# Jump-starting a database application

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jump-starting-a-database-application/143523>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 19, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jump-starting-a-database-application/143523 "2008-07-19T23:06:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![seatown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@seatown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seatown)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jump-starting-a-database-application/143523/1 "2008-07-19T23:06:01Z")

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Hi,

I’m fairly new to RoR development, and  
I realize that RoR already does a lot to help one get a database  
application up and running but I was wondering if there other modules I  
should be aware of.

At this point the app I am developing is very simple - it is essentially  
a glorified (single) table editor. However, I have the need to do the  
following:

- select multiple rows returned from a search query
- perform an action on multiple rows
- perform generalized editing on multiple rows

As an example of the last item, once the user has selected a group of  
rows I need to allow them to select which columns they want to change  
and what values to change them to.

It seems like these features would be common to a lot of database  
applications, so I’m wondering if I should continue to implement these  
features myself or if there is another RoR module/framework which I  
should look at.

Thanks,  
Erik

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**Author:** ![seatown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@seatown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seatown)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jump-starting-a-database-application/143523/2 "2008-07-21T15:00:07Z")

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Erik R. wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I’m fairly new to RoR development, and  
> I realize that RoR already does a lot to help one get a database  
> application up and running but I was wondering if there other modules I  
> should be aware of.
> 
> At this point the app I am developing is very simple - it is essentially  
> a glorified (single) table editor. However, I have the need to do the  
> following:
> 
> - select multiple rows returned from a search query
> - perform an action on multiple rows
> - perform generalized editing on multiple rows
> 
> As an example of the last item, once the user has selected a group of  
> rows I need to allow them to select which columns they want to change  
> and what values to change them to.
> 
> It seems like these features would be common to a lot of database  
> applications, so I’m wondering if I should continue to implement these  
> features myself or if there is another RoR module/framework which I  
> should look at.
> 
> Thanks,  
> Erik

On another rails forum I got the suggestion to check out the  
“Streamlined”  
framework at [streamlinedframework.org](http://streamlinedframework.org)

Erik

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**Author:** ![seatown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@seatown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seatown)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jump-starting-a-database-application/143523/3 "2008-07-21T15:47:25Z")

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On Jul 21, 2:00 pm, Erik R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Erik R. wrote:

> On another rails forum I got the suggestion to check out the  
> “Streamlined”  
> framework at [streamlinedframework.org](http://streamlinedframework.org)

activescaffold is also worth a look.

Fred