Possible to add request IP column in session table ??

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Is there a way to add a column in the session table (using MySQL) to record the requester's IP address?

Or possibly extend the session code to write to another table or log file that I could use to correlate session and requester IP address.

I need this short term for a debugging task.

-- gw

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The easiest way may be to add a "before_filter",

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base

  before_filter :save_request_ip

  def save_request_ip     session[:request_ip] = request.remote_ip   end   protected :save_request_ip

  # :   # :   # rest of your ApplicationController code   # :   # :

end

Then read back the value from session[:request_ip] as needed.

The requester's IP may change from request to request, if they have IP's assigned dynamically, for example. Not quite clear how this would be a "short term debugging requirement". Also may require browser has "cookies enabled", depending on what you're up to.

Stephan