method

session_store=

rails latest stable - Class: ActionController::SessionManagement::ClassMethods

session_store=(store)

public

Set the session store to be used for keeping the session data between requests. By default, sessions are stored in browser cookies (:cookie_store), but you can also specify one of the other included stores (:active_record_store, :mem_cache_store, or your own custom class.

# File actionpack/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb, line 14
      def session_store=(store)
        if store == :active_record_store
          self.session_store = ActiveRecord::SessionStore
        else
          @@session_store = store.is_a?(Symbol) ?
            Session.const_get(store.to_s.camelize) :
            store
        end
      end

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Using memcached as a session store

mutru · Jun 18, 20088 thanks

Because of Ruby's CGI library limitations, +store+ cannot have any configuration options. Basically this means that you cannot easily run memcached on a different port (or with any non-default settings for that matter).

You can bypass this limitation with this ugly hack (environment.rb):

cache_params = *([memcache_servers, memcache_options].flatten)
CACHE = MemCache.new(*cache_params)
ActionController::CgiRequest::DEFAULT_SESSION_OPTIONS.merge!({ 'cache' => CACHE })

In your initializer block, just configure session_store normally:

config.session_store = :mem_cache_store

I think this should be fixed to work like +cache_store=+ does.

session_store=

Method deprecated or moved

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Using memcached as a session store

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