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SQL on Rails Launched

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the web-three-point-oh dept.

Daniel writes "Developers have created a new Rails framework for SQL, SQL on Rails. Check out the screen cast that shows you how to develop an internet search engine with three lines of code. Version 4.1 of the SQL on Rails framework is available for download on the site, and the O'Reilly title is expected to hit shelves next month." ZOMG L@@K at the kitten site it powers!@#!11

3 of 117 comments (clear)

  1. really insightful by Zugot · · Score: 4, Informative

    this has to be one of the best put together april fools jokes i have seen in a long time. i'm impressed.

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    -- Bryan
  2. This isn't exactly a joke... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've written and supported giant applications for years using SQL on Rails -- except we called it Oracle Web Server, Oracle Application Server and Oracle WebDB. Just like in the Rails screencast, you had one giant file that contained all your HTML, SQL, and dynamic code. To run the app you just imported the massive SQL file into the database, which looked like this:

    CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE hello_world IS
    begin
          htp.print('<html>');
          htp.print('<head>');
          htp.print('<title>HTP.PRINT Example...</title>');
          htp.print('</head>');
          htp.print('<body>');
          htp.print('<h1>Hello, World!<h1>');
          htp.print('</body>');
          htp.print('</html>');
    end;

    This technology was sold as the premier way to write web apps for many years. Universities taught CS students to code with this, consultants in dark suits charged $150+ an hour to develop with it, and corporate clients paid tens of thousands of dollars per instance. I sincerely wish I was joking.

  3. The screencast was funny by HvitRavn · · Score: 2, Informative

    The screencast is probably the funniest thing I've seen all day. It has lots of amusing little details that made me smile. This mirror seems pretty fast: http://screencast17.sqlonrails.org/video/screencas t2_lq.mov