On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, you have to *understand* the DB, but that often does not require > changes to well-written code. I have written and maintained complex > applications that were deployed on both mySQL and PostgreSQL, often > simultaneously. ActiveRecord really *does* insulate the developer > from a lot of DB-specific stuff -- if the developer is smart and > writes DB-neutrally. When you use *standard AR associations* -- no custom SQL at all -- and it runs on one DB and fails on another, I'd say you need to know a little more about those DBs. Wouldn't you? :-) -- Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
