i m not able to connect to database
does mean what? you have a sqlite up and running and it can't connect? what errors do you get? did you create the database? what name did you give it?
what OS do you use? maybe you have to install the sqlite3-ruby?
or do you want to use another database, eg mysql?
I have installed ruby-186-26 I am trying to connect it to mysql .should I use sqlite as database?how can i do it? what should i do ?
Mania Suri wrote:
I have installed ruby-186-26 I am trying to connect it to mysql .should I use sqlite as database?how can i do it? what should i do ?
nope, mysql is fine sqlite is just the default option, you could use it if you want but that's not mandatory (we use mysql here all the time)
use a setup in database.yml like this:
development: adapter: mysql database: myapp_dev username: root password: test: adapter: mysql database: myapp_test username: root password: production: adapter: mysql database: myapp_production username: root password:
where myapp_* should match your application name (and password must be set if you use one)
after that in your application folder run: rake db:create
that will create the databases in mysql then you can run
rake db:migrate
to create the tables from your rails migrations if you have defined them yet