[Rails] Re: Connection to database

On Dec 22, 9:29 am, Anandh Kumar <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Can someone suggest me is there any way in RoR to check for the database
> connection without using database.yml.
>
> I need this because before editing database.yml file i want to check
> whether mysql is installed in the given host.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

irb -r active_record

irb(main):001:0>
ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(:adapter=>mysql, :database=>my_db, :username=>my_user, :pass=>my_pass)

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