From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2010-09-07T00:46:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Read cookie

On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 12:14:35AM +0900, Pål Bergström wrote:
> If you understand what I'm trying to do, do you think the use of 
> Mechanize is a good or bad idea? Is it better to use the instance 
> variable to send the variable from controller to the model?

Mechanize is a HTTP *client* - a programmable web browser if you like.

Rails is a HTTP *server*.

You wouldn't use Mechanize in a Rails app, unless your Rails app was in turn
connecting to a different web server and pulling information from that.

If you connected to your own web server using Mechanize, the web server
would see it as a new client, distinct from all your other clients, and
probably generate a new cookie for it.