So it was ME! :) Thanks a lot Mauricio. As usual, it was so much simpler than I thought. Works like a charm.
Thanks! Pepe On May 31, 5:17 pm, Maurício Linhares <mauricio.linha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here's how it would look like: > > class YourModel < ActiveRecord::Base > establish_connection :ube > end > > - > Maurício Linhareshttp://alinhavado.wordpress.com/(pt-br) > |http://blog.codevader.com/(en) > > On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 5:45 PM, pepe <p...@betterrpg.com> wrote: > > > Thanks Maurício, > > > For that extra table I used either > > ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection( :ube ) in the model, with the > > following in database.yml: > > ube: > > adapter: mysql > > database: ube > > user: root > > > or > > > ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection( > > :adapter => 'mysql', > > :database => 'ube', > > :user => 'my_user' ) > > in the model and no :ube declaration in database.yml > > > As I understand using 'establish_connection' by itself would connect > > me to the 'current' DB, wouldn't it? > > > Thanks. > > > Pepe > > > On May 31, 11:59 am, Maurício Linhares <mauricio.linha...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> Stupid question, did you do: "ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection" > >> or did you just call "establish_connection" in your model? > > >> As you might imagine right now, calling > >> "ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection" is very different than > >> calling establish_connection in the model you want to connect to > >> another database. > > >> - > >> Maurício Linhareshttp://alinhavado.wordpress.com/(pt-br) > >> |http://blog.codevader.com/(en) > > >> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:17 AM, pepe <p...@betterrpg.com> wrote: > > >> > Hello, > > >> > I have been wrestling for a couple of days trying to make my > >> > application work with 2 different databases simultaneously. Finally > >> > got it running but I am a bit disappointed at what I needed to do in > >> > order to make it work. I have a couple case scenarios: > > >> > First case scenario: > >> > MySQL A: 6 tables > >> > MySQL B: 1 table > > >> > Following instructions from the AWDWR book and any other source of > >> > information I've read I add an > >> > **ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection()** declaration in the model > >> > for the table in MySQL B. > > >> > Seems simple, but did not work. I tried adding the connection > >> > parameters inside the model and also using a symbol to reference a > >> > 'database.yml' entry. Nothing. > > >> > Finally, when I was getting ready to ask for help I had the idea that > >> > made it work. I added **self.table_name = 'my_db.my_table_name'** in > >> > every model (including the main DB, named 'A' in this example) and > >> > everything started working. > > >> > Second case scenario: > >> > MySQL: 6 tables > >> > Oracle: 1 table > > >> > Same as above but in addition to adding the **self.table_name** stuff > >> > I needed to add in every table of the main (MySQL) DB an > >> > **ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection()** declaration pointing to > >> > either 'development', 'test' or 'production', depending on which DB I > >> > was using. > > >> > I thought that Rails would 'know' which DB to use. Am I wrong? Should > >> > I have added any type of setup value in 'environment.rb'/other place > >> > to avoid all this? > > >> > Thanks. > > >> > Pepe --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
