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Hi- I have a javascript string variable: var string1 = "blah blah blah"; ....and after some operations are done to it (NOT directly by the user but triggered instead by events happening in the background) I want to pass it back to the server to be saved in the database …

hi I have installed Ruby 1.8.5-21 and also installed the watir gem. but when i use the below statement require 'watir' #i get the below error ./watir.rb:4: uninitialized constant Watir (NameError) from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require' from watir.rb:2 >Exit code: 1 please tell me how to prevent this error. …

I am a member of a QA/testing team for a software company in NYC. We have decided recently to begin the development of scripting tools to automate repetitive tasks used during our testing cycles. We have decided to use Ruby. Although we have admired Ruby from afar for some time …

So I'm new to Ruby and this code that I am supposed to be changing is using f.check_box for check boxes. The point of the boxes are to enable or disable specific qualities of a calendar. The problem is that I need to add another item (and therefore checkbox) to …

Hi I m new to ruby so kindly forgive for small mistakes. I m trying to invoke a c function in ruby which uses a structure * as a parameter but i m able to run in one example and it is not running in the other case. Program which …

Hi I am new to ruby and these forums. I am interested in using Ruby on Rails and was wondering if anybody could tell me any good books that would help me. Also do I need to know any other languages before starting rails. Thanks!

Hello all- I'm looking for some advice.... As a newbie to rails and ajax I've been enlisted to add a feature to an existing application. In a page where users create new accounts I need to add some kind of observer to the form that checks to see if an …

Hi All... i m newbie with ruby. a couple weeks ago i was reading book about oracle 10G XE then i found a new language that i never heard before named Ruby on Rails. i was exited and want lo learn many about this language. so, please help me to …

Hi i have just start to try out ruby and since has met with some problems during the execution of ruby coding. I have tried simple ruby codings embedded into HTML files and it works fine but the main trouble occurs when i wish to test out pre-written codes from …

Hello, I want to write a simple application in Ruby to send a sms message. Is there any free sms gateway to try it out ? Any good sites/tutorials for developing the sms code ? Thanks atul

I'm trying to develop a (fairly) basic window using Fxruby. The window will look something like this. Top Frame A frame for text (about 1/3 to 1/2 of the area of the window The lower 1/3 to 1/2 of the window will consist of 5 radio buttons (each with text …

Hi Everyone, I'm fairly new to DaniWeb and I was hoping I could get some advice from all you experts out there. I registered my own domain name and got a host a few days ago and am planning on building a personal website based on Ruby on Rails (I'm …

Hi, I'm using the Ruby gem amazon-ecs to access the Amazon API on my local development. For some reason the REST responses can take up to 20 seconds to download, as opposed to a few seconds when viewed through my web browser. I'm using OS X/Leopard/Rails 2.0 if you must …

Hey everyone, I am new to Ruby on Rails and I am having a problem that I can't seem to figure out. I have a mysql database that I created and I have created a model for it. I have did not create a migration, as the database is already …

Hello, I'm pleased to be here by way of the html forum. I've been using php for static pages for 18 months. I wanted to learn rails, but I just realized that I could configure my host to automate index.rhtml files just like php. This is a major motivator for …

Hello- As a newbie Rails developer, I realize I should have a solid knowledge of SQL regardless of the wonderful abstraction Rails provides. That said, I'm trying to build my first app within the next couple of weeks, relying completely on those abstractions. A couple of questions...... Let's say I …

Thanks guys for giving the reply of my previous query.Now I again i have a new query and expect the same and thank in advance. The query is how to install plugin in ruby on rails environment.

Hi- I'm designing the database for my app and am trying to do it as intelligently as possible. I'm trying to avoid an explosion of tables and thought single table inheritance (STI) might be the answer..... Is it me or is the use of foreign key constraints (nearly?) impossible when …

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Hi all, Thanks for giving reply of my previous problems.Now again i have issues in using paypal.I have successfully implemented paypal in my application but got stuck in 'Istant payment notification'.Please, could anyone help me to implement 'IPN' in my application. Thanks & Regards, Vineet Kumar

I'm trying to write a script that removes temporary files (ie. files with a tilde at the end: temp.txt~) [CODE]#!/usr/bin/ruby system("rm *~") if File::exists?( "*~" );[/CODE] but that literally looks for files named [B]*~[/B]. I tried something like this: [CODE]#!/usr/bin/ruby if File::exists?( /\w*~/ ) puts "Temp exists\n"; else puts "Temp …

hi everyone, back after long time with another query, can anybody tell me how to use [B][U]syncml [/U][/B]in my application,please help me out if somebody knows,its really urgent for me. thanx all regards

I am an elementary user of ruby,i meet a problem about ruby curses. source code as follow: require "curses" include Curses init_screen begin crmode echo ch = getstr #problem occurred here noecho ensure close_screen end I input some 2-byte-word (like chinese word) from the keyboard,but the screen do not show …

:( Hi all good friends, I quite new to RoR on Fedora 7, I have set up and configure to run my RoR project running on the Server, locally already and it works well but I don't know how to configure it to have my client running the project through …

Hi all,:icon_exclaim: Refer to the term of commenting, does it has the comment generator for Ruby to generate the comments that we had comment on our classes, method or parameter like phpDoc or ScriptDoc for script. I'm very glad for those who can tell me about this staff. :) Regards, …

Is it just me or does it looks like Ruby on Rails is dying so fast on Hotscripts.com? I go to that sites forums almost daily and visit the scripts sections every now and then but I couldnt help be noticed each time I visit that section, its not as …

can anybody help me in uploading mpeg files.i did image uploading using rmagik and it works quite well but now i want to upload video files,so can i get some clue or may be full code if possible.... thanx guys.

Hi friends Again I have one real Lever.Please help me to lift it. can anybody tell how to work with tagcloud .I did a lot of search but i could not get fruit.Thanx

Hello, everyone. This is the first time I encounter Ruby Programming Language. Can anyone please explain briefly what is Ruby. From the information that I read in the Internet, Ruby is a fully object oriented language with combination of Perl and Small Talk. Anyhow, I m still confuse of what …

can we have more than 2 arguments in send query statement . for eg: Cli::send(@session, "reload,yes", "")