From: Paul DuBois <paul@...>
Date: 2003-01-22T12:39:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie Q: do i need PStore for this or something else ?

At 8:58 +0900 1/22/03, ahoward wrote:
>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


I see code, but no documentation.  Is there any?


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