On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 8:40 PM, Len Sumnler <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> The book seems to suggest that development should be done using sqlite3 > and that the testing and/or production can be switched to some other > database. Now it does not say you have to do it this way and even gives > instructions to setup your initial development using MySql. > > My question is - is this how most people/organizations do it or do they > just use the same database from development through production. I don't know about "most" but my preference is to use the same DB all the way through. Sometime's it not practical, so... > I would think using different databases could lead to errors due to > database quarks in the your coded application. Yep, it happens. At the least you should have a staging server with an environment identical to production for your final testing. FWIW, -- Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroe...@gmail.com twitter: @hassan -- 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-t...@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.