From: Joel VanderWerf <joelvanderwerf@...>
Date: 2010-07-14T00:44:16+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby & flash

Ce Vau wrote:
> Hello there.
> we do have a problem with a ruby site we are forced to maintain but have
> absolutely no experience nor knowledge about the framework and the
> service structures. I'd really appreciate some patience here, because
> the infos I'm going to publish are going to be incomplete, nevertheless
> some advise would be much appreciated!
> We are talking about one website on a linux (CentOS 5) server
> administered with plesk 8. There's ruby 1.8.5-5.el5_2.6 installed.
> 
> Now, the whole frontend is flash with hundreds of as-classes dealing
> with the variables and the db-connections - i guess. The task is quite a
> simple one:
> . we need to extend one table in the db (mysql) and the corresponding
> select field in the backend - done
> . that value is to be saved via the backend in the db - done.
> . the as-files are to be extended accordingly to define the very new
> values passed from the db - done.
> 
> Problem: The flash-frontend doesn't output the new strings - a blank
> output is shown. Like we never updated the actionscript-files. Even
> after a restart of the apache service!
> 
> My guess is, that files are being cached or mirrored in a way.
> 
> Anyone any idea what to do, where to start?
> 
> Thank you!
> Andro

I'll ask a dumb question: did you rebuild the .swf after changing the 
.as files?

How is the AS code talking to the database? If it's just getting some 
url, then what happens if you use curl or wget on that url?