November 2009 – Page 5 – Josh Software

pidgin install and update pidgin messenger on ubuntu interpid

November 15, 2009April 16, 2010 by sandipransing, posted in General

Fresh pidgin Installation sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install pidginEarlier versions of pidgin has problem in connecting yahoo messenger which is solved in newer versions.In order to update old version of pidgin, simply follow instructions written below and you are done.New version provides video and voice chat, also buddy icon improvements are added.Add GPG key … Continue reading pidgin install and update pidgin messenger on ubuntu interpid

How to remove extra spaces in ruby strings

November 13, 2009April 16, 2010 by sandipransing, posted in Ruby

In ruby, one can write multiple codes to remove multiple blank spaces inside strings (sentenses) "Write your string here ".squeeze.strip"This is my input string ".gsub(/ +/, ' ')"Write your string … Continue reading How to remove extra spaces in ruby strings

Manual active record db connection in ruby using mysql adapter

November 12, 2009April 16, 2010 by sandipransing, posted in Ruby on Rails

Here is the code to make manual connection with database require 'active_record'ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection( :adapter => "mysql", :host => "localhost", :username => "root", :password => "abcd", :database => "funonrails" )Load database configurations from yml file dbconfig = YAML::load(File.open('database.yml'))ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection( dbconfig )