i currently have a feature on my application that requires an array
persist over multiple requests. i originally put it in a session var
and deleted it when i was done. this was great but i got to thinking
it might be better resource-wise to pass it as a paramenter. problems
arise when a redirect_to takes place. is it possible for a redirect_to
to post instead of get (it seems to not be possible according to the
docs). is there some other way or is the session approach best? thanks
in advance.
i probably didn’t explain myself well. i meant to say this…
i need to have an array that persists across multiple requests.
originally i accomplished this by storing the array in the session
until i was done with it then i deleted it. i decided that that was
slightly cumbersome and possibly not efficient resource-wise. so i
tried not storing it in the session at all but instead passing it
along as a parameter via hidden form fields and query strings (with
redirect_to) but it seems to not work well because when it’s passed as
a query string rails doesn’t recognize it as an array anymore. i was
wondering if maybe you can make redirect_to POST instead of GET cause
then it seems i could pass my array in params without having to
convert it from a string back to an array in the controller. i figure
i’m either missing something big or small or i was on the right track
originally when i used the session approach. what do you think?