On 25 Feb 2009, at 16:49, Rick Fiorentino wrote:
> > Hi All, > > Is there a way to determine the adapter type, as well as, other > information on the fly for a database? For example, can you make a > generic type connection to a database (assuming the db server port > and/or credentials are correct) and ask the db information about > itself, > then based on the response configure the establish_connection > accordingly? The initial generic connection would not access the > actual > data for ROR, but determine the information about the DB for use with > ROR. > > One approach is to attempt to access the DB cycling through the > available adapter types until you get a response, however, this seems > clunky at best. > You probably could - tools like nmap can probably tell the difference between mysql running on port x, postgresql running on that same port etc... It seems like quite a lot of effort for a onetime setup job though (unless you're very focussed on that wow it works straight out of the box experience) Fred > Any thoughts are appreciated. > > thanks for any advice, > Rick > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
