[LRUG] Multiple databases, migration, integration...

[Riccardo Tacconi]

Ok Andrew,

I thought I had to configure it in each class model! But how do you use
migrations in your environment without messing up with the Mambo's tables?

Thanks again

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Andrew Stewart
<boss at airbladesoftware.com>wrote:

>
> On 8 Jan 2010, at 11:52, Riccardo Tacconi wrote:
>
>> If I use :table_name_prefix => "rails_" I suppose that a table rails_teams
>> will be defined in Rails as teams, isn't it? Otherwise I cannot see the
>> utility.
>>
>
> That's right.  In your config/environment.rb you would add:
>
>    config.active_record.table_name_prefix = 'rails_'
>
> Then your Team model would map to the table rails_teams.  Once the prefix
> is configured you forget all about it in your code.  For example, if you
> wanted to add a column later on via a migration, you would do:
>
>    add_column :teams, :name, :string
>
> ...and not `add_column :rails_teams ...`
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Andy Stewart
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