From: "John-Mason P. Shackelford" Date: 2006-05-27T03:32:29+09:00 Subject: Re: Mongrel "loopback"l request Unless I misunderstand the source--or unless it is lying or has changed recently--rails *IS* thread safe though a rails application may not be. See: //root/trunk/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb lines 257-261 > # Controls whether the application is thread-safe, so multi-threaded servers like WEBrick know whether to apply a mutex > # around the performance of each action. Action Pack and Active Record are by default > thread-safe, but many applications > # may not be. Turned off by default. > @@allow_concurrency = false > cattr_accessor :allow_concurrency -- John-Mason Shackelford Software Developer Pearson Educational Measurement 2510 North Dodge St. Iowa City, IA 52245 ph. 319-354-9200x6214 john-mason.shackelford@pearson.com http://pearsonedmeasurement.com