in rails… tr td #{ admin\_category.name } td = link\_to ‘Edit’, edit\_admin\_category\_path(admin\_category) td = link\_to ‘Delete’, admin\_category\_path(admin\_category), method: :delete What wo…

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## [Building Rails API](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-rails-api/245182)

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**Author:** [@Rafa\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rafa_F)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 10:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-rails-api/245182 "2017-01-21T10:03:15Z")

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Hi all, I am new here. I am building a location-based backend and so far, I have a User and Location model. According to my relationships, a Location has many users and a User belongs to a location which means I need …

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## [USRPN210 and Matlab problem in running the QPSK demo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usrpn210-and-matlab-problem-in-running-the-qpsk-demo/214386)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usrpn210-and-matlab-problem-in-running-the-qpsk-demo/214386 "2014-09-22T17:27:55Z")

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Dear all, having struggled for a couple of days with some new N210s I decided to post my problem in here. We recently received two N210s, which I am willing to interface with Matlab since the drivers have now official…

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## [Extract from output (regular expressions)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extract-from-output-regular-expressions/245515)

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**Author:** [@Sadaf\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sadaf_N)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2013, 9:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extract-from-output-regular-expressions/245515 "2013-06-12T09:20:28Z")

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Hi guys, As a beginner, I’m looking for a way about how to extract selected values from captured output. Suppose, I call external command in this way: def shorewall begin cmd = ‘shorewall show ipa’ ipa, s = Open3.…

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## [Cancan question - create rule issue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cancan-question-create-rule-issue/224491)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2012, 12:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cancan-question-create-rule-issue/224491 "2012-11-15T12:15:46Z")

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Hi, RoR newbie here. Fairly new, anyway. :). I have a cancan question I’m hoping someone can help me with. I have two models - ProposalRequest and Proposal. Each ProposalRequest can have many Proposals, but a gi…

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## [ROR books seem to be out of date](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-books-seem-to-be-out-of-date/222938)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-books-seem-to-be-out-of-date/222938 "2012-09-18T17:01:00Z")

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i am trying to get started on ROR but the texts all seem to be out of date as regards samples that wont run on later IDEs such as aptana studio ,rubymine and so on.github examples are also out of date and wont run. b…

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## [Recent development activity, upcoming plans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recent-development-activity-upcoming-plans/218473)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recent-development-activity-upcoming-plans/218473 "2012-04-06T12:17:33Z")

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I just wanted to give a heads up on several things that are in flight right now, and what Tom and I are planning soon. Removal of dependency on gsl for gnuradio-core. The wavelet blocks that were in gnuradio-core, w…

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## [\`rescue in rbuf\_fill': Timeout::Error (Timeout::Error)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rescue-in-rbuf-fill-timeout-error-timeout-error/218578)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rescue-in-rbuf-fill-timeout-error-timeout-error/218578 "2012-04-04T23:50:57Z")

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I am using the StorageRoom App Ruby Gem with the StorageRoom App API. The following script is giving me a weird error: #!/usr/bin/env ruby -rubygems require File.join(File.dirname(FILE), ‘authentication’) require “cs…

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## [Still incompatible character encodings: ASCII-8BIT and UTF-8](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/still-incompatible-character-encodings-ascii-8bit-and-utf-8/217760)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/still-incompatible-character-encodings-ascii-8bit-and-utf-8/217760 "2012-03-11T23:46:38Z")

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My environment is: jruby 1.6.7 (ruby-1.9.2-p312) (2012-02-22 3e82bc8) (OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 1.6.0\_24) \[linux-amd64-java\] and rails 3.2.2. In my config/application.rb I have: config.i18n.default\_locale = :it conf…

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## [Fan replacement for usrp1?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fan-replacement-for-usrp1/212638)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fan-replacement-for-usrp1/212638 "2011-10-20T18:02:23Z")

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wondering if anybody out there has replaced their usrp1 fan with something a bit quieter? i find myself listening to its incessant whine many hours a day, and it’s starting to make me a little crazy especially when i…

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## [How to bypass required field in form](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-bypass-required-field-in-form/209702)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-bypass-required-field-in-form/209702 "2011-07-21T05:16:33Z")

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I have an Update User page. I created my own authentication from scratch based on one of the railscasts and other tutorials. The user can update his first name, last name, email address, etc. I do not want the user t…

