[Rails] Re: one rails, multiple DBs

Marcelo Barbudas wrote: Hi. I'm in a situation where I have to provide a hosted Rails App solution. I'm running Apache with passenger in the backend. What is the proper way to change the DB depending on the subdomain? Should I use data_fabric? Generally, you don't need a separate DB for

[Rails] Re: one rails, multiple DBs

Hi, Generally, you don't need a separate DB for each subdomain.  One big DB is usually better. It's a high volume app, that's written as a standalone service. Extending it as a hosted solution and keeping updates nice is a big part of what the project is about. -- Cheers, M. -- You received

[Rails] Re: one rails, multiple DBs

Marcelo Barbudas wrote: Hi, Generally, you don't need a separate DB for each subdomain. �One big DB is usually better. It's a high volume app, that's written as a standalone service. Extending it as a hosted solution and keeping updates nice is a big part of what the project is about.

[Rails] Re: one rails, multiple DBs

Hi. It's a high volume app, that's written as a standalone service. Extending it as a hosted solution and keeping updates nice is a big part of what the project is about. And all of that would be easier with one big DB, at least as far as you've described. You are right, it would

[Rails] Re: one rails, multiple DBs

DataMapper out of the box will let you use multiple databases, although these need to be known at app boot time. For ActiveRecord, this article might lead you somewhere: http://tomayko.com/writings/rails-multiple-connections Nathan On Feb 10, 1:34 pm, Marcelo Barbudas nos...@gmail.com wrote: