From: Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@...32.com>
Date: 2009-11-09T15:32:03+09:00
Subject: OT: Ruby & Sessions

Although I've been programing for 45 years, I am new to both Ruby and
web programming.

I have been reading the Ruby on Rails book and I'm totally lost about
session data.

I understand that each request is stateless.

Can any recommend an overview of GET/POST, cookies, sessions, etc.,
and how Ruby on Rails interacts with all of this?

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How does a huge website (e.g. Amazon) maintain session data?  Where
does it keep the user/session-specific data?  Does it make sense to
somehow tie the session data to a user name/id/password?

I'm so confused.