# Syntax of session's updated\_at field? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 12, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syntax-of-sessions-updated-at-field/196594 "2008-02-12T18:18:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S-gw)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syntax-of-sessions-updated-at-field/196594/1 "2008-02-12T18:18:47Z")
What’s the syntax to acquire the updated\_at value of a session stored in a db? session.updated\_at doesn’t work. can’t find any docs on this. – gw ---
**Author:** ![S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S-gw)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syntax-of-sessions-updated-at-field/196594/2 "2008-02-12T18:37:14Z")
On 12 Feb 2008, at 17:06, Greg W. wrote: > What’s the syntax to acquire the updated\_at value of a session stored > in a db? > > session.updated\_at doesn’t work. can’t find any docs on this. I think you might just have to do it by hand - the session object is what you get from unmarshaling the blob of data from one column of the session table - the rest of the session table doesn’t make it past that level. You do get session.session\_id to assist you with that. Fred ---
**Author:** ![S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S-gw)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syntax-of-sessions-updated-at-field/196594/3 "2008-02-12T18:47:18Z")
On Feb 12, 2008, at 9:36 AM, Frederick C. wrote: > it past that level. > You do get session.session\_id to assist you with that. Odd that updated\_at wouldn’t be included, but OK, I can make my own session object interface then. Thanks. – gw ---
**Author:** ![S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S-gw)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syntax-of-sessions-updated-at-field/196594/4 "2008-02-14T03:03:40Z")
On 12 Feb 2008, at 17:46, Greg W. wrote: > > I think you might just have to do it by hand - the session object > > is what you get from unmarshaling the blob of data from one column > > of the session table - the rest of the session table doesn’t make > > it past that level. > > You do get session.session\_id to assist you with that. > > Odd that updated\_at wouldn’t be included, but OK, I can make my own > session object interface then. Thanks. > Turns out i was wrong, saw this today from jeremy: ---
**Author:** ![S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S-gw)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syntax-of-sessions-updated-at-field/196594/5 "2008-02-14T05:08:32Z")
On Feb 13, 2008, at 6:02 PM, Frederick C. wrote: > > > is what you get from unmarshaling the blob of data from one column > > > of the session table - the rest of the session table doesn’t make > > > it past that level. > > > You do get session.session\_id to assist you with that. > > > > Odd that updated\_at wouldn’t be included, but OK, I can make my own > > session object interface then. Thanks. > Turns out i was wrong, saw this today from jeremy: > > > You can use session.model to get at the underlying session record. > > > > You can even reopen CGI::Session::ActiveRecordStore::Session to add > > associations if you like. Yeah, I just spotted the long version in The Rails Way last night, but .model is even better: session.model.updated\_at gives me exactly what I wanted. 🙂 – gw