From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@...>
Date: 2004-12-21T20:03:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Rails-Tutorial

* Sarah Tanembaum <sarahtanembaum@yahoo.com> [1237 12:37]:
> Tim Bates wrote:
> >The tutorial is out-of-date. The development database is only required 
> >for Rails versions 0.9 and later.

> Is there any recent tutorials? One other question is, what would be 
> better database to use with ruby in term of support and active 
> development -- MySQL or PostgreSQL?
> 
> I know that many has manage quite easily to use MySQL with PHP. Thanks

I think 99% of the net reads 'sql' as 'mysql', so if you are putting a 
database together then probably try that. Just because you'll find more
howtos for it, etc.

Plus DHH hearts mysql <g>, so I'd expect a mysql backend to cause less
headaches for those who just want to follow a tutorial. I'm very glad I
don't have to, since DHH is trying to accomodate as many backends as is
practical. If I'd written rails, I'd like to think I'd be as flexible as
he's been.


If you have problems with a lot of mysqls warts (as I and many others do)
and already run postgresql for other apps (as I and many others do)
then that is a good choice, and seems to work well in my experience so
far.

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