[Rails] Re: ERB templates in the database

2009-07-08 Thread Kris Leech
I've been looking in to rendering safe templates recently. There are a few options I have been exploring... 1.) JRuby Sandbox - There is a recent video presentation knocking about that is worth checking (I couldn't find it via Google) 2.) Safemode http://github.com/svenfuchs/safemode/tree/mast

[Rails] Re: ERB templates in the database

2009-03-24 Thread fredd
Thanks for the replies! I am slow to respond due to vacation and stuff:) It defenently sounds like a good idea to have the model output erb- templates into the file system, I will look into that. But maybe ERB is not safe to use at all if you want the users to alter the templates on the fly (like

[Rails] Re: ERB templates in the database

2009-03-19 Thread Frederick Cheung
On Mar 18, 5:24 pm, fredd wrote: > Hi, I am currently developing a small cms in Rails. I decided recently > that I need to store both the content and the presentation template in > the database for flexibility. The system is based heavily on content > blocks and I need different templates for the

[Rails] Re: ERB templates in the database

2009-03-18 Thread Richard
I see what you are saying but question that by storing erb templates in the DB would eventually become less flexible at some point in the future?? I can see why it could and why it couldn't... Would not using partials separated into directories by namespace's not work? I guess this depends on h