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## [CalendarDateSelect Error:](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calendardateselect-error/206189)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calendardateselect-error/206189 "2011-04-25T14:21:19Z")

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Hello All, I guess you guys can light me up better than google. I am getting a pop-up when i introduced full\_calendar functionality in my app. The pop-up message is:- CalendarDateSelect Error: Prototype could not be …

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## [Erreur installation sqlite3 apres "rails server"](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/erreur-installation-sqlite3-apres-rails-server/204745)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2011, 8:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/erreur-installation-sqlite3-apres-rails-server/204745 "2011-03-21T08:48:01Z")

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Hello à tous, Nouveau dans RoR, j’ai voulu me lancer :)… pas si facile on dirai. J’ai suivi le tuto ici :http://rubyonrails.org/download jusqu’a :rails server J’ai cette erreur : Could not find gem ‘sqlite3 (\>= 0)’ …

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## [Help Error: Mongrel/Radiant Config Issue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-error-mongrel-radiant-config-issue/199868)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-error-mongrel-radiant-config-issue/199868 "2010-11-30T17:07:48Z")

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Hi All, I’m new to ruby/rails/radiant and I can’t find any mention of this problem on the internet - I was hoping you might be able to help me solve this. This is the mongrel log file below. Thanks in advance. \*\* Dae…

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## [Module and protected/private functions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/module-and-protected-private-functions/193690)

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**Author:** [@trapper](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trapper)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/module-and-protected-private-functions/193690 "2010-08-23T00:03:46Z")

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Is it possible to declare parts of a module as private or protected to import these properties via mixin into classes?

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## [Upcase in 1.9.2-preview1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upcase-in-1-9-2-preview1/172873)

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**Author:** [@stickstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stickstone)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upcase-in-1-9-2-preview1/172873 "2009-08-03T14:54:50Z")

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Can someone confirm whether this is intentional or not? RUBY\_DESCRIPTION =\> “ruby 1.9.2dev (2009-07-18 trunk 24186) \[i686-linux\]” s = “Ã¼ber” =\> “Ã¼ber” s.upcase =\> “Ã¼BER” That is, a lower-case “Ã¼” is no…

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## [Code runs in development but not in test](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-runs-in-development-but-not-in-test/167497)

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**Author:** [@lee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lee)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2009, 10:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-runs-in-development-but-not-in-test/167497 "2009-05-09T10:01:57Z")

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I have some model code that runs fine in development environment but fails in the test environment. In test, the code always fails at the same point with: Mysql::Error: Duplicate entry ‘5-17’ for key ‘PRIMARY’: INSERT…

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## [ANN: One-Click Ruby Installer 186-27 Release Candidate 1 Available](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-one-click-ruby-installer-186-27-release-candidate-1-available/148556)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-one-click-ruby-installer-186-27-release-candidate-1-available/148556 "2008-09-28T18:03:18Z")

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Hello Rubists from the World. This message is to announce the long waited update version of One- Click Ruby Installer (OCI). This version, built with VC6, updates some of the components, including RubyGems and solve …

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## [Rails 2.1 and svn externals](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-1-and-svn-externals/146205)

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**Author:** [@janovetz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/janovetz)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2008, 7:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-1-and-svn-externals/146205 "2008-08-19T07:40:30Z")

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Hey folks– Does anyone know when the rails 2.1 stuff will appear in the SVN repo for folks mapping Rails as externals? The latest I can find tagged is: http://svn.rubyonrails.org/rails/tags/rel\_2-0-2/ I know edge ha…

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## [New to Ruby. Specific syntax question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby-specific-syntax-question/143192)

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**Author:** [@chonald](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chonald)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ruby-specific-syntax-question/143192 "2008-07-17T04:06:10Z")

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I’m reading through the PickAxe book right now. I’m new to programming, and more specifically, Ruby. Right now I’m looking at a line that says this: fib\_up\_to(1000) {|f| print f, “”} I’m curious about the parts of t…

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## [Tagz-4.2.0 - giraffe slayer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tagz-4-2-0-giraffe-slayer/137085)

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**Author:** [@ara\_howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ara_howard)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tagz-4-2-0-giraffe-slayer/137085 "2008-05-10T02:47:48Z")

