Yes, you should store simply an array of ID's, not the entire objects. An ID (integer) is about 4 bytes or so from memory, so it won't be terribly much information...
---------------------------------------------- Learn: http://sensei.zenunit.com/ Last updated 20-May-09 (Rails, Basic Unix) Blog: http://random8.zenunit.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/random8r On 27/05/2009, at 6:36 PM, NAYAK wrote: > > > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Frederick Cheung <[email protected] > > wrote: > > > > On May 27, 6:45 am, NAYAK <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Your sessions (by default in cookie) needs to be moved to Active > record > > store or memcache store to fix this issue. > > > True, although storing large amounts of data in the session is rarely > a good idea. > Agreed > Fred > > For Databased sessions: > > config.action_controller.session_store = :active_record_store > > You need to create the session table as below > > rake db:sessions:create > > rake db:migrate > > > > OR > > For Memcache sessions: > > config.action_controller.session_store = :mem_cache_store > > Also you need to setup a mem cache server and configure it as below > > config.cache_store = :mem_cache_store, 'localhost', > '127.0.0.1:11211', > > {:namespace => 'myapp123'} > > > > -NAYAK > > > > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Mk 27 <rails-mailing- > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I altered a controller to use a session variable in place of an > instance > > > variable, and this happened > > > > > Status: 500 Internal Server Error > > > ActionController::Session::CookieStore::CookieOverflow > > > > > In the docs, it does say: > > > > > "If you have more than 4K of session data [...] pick another > session > > > store." > > > > > What does the phrase "pick another session store" mean? My > purpose in > > > doing this is to keep track of a list assembled by the user. If > the > > > user then chooses a sort option, I need to sort the list as it > exists. > > > AFAIK there are no other ways to doing this. I know nothing about > > > cookies; does matter how big they are? > > > > > And, of course, how can I solve my problem? > > > -- > > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > > -- > > - NAYAK > > > > > -- > - NAYAK > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
