the SHARED_DATABASE_URL is set because all apps on Heroku come with a share database. It is not used by itself. The DATABASE_URL is the URL used by all tools.
You can ignore the SHARED_DATABASE_URL in this case. ORen On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Wes Gamble <we...@att.net> wrote: > I have a Heroku Rails app. that I wanted to point to another DB (used by > a different Heroku app.), so I forced it's DATABASE_URL to a specific value > (I am aware that Heroku _officially_ doesn't guarantee that that > DATABASE_URL changes out from under the app.). > > This app. has a SHARED_DATABASE_URL value that is different from the value > for DATABASE_URL. > > I notice that when I use the "pgbackups" add-on to do a backup, the > DATABASE_URL is getting backed up, which is what I want. > > 1) Does the SHARED_DATABASE_URL actually matter if my DATABASE_URL value is > different? > > 2) Should I force the SHARED_DATABASE_URL value to be the same as my > DATABASE_URL value? > > 3) Why does pgbackups back up the DATABASE_URL instead of the > SHARED_DATABASE_URL? > > Thanks, > Wes > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Heroku" group. > To post to this group, send email to heroku@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > heroku+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<heroku%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heroku" group. To post to this group, send email to heroku@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to heroku+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en.
