From: Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@...>
Date: 2010-02-06T04:52:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Area Codes

Wood Yee wrote:
> Hi! TOTAL noob question here but that's what I am. I'm trying to create
> a program where I type the area code, hit enter, and see it's state. I
> have a list of codes per state and it's rather large. How's the best way
> to do this? I don't want to use a database (MySQL) for this if that's
> possible. I've tried using if statements and hashes but didn't know if
> there's a better way. I've searched for a gem that's already written but
> didn't have any luck and I've googled to see if there's source code for
> this already but couldn't find anything. Any ideas? Thanks!

Use a database (if this is a desktop application, SQLite would work 
well; if you're using JRuby, try H2).  It's the best way.  If you use 
one of the many excellent ORM libraries (ActiveRecord, Sequel, 
DataMapper...), this is quite easy.

Best,
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