Rails shared sessions with activerecord

Question

I\'m currently using the default cookies as my single sign on (SSO) but some users are getting strange errors after I push an update. I\'m considering moving to active recor

Answer 1

Rails most certainly does support database session storage.

In config/environment.rb, uncomment

# config.action_controller.session_store = :active_record_store

Examining \actionpack-2.2.2\lib\action_controller\session\active_record_store.rb shows that CGI::Session::ActiveRecordStore::Session inherits from ActiveRecord::Base.

So at the end of config/environment.rb, you should be able to say

CGI::Session::ActiveRecordStore::Session.establish_connection(
                              :adapter => "mysql",
                              :host => "otherserver",
                              :username => "session_user",
                              :password => "123ABC",
                              :database => "sessions")

or

CGI::Session::ActiveRecordStore::Session.establish_connection(:sessions)

to use a connect defined in config/database.yml

---

For example, add to config/database.yml:

 sessions_development:
   adapter: mysql
   host: otherserver
   username: sessions_user
   password: 123ABC
   database: sessions

Add to the end of config/environment.rb

 CGI::Session::ActiveRecordStore::Session.establish_connection("sessions_#{RAILS_ENV}")