From: Michael Neumann <uu9r@...>
Date: 2003-02-01T19:46:04+09:00
Subject: Re: [newbie] ruby-dbi

Alan Chen wrote:
> that's funny, for postgres I've been using this as the connection string:
> "DBI:Pg:dbname=mydatabase;host=myhost.com"
> 
> Are these just two equivalent forms, or is the connection string DBD dependent
> after the DBI:Driver: part of the string?

It is DBD dependent. Well, there's a common method that parses driver URL's, but the 
interpretation is DBD dependent.

The dbi:driver:datbase:host form applies to Mysql, msql, PostgreSQL (and without the host 
part to most others too).

Those driver URLs where taken directly from Perl's DBI, maybe not a good idea.

This works (for both Mysql and Pg):

  DBI:Pg:database=mydatabase;host=myhost.com




Regards,

  Michael