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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

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  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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  2. I wouldn't have thought, but... by msmercenary · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... there are days when it's actually a good thing to be among the 6% of males that are color-blind. Today is one such day.

  3. Awesome, but can it run on an Intel Mac? by Kelson · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've been trying to set up a new web server running in a VMWare instance of Fedora Core 5 on Windows XP Home booting on an Intel Mac. Anyone know if SQL on Rails is compatible with this setup?

    1. Re:Awesome, but can it run on an Intel Mac? by tb3 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Geez! Are you the guy that keeps asking this same question every 5 minutes on #sqlonrails? RTMFM already!

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  4. Stop Visiting SQLonRails.org by dduardo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm trying to download the development files and you're all slowing me down.

  5. Re:The only SQL you really need by Xavic · · Score: 4, Funny

    You have an error in your sql near ';'

  6. OMG RAILS iS TEh SUK by bitt3n · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hate rails. Rails caused the demise of the Pony Express!1

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  7. 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.