how do I set my database to production ?

rubyonrails-talk
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I know how to set the paswords and database names in database.yml, but I haven't found in my book where do I set rails to use the production database ? What will be different once I do that ? Is prod more secure and there is less logging ? It allways uses the dev database at the moment.

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When you start your server use a -e production i.e.

ruby script/server -e production

Cam

3

I have a site hostingrails.com, I never start the server there. I'm not sure how I would do it and I don't recall seeing it in their docs. I figured I must have read something on this and forgotten it, but the method you mention I don't ever recall reading and I have a whole bunch of books ...

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Hi, you'll need to do the following:

1) uncomment the following in <path_to_rails_app>/config/environment.rb

     ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= 'production'

2) set the required fields in your <path_to_rails_app>/config/database.yml

Good luck,

-Conrad