From 9c605227ec14ba4217d4a9396e9986af73fa522e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Heinemeier Hansson Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 13:34:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a bit more to the session documentation on how to clear sessions git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@922 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de --- actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb index 688ab7e174..8db1a476bf 100755 --- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb +++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb @@ -96,16 +96,19 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc: # # You can place objects in the session by using the @session hash: # - # @session["person"] = Person.authenticate(user_name, password) + # @session[:person] = Person.authenticate(user_name, password) # # And retrieved again through the same hash: # - # Hello #{@session["person"]} + # Hello #{@session[:person]} # # Any object can be placed in the session (as long as it can be Marshalled). But remember that 1000 active sessions each storing a # 50kb object could lead to a 50MB memory overhead. In other words, think carefully about size and caching before resorting to the use # of the session. # + # For removing objects from the session, you can either assign a single key to nil, like @session[:person] = nil, or you can + # remove the entire session with reset_session. + # # == Responses # # Each action results in a response, which holds the headers and document to be sent to the user's browser. The actual response