Dave Smith wrote:> I''m new to this whole thing, so I thought I''d those with
experience.
> What is the best way to store and retrieve application settings?  Does
> rails have a mechanism already in place for this... something similar to
> blah.properties in java and application settings in .NET?
You can create constants in environment.rb that have data in them:
  MY_SETTINGS = {
    :master_user_id => 42,
    :foo => "bar"
  }
Now anywhere in your app you can:
  MY_SETTINGS[:master_user_id] #=> 42
If you want something more flexible and user changeable, check out my 
settings plugin:
  http://beautifulpixel.com/svn/plugins/settings/
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