From: Xeno Campanoli <xcampanoli@...>
Date: 2008-07-18T13:33:07+09:00
Subject: Re: CGI anomaly associated with access to a Rails Active Record outside of rails...

Xeno Campanoli wrote:
Followup on this, though instantiation / object variables initiated in 
the constructor failed at lower levels, a class variable from the base 
does fine all the time.

> So, I'm not sure I will have the energy to do other than just mention 
> this with barely specific details, and I already understand that this 
> kind of thing is expected to be a little ticklish at this time, but...
> 
> 1.    I'm using a non-mod_ruby application for internal services which 
> also accesses data from a Rails app through a call to active_record, all 
> of which mostly seems to work.
> 
> 2.    I tried, for organizational purposes, embedding the include .rb 
> file that includes cgi for my app inside an include file which is inside 
> another include file, which was one more such level lower than before. 
> This caused the Query strings stuff to no longer be available to me in 
> my $CGIo object I was making.  I tried a number of variations, but the 
> two common things that fixed it were either taking out the active record 
> connection call, or moving the include file that instantiates $CGIo = 
> cgi.new to at least one level less deep.
> 
> So, I guess I'm only including this for now for use by the devs and 
> warning to the group.  For all I know I'm the only one foolhardy enough 
> to be doing this kind of thing at this time, but still, it may be 
> interesting.
> 
> Best wishes.
> 
> Sincerely, Xeno
> xc
>