Rhubarb wrote: > Hi > I want to write a simple Rails app that gets a list (of TFS Workitems) > using a > Web Service and presents it on a web page to users. > > I would like to: > * try and avoid using a DB (for simplicity)
In many cases, using a DB makes things simpler. > * have a free text search > * filter and sort the list > * user login > * different users see different subsets of list data > * maintain a complete copy of the list in my app. Update regularly by > calling > WS for latest changes. > * keep things simple as I am a noob > > so my questions are: > 1) how should I store my data (DB, XML file? etc). If DB - which? Probably a DB will be easiest. I recommend PostgreSQL. > 2) how should I do the regular update. Rake,CRON etc There are many possibilities; I'll let folx who are more familiar with them address that question. > 3) based on storage choice, how do I do free text search. I have read > about > ferret and sphynx. Do they require DBs? I think so, but honestly, you'll want a DB anyway for this project. > > thanks for any suggestions > Rhubarb Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- 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 [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
