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An = is represented by =3D in the log file. I got confused by the leading 3D which is not part...
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I followed this nice guide Connecting to MSSQL with Ruby on Ubuntu - lambie.org until I ran in the following errors...
This is one possibility to do this. There are other and maybe even better ways to do this.
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Nice article to educate your non-geek girlfriend/boyfriend about the joys of programming.
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Install libreadline: sudo apt-get install libreadline-dev Reinstall the ruby and tell rvm where to find readline
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Let's say you have two XML strings that are ordered differently but you don't care about the order...