== SmartSessionStore A session store that avoids the pitfalls usually associated with concurrent access to the session (see http://www.texperts.com/2007/05/01/race-conditions-in-rails-sessions-and-how-to-fix-them/) Derived from SqlSessionStore, see http://railsexpress.de/blog/articles/2005/12/19/roll-your-own-sql-session-store == Step 1 Generate your sessions table using rake db:sessions:create == Step 2 Add the code below in an initializer ActionController::Base.session_store = :smart_session_store Finally, depending on your database type, add SmartSessionStore.session_class = MysqlSession or SmartSessionStore.session_class = PostgresqlSession or SmartSessionStore.session_class = SqliteSession after the initializer section in environment.rb == Step 3 (optional) If you want to use a database separate from your default one to store your sessions, specify a configuration in your database.yml file (say sessions), and establish the connection on SqlSession in environment.rb: SqlSession.establish_connection :sessions == Testing To run tests with a certain database, set the DATABASE attribute. You may need to configure the database.yml or your database server. For example: rake test # defaults to mysql rake test DATABASE=postgresql == IMPORTANT NOTES 1. You will need the binary drivers for Mysql or Postgresql. These have been verified to work: * ruby-postgres (0.7.1.2005.12.21) with PostgreSQL 8.1 * postgres (0.7.9.2008.01.28) with PostgreSQL 8.3 * pg (0.7.9.2008.10.13) with PostgreSQL 8.3 * ruby-mysql 2.7.1 with Mysql 4.1 * ruby-mysql 2.7.2 with Mysql 5.0 2. Tests have been done with SqlLiteSession, SqlSession, PostgresqlSession and MysqlSession. Feedback would be very much appreciated.