From: Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@...>
Date: 2009-11-09T20:52:05+09:00
Subject: Re: OT: Ruby & Sessions

Ralph Shnelvar wrote:
> 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?
> 
> - - -
> 
> 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.

This is a question for the Rails list.  It is off topic for the main 
Ruby list

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