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i found some questions and answers on mailing lists but there is still a problem - when i want to create new worker from within a worker - ::BackgrounDRb::MiddleMan.new_worker(:class => :second_worker, :args => {:id=>2, :text=>"slave"}) works but when i want to get reference to that object: ::BackgrounDRb::MiddleMan.worker(@second) yields: NoMethodError: undefined

...definition version id might have to be an instance slot. One possible simple-minded implementation is to force a slot with some mangled name like '.class_def_version_string'. But perhaps there is a more elegant approach. One more question: Is there a convenient way to introspect an _instance_? The slotNames() method seems to get data from the class definition and doesn't report the right info for an instance that is out of date w.r.t. to the current class defn (i.e., was deserialized after a class defn update). Thanks for listening. + seth

I''m new to RoR and have used PHP. I want to develop a personal organizer that allows me to add lists (tables) and search them. The ActiveRecord concept seems to allow me to set up something that works with an existing table, but I want the ability to add tables without programming. I know how to do this in PHP and I can put the SQL into queries in RoR, but does ActiveRecord let

I''ve just begin using rspec stories, and i m encountering some problems. In my application i have different subdomains in which specific users can log in, for example an admin will go to admin.myapp.com/authenticate/login, and an user belonging to a specific company will log in company.myapp.com/authenticate/login, and of course both have a different login process. To perform some