Greetings, We are considering rubyonrails to implement a forms generator. We are committed to SQLServer 2005. I''d like to use a database view as the table ROR works with. The application would allow the user to specify fields of a new table, but also include existing fields from an (say demographic) existing table. The user would enter data on the view and query the view. Has anyone played with an application like this? Many thanks, dan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060727/860a43bd/attachment.html
The wonders of Ruby will make this sort of meta-programming relatively easy versus many other programming languages. Designing your solution for you is beyond the scope of a forum response, but its definitely possible by extending AR to dynamically collect data from the meta-tables containing user-defined data + schema. Let me know if you need help with design/implementation etc. Cheers Dr Nic -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Dr Nic wrote:> The wonders of Ruby will make this sort of meta-programming relatively > easy versus many other programming languages. Designing your solution > for you is beyond the scope of a forum response, but its definitely > possible by extending AR to dynamically collect data from the > meta-tables containing user-defined data + schema. > > Let me know if you need help with design/implementation etc. > > Cheers > Dr NicThanks for the encouragement, Dr. Nic! I found a PostGreSQL article by searching on your "extending AR" comment. The other main concern of some have raised is the security of ruby web applications. I''ve read what I can find on ruby security. Is this an issue any more than other technologies? -Especially if your applications are internal to a secure network? Thx, - dan -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Dan Mullen wrote: > The other main concern of some have raised is the security of ruby web> applications. I''ve read what I can find on ruby security. Is this an > issue any more than other technologies? -Especially if your > applications are internal to a secure network?When you talk about security, are you talking about network isolation, data confidentiality, user authentication, fine-grained authorization, or all of the above? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Francis Cianfrocca wrote:> Dan Mullen wrote: > > The other main concern of some have raised is the security of ruby > web >> applications. I''ve read what I can find on ruby security. Is this an >> issue any more than other technologies? -Especially if your >> applications are internal to a secure network? > > When you talk about security, are you talking about network isolation, > data confidentiality, user authentication, fine-grained authorization, > or all of the above?All - (except maybe fine-grained authorization) - We are considering adopting ruby/rails for enterprise applications on an intranet in a medical environment. Network isolation is handled by a larger group. Data confidentiality is a high priority. Strong user authentication is important. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.