does anyone have any recommendations for a ruby toolkit that i could use to read pdf's and office documents? I'm trying to build an indexer, and while i can...
... Yeah... Austin Ziegler's been talking about impementing a PDF::Reader for a while, but I don't think he has. There's always iText for Java! Office.. if on...
That was one of the things that I looked at, but I am unable to find any methods or documentation in there that deals with anything other than creating pdf's...
OReilly has released the Ruby Cookbook as a PDF file for $25.00. With the help of a little Google love, I was able to find a discount code: DSUG You can get...
Hello all - Just a reminder that we're meeting this Wednesday at the FGM headquarters; Paul Stadig will give a presentation on connecting Ruby to Java with...
I am having a problem with ActiveRecord running a lot of queries that seem un-necessary in a parent-child relationship. So I have two ActiveRecord objects,...
It may not be the problem, but have you tried using just Product.find ? (The id is implicit.) Also, is there a reason you can't keep the product in a local...
Try this: @product = Product.find(1, :inlcude => :details) This will also retrieve all of the information you are looking for in one query. If that doesn't...
If you are going to RubyConf 2006, please email me. I had a blast at last years Ruby Conference. We lived and breathed Ruby from 8am to 2am - three days in a...
Group, Harvard Group has been contracted by AARP to put together a team to build a"bleeding edge" website for their 35 million members. The technologies they...
Does anyone from this list know Derek? I am a bit skeptical because he is from Georgia submitting to a VA mailing list. If Derek is legitimate, I would imagine...
I and we are legitimate. I would be happy to share more information with those who have an interest. This is an exciting project with a very well known and...
they are currently trying to staff a project for aarp, but, fair warning they've not yet selected RoR as a platform, and they're got some fairly screwey ideas...
Carl, I have communicated with Derek via email. He is indeed based in Georgia but the project is in DC, hence the posting to this user group. ... to build ... ...
Sorry for doubting you. You just never can tell how the next spammer will be getting new "live" email addresses :-) I would be happy to hear more about your...
This email list is mostly moderated (especially for new signups until they post something relevant). We should stay pretty spam-free. I had talked to Derek...
I don't know him, but I am from Georgia. I spend half my time in Baltimore and other half in Georgia (Athens, to be specific). Ruby user groups are still...
The NovaRUG is proud to host Stu Halloway on Wednesday, September 27. Stu will be presenting Streamlined <http://streamlinedframework.org/>, "a framework for...
... Nice! I imagine turnout for this could be fairly large. As someone that hasn't attended a novarug event before is there any need to register beforehand? ...
I was just cheking our group stats, and we have over 100 people on the mailing list without noticing! We have 112 people on the list now. I like the group...
At Tom Copeland's suggestion (in his defense we haven't met, yet), I would like to share an opportunity with the Ruby User Group of Northern Virginia. About...