hi! after reading/viewing few tutorials on ruby/ror, i''m about to start on my first ror project (and oop for that matter as I come from a procedural based language) i''d like to do away from storing the data in a regular database, but instead use xml to store the data. if it were on a database, i will have a header-detail type link between just two tables. the xml file will be in the same location as the ror app, may be inside /db. when the site is visited the first time, the application will load the xml file and will display and format the data. It will also "lock" the xml file to prevent other from making updates. May I ask for tips, recommendations on how to best approach this project? What classes/objects would you be defining in this scenario? thanks! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
An XML file based application is not very close to what Rails was made for. Yes, you can use Rails without a database, but that''s a terrible way to learn rails (and oop). I would suggest doing things the normal way for your first rails project, and then moving on to something more difficult after that. You''ll have one hell of a time finding resources to help you when you''re stuck if you''re doing things so differently than everybody else. Just my 2 cents. Mike Bench Warmer wrote:> hi! > > after reading/viewing few tutorials on ruby/ror, i''m about to start on > my first ror project (and oop for that matter as I come from a > procedural based language) > > i''d like to do away from storing the data in a regular database, but > instead use xml to store the data. > > if it were on a database, i will have a header-detail type link between > just two tables. > > the xml file will be in the same location as the ror app, may be inside > /db. when the site is visited the first time, the application will load > the xml file and will display and format the data. It will also "lock" > the xml file to prevent other from making updates. > > May I ask for tips, recommendations on how to best approach this > project? What classes/objects would you be defining in this scenario? > > thanks!-- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Bench Warmer wrote:> i''d like to do away from storing the data in a regular database, but > instead use xml to store the data. >this sounds like you should be playing with Datamapper and Merb http://datamapper.org/ http://mtnwestrubyconf2008.confreaks.com/04katz.html it can work with SQL databases, it can work with YAML files, if you want to put the work in, you can make it so that it''ll work with XML files. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---