Session data is not saved in the session file although file created (using :p_store)

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Hi all,

I am new to Rails. I want to test some things with sessions. But I simply cannot make them work. I am using this in the environment.rb file:

config.action_controller.session_store = :p_store config.action_controller.session = {     :tmpdir => "#{RAILS_ROOT}/tmp/sessions/",     :session_key => '_tests_session',     :secret => 'f23e19a920da3ccb0a128f24d97a85e36618b7e6dc920167febe16f24ca89462d5bf83598d87d2d842c1fd273bb7df98b23ee6291c8fe6bfe8fdcf973929b645' }

The file "ruby_sess.d38fcbeda549de99" is created in my "#{RAILS_ROOT}/ tmp/sessions/" directory.

In one controller I have the following code:

class SecController < ApplicationController   def sec       session[:greeting] = "Hello world!"   end end

and in a View:

<html>     <body>         <p>Session: <%= session[:greeting] %></p>     </body> </html>

....but on the web page I only find "Session:" written. I opened the session file and the "Hello World!" string was neither there.

If I create an application with InstantRails, everything works OK. I see the strings that I pus in the session on the view page and in the sesion file in the /tmp/sessions directory. I tried to compare the two applications (the one I created the one created inside InstantRails and modified by me to use the p_store). Except the versions, I saw no other differences.

What am I missing? Is there a switch somewhere?

(I have the latest stable versions of ruby, gems and rails)

Thanks!