From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-03-16T09:39:55+09:00
Subject: Your favorite Ruby web library?  was: Working on a CGI...

Got no replies to this one... (except one re: databases,
thanks for that).

Come on, guys. You have to write a CGI in Ruby. You don't
have root access on the box. The server is Apache. 

What tool do you use?

Thanks,
Hal


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@hypermetrics.com>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 11:44 PM
Subject: Working on a CGI...


> OK, here goes.
> 
> I'm planning to write a little CGI to manage a
> small database.
> 
> What's currently the best Ruby tool for this
> purpose?
> 
> My experience is limited to cgi.rb for the
> most part.
> 
> I don't think Borges is an option.
> 
> The server is Apache, and I'll be using a
> web provider (i.e., no root access to box).
> 
> The app is basically to associate keywords
> with images. There is a fixed set of keywords.
> 
> Display a bunch of images on the left and a
> bunch of checkboxes on the right:
> 
> (pic1)   []first  []second  []third
> (pic2)   []first  []second  []third
> (pic3)   []first  []second  []third
> 
> The boxes will be initialized based on the
> database. The user checks/unchecks any or
> all of them, then presses Save. The database
> is then updated.
> 
> Since I'll occasionally add pix to the database,
> I'll probably generate the HTML on the fly (i.e.,
> to facilitate adding keywords to a new set of
> images).
> 
> Database choice is not a big deal. I'll likely
> just use Marshal or PStore or DBM or something
> equally silly. No one will access this but me,
> so it will be strictly single-user.
> 
> Comments? All help welcome on- or off-list.
> 
> Cheers,
> Hal
> 
>