counting sessions

Nick,

   > how can i count sessions??    > Like ex. 50 users logged on

Have a look at the Beast project code:

       http://svn.techno-weenie.net/projects/beast/   Parked at Loopia

Usage (in view)     ...     Guests online: <%= Session.active_count %>     ...    Implementation:      file: model/session.rb   Session = CGI::Session::ActiveRecordStore::Session   Session.class_eval do     def self.active_count       count(:all, :conditions => ["updated_at > ?", Time.now.utc-5.minutes])     end   end

! it requires you store sessions in the db :

=> in environment.rb, uncomment:     ...     config.action_controller.session_store = :active_record_store     ...

Alain