This is a pretty common question with ActiveRecord in general. Essentially, yes you can.
Inside your model, I believe you use the "establish_connection" call. That will connect to the specified database in only that model. Sean p.s. see http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Base.html#M001075 On 3/27/07, Colin Nederkoorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We're almost done with our radiant site, but have a few remaining > things. I asked a question previously about embedding another RoR app > in Radiant. The solution I have right now is to use an iFrame. What's > not good about this is you define the size for the iFrame and the > screen real-estate used is not dynamically updated - not to mention > maintaining another ruby on rails app! > > My requirements for this app are pretty basic and I should be able to > port it to an extension: > - take one text box of input (autofilled based on an external database*) > - Query the external database* based on the chosen input > - Pass part of the result to a c++ console app > - Parse the output from the c++ app and display in a table. > > Where I am uncertain is - Can you query a different database from an > extension? If so, how? > > Thanks! > Colin > > P.S. Since a pic is worth 1000 words... here is a mockup of what I am > trying to do. The side and the top menus are rendered in radiant. The > input field and result are what my extension needs to handle. My > extension needs two pages - an index and a view. The mockup is of the > view. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Radiant mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ > Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant > > _______________________________________________ Radiant mailing list Post: [email protected] Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant
