On Jul 1, 2005, at 3:25 PM, bww00amdahl / yahoo.com wrote:

> New to Ruby and would like to the following in Ruby
>
> Read row
> save the entire row (maybe zip it).
>
>  process.....
>
>
>  Receive user changes.
>
>  reread the row for update
>  compare the row to the saved row for changes
>  if no changes update the row
>  if changes error message to user, info has changed.
>
> Thanks for your help

Not sure I understand the question.  A "row" of what?  Database table  
date, chess board pieces, pixels, or something else?

Also, what have you tried?  Where are you running into difficulties?

James Edward Gray II