On 08/02/2012 18:06, Jeremy Evans wrote: >> I'm about to start using Sequel alongside AR in a rails 2.3.x project. >> Seems to be pretty seamless so far. I'm wondering how connections and >> connection info work: >> >> - seems like Sequel (3.32.0) automagically finds the db connection >> information? Maybe from config/database.yml? Either that or I edited a >> config file and forgot about it... > > You must be using an extension like sequel_rails. Sequel itself never > automatically creates a database connection.
Just after I posted this, I remembered that I'd already installed rails_sequel. Doh! >> - I'm guessing Sequel and AR each have their own db connection(s), ie >> they're not sharing a common db connection? > > Correct. Having them share connections would be a bad idea, unless > Sequel used AR's connection pool or AR used Sequel's connection pool. > Sequel will never use AR's connection pool because Sequel has a much > better connection pool design, and AR is unlikely to ever use Sequel's > connection pool as it is fairly Sequel specific. Ok. Thanks for clearing that up for me. John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sequel-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/sequel-talk?hl=en.