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NAME tagz.rb SYNOPSIS require Tagz include Tagz.globally a\_(:href =\> “/foo”){ “bar” } #=\> bar DESCRIPTION tagz.rb is generates html, xml, or any sgml variant like a small ninja running across the backs of a he…

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## [How to get raw keyboard input in windows?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-raw-keyboard-input-in-windows/133256)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-raw-keyboard-input-in-windows/133256 "2008-03-29T21:30:34Z")

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I have this program, it just runs and anytime the clipboard changes and contains some large size, it run the speech thing through win-sapi. So I can go to any website, highlight some text and copy it to the clipboard …

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## [No method error (because of unknown variable type)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-method-error-because-of-unknown-variable-type/123960)

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**Author:** [@haris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/haris)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-method-error-because-of-unknown-variable-type/123960 "2007-12-24T23:30:34Z")

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Hi ! Here is a little example: file “Functions.rb”: #--------------------- def func(file) if !file.eof then #do something. end #--------------- file “main.rb”: require ‘Functions’ file\_1=open(‘bla.txt’,‘w’) fu…

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## [Webrick 500 error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webrick-500-error/117104)

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**Author:** [@mr\_tibs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mr_tibs)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webrick-500-error/117104 "2007-11-03T04:34:39Z")

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Hi, This is my second question on the poor performance of webrick (previously I had a problem with Ajax). I have a somewhat simple Rails application which works just fine, but when I come back to work the next day, t…

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## [Dynamic CSS Generation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamic-css-generation/116818)

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**Author:** [@corywilkerson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/corywilkerson)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamic-css-generation/116818 "2007-10-10T17:43:07Z")

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Anyone dynamically generating CSS based on browser-type out there? I’ve currently hacked my application in the most disgusting of ways to pull off what I need to support my project - but I’m just not pleased with the…

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## [Send(column.name) comparison problems](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/send-column-name-comparison-problems/88326)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/send-column-name-comparison-problems/88326 "2007-09-26T17:14:27Z")

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I am having trouble with what I thought would be a simple equality comparison. Here is the relevant code: \<% for ticket in @tickets %\> \<% for column in Ticket.content\_columns %\> \<% if column.human\_name == "S…

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## [New to rails... suitable for what I wanna do?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-rails-suitable-for-what-i-wanna-do/108049)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-rails-suitable-for-what-i-wanna-do/108049 "2007-06-29T00:01:28Z")

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Hi, I have created and now maintain the website ratsdeville.com (http:// ratsdeville.com/index\_e.html for english) for my brother. He creates more and more content for it each week and I’m seriously feeling the pain …

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## [Csv next and previous help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/csv-next-and-previous-help/92945)

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**Author:** [@geoff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/geoff)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2007, 9:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/csv-next-and-previous-help/92945 "2007-04-27T09:16:17Z")

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Hey there, I’m trying to figure out how to work with the sample data below such that I can take each time there is a C in the third column and update the previous D to a P. An ideas? IM,0000001,D,0,@FRIEDEXT01;IMAGE…

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## [Fastri-server problem?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fastri-server-problem/84239)

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**Author:** [@bbiker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbiker)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fastri-server-problem/84239 "2007-02-03T12:53:28Z")

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I have downloaded and install fastri from the tarball. Works fine and I qri eventhough it is slower than fri … reason I don’t to keep the fastri-server window reduced or otherwise. Fastri-server does seem to have prob…

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## [How can I find out which attribute is screwing up pluralize/](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-which-attribute-is-screwing-up-pluralize/82218)

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**Author:** [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 11:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-which-attribute-is-screwing-up-pluralize/82218 "2007-01-23T11:17:44Z")

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Hey there :slight\_smile: I’m creating this app on top of a legacy database, that has a mixture of auto\_inc ids, non-‘id’ named pks, non-integer-pks, foreign keys that end in \_code instead of \_id, etc. I have the mode…

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## [Solutions for deep class paths](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/solutions-for-deep-class-paths/82042)

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**Author:** [@lynxinator](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lynxinator)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2007, 10:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/solutions-for-deep-class-paths/82042 "2007-01-17T10:04:31Z")

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Hi all, I’ve currently got a very flat code structure in a large code base \[1\], and I’m looking at redoing the layout to make the functional lines more obvious. This redesign will add an extra constant to every clas…

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