From: ahoward <ahoward@...>
Date: 2003-01-22T08:58:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie Q: do i need PStore for this or something else ?

On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Vandemoortele Simon wrote:

> _Background info:_
> I am writing my very first CGI app in ruby: it's a dynamic photo-album
> (yes, i know it's been done before, but how is one supposed to learn ?).
>
> _Question:_
> I can't seem to decide under what format I should save my photo-album and
> could use some pointers.
>
> _Detail:_
> The album consists of different *sections*, each containing a description
> and *pages*. Every page contains the names of the pictures it shows,
> descriptions for the pictures and the name of the layout template used.
>
> _Solutions:_
<snip>
> - PStore
>   Not really sure how it works (limited info available).
<snip>

since your application is a cgi, requires a database, requires session
management, and should be easy to code i'd look at using my
CGI::Session::Pstore module from

  http://www.ruby-lang.org/raa/list.rhtml?name=cgi-sess-pstore

it's really easy to use.

some examples are at

  http://eli/ruby/class/0/presentation/slide.cgi?n=14
  http://eli/ruby/class/0/presentation/slide.cgi?n=14
  http://eli/ruby/class/0/cgi/session/pstore.cgi

-a

